diff --git a/app/controllers/gridfs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/gridfs_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 538eb5b79..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/gridfs_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-class GridfsController < ActionController::Metal
-  def serve
-    gridfs_path = env["PATH_INFO"].gsub("/images/", "")
-    begin
-      gridfs_file = Mongo::GridFileSystem.new(MongoMapper.database).open(gridfs_path, 'r')
-      self.response_body = gridfs_file.read
-      self.content_type = gridfs_file.content_type
-    rescue
-      self.status = :file_not_found
-      self.content_type = 'text/plain'
-      self.response_body = "File totally imaginary #{gridfs_path}"
-    end
-  end
-
-end