diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 80c7825a62..7edc0ee063 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -152,12 +152,6 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Lucene.Net.2.9.4.1\lib\net40\Lucene.Net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Async.1.0.165\lib\net45\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Async.1.0.165\lib\net45\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <Private>True</Private>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index d84ce7a01d..283f7feb10 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core" version="4.0.30506.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.WebHost" version="4.0.30506.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages" version="2.0.30506.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Async" version="1.0.165" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.0.20710.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />