diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
index 1929477181..a29e44a92b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
@@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
     public class legacyAjaxCalls : UmbracoAuthorizedWebService
     {
         private User _currentUser;
-
-        [WebMethod]
-        public bool ValidateUser(string username, string password)
-        {
-            if (ValidateCredentials(username, password))
-            {
-                var u = new BusinessLogic.User(username);
-                BasePage.doLogin(u);
-                return true;
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-
+       
         /// <summary>
         /// method to accept a string value for the node id. Used for tree's such as python
         /// and xslt since the file names are the node IDs