diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e59289eca17..00000000000
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Repository
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail. Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see .
- * #L%
- */
-package org.alfresco.repo.urlshortening;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.alfresco.service.cmr.urlshortening.UrlShortener;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HostConfiguration;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated as it is no longer used in the core repository code.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class BitlyUrlShortenerImpl implements UrlShortener
-{
- private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.class);
-
- private int urlLength = 20;
- private String username;
- private String apiKey = "R_ca15c6c89e9b25ccd170bafd209a0d4f";
- private HttpClient httpClient;
-
- public BitlyUrlShortenerImpl()
- {
- httpClient = new HttpClient();
- httpClient.setHttpConnectionManager(new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager());
- HostConfiguration hostConfiguration = new HostConfiguration();
- hostConfiguration.setHost("api-ssl.bitly.com", 443, Protocol.getProtocol("https"));
- httpClient.setHostConfiguration(hostConfiguration);
- }
-
- @Override
- public String shortenUrl(String longUrl)
- {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled())
- {
- log.debug("Shortening URL: " + longUrl);
- }
- String shortUrl = longUrl;
- if (longUrl.length() > urlLength)
- {
- GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod();
- getMethod.setPath("/v3/shorten");
-
- List args = new ArrayList();
- args.add(new NameValuePair("login", username));
- args.add(new NameValuePair("apiKey", apiKey));
- args.add(new NameValuePair("longUrl", longUrl));
- args.add(new NameValuePair("format", "txt"));
- getMethod.setQueryString(args.toArray(new NameValuePair[args.size()]));
-
- try
- {
- int resultCode = httpClient.executeMethod(getMethod);
- if (resultCode == 200)
- {
- shortUrl = getMethod.getResponseBodyAsString();
- }
- else
- {
- log.warn("Failed to shorten URL " + longUrl + " - response code == " + resultCode);
- log.warn(getMethod.getResponseBodyAsString());
- }
- }
- catch (Exception ex)
- {
- log.error("Failed to shorten URL " + longUrl, ex);
- }
- if (log.isDebugEnabled())
- {
- log.debug("URL " + longUrl + " has been shortened to " + shortUrl);
- }
- }
- return shortUrl.trim();
- }
-
- /**
- * {@inheritDoc}
- */
- @Override
- public int getUrlLength()
- {
- return urlLength;
- }
-
- /**
- * @param urlLength the urlLength to set
- */
- public void setUrlLength(int urlLength)
- {
- this.urlLength = urlLength;
- }
-
- /**
- * @param username the username to set
- */
- public void setUsername(String username)
- {
- this.username = username;
- }
-
- /**
- * @param apiKey the apiKey to set
- */
- public void setApiKey(String apiKey)
- {
- this.apiKey = apiKey;
- }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
index f4cb848b8ea..211dd25eceb 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
+++ b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
@@ -804,13 +804,6 @@ solr6.store.mappings.value.solrMappingHistory.baseUrl=/solr/history
solr6.store.mappings.value.solrMappingHistory.protocol=workspace
solr6.store.mappings.value.solrMappingHistory.identifier=history
-#
-# URL Shortening Properties
-#
-urlshortening.bitly.username=brianalfresco
-urlshortening.bitly.api.key=R_ca15c6c89e9b25ccd170bafd209a0d4f
-urlshortening.bitly.url.length=20
-
#
# Bulk Filesystem Importer
#
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
index c403da34529..5d1619eaddc 100644
--- a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
org.alfresco.repo.transfer.HttpClientTransmitterImplTest.class,
org.alfresco.repo.transfer.manifest.TransferManifestTest.class,
org.alfresco.repo.transfer.TransferVersionCheckerImplTest.class,
- org.alfresco.repo.urlshortening.BitlyUrlShortenerTest.class,
org.alfresco.service.cmr.calendar.CalendarRecurrenceHelperTest.class,
org.alfresco.service.cmr.calendar.CalendarTimezoneHelperTest.class,
org.alfresco.tools.RenameUserTest.class,
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c75e64e7e67..00000000000
--- a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Repository
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail. Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see .
- * #L%
- */
-package org.alfresco.repo.urlshortening;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated as BitlyUrlShortenerImpl is no longer used in the core repository code.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class BitlyUrlShortenerTest extends TestCase
-{
- private BitlyUrlShortenerImpl shortener;
-
- public void testShorten()
- {
- String url = "http://www.alfresco.com/";
- String shortUrl = shortener.shortenUrl(url);
- assertNotNull(shortUrl);
- assertFalse(shortUrl.isEmpty());
- assertFalse(url.equals(shortUrl));
- assertTrue(shortUrl.length() < url.length());
- }
-
- /**
- * {@inheritDoc}
- */
- @Override
- protected void setUp() throws Exception
- {
- this.shortener = new BitlyUrlShortenerImpl();;
- shortener.setApiKey("R_ca15c6c89e9b25ccd170bafd209a0d4f");
- shortener.setUrlLength(20);
- shortener.setUsername("brianalfresco");
- }
-}