diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/controller.php b/lib/public/appframework/controller.php
index 96ab5e75e8..79491902bf 100644
--- a/lib/public/appframework/controller.php
+++ b/lib/public/appframework/controller.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace OCP\AppFramework;
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Http\IResponseSerializer;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	 */
 	protected $request;
 
-	private $serializer;
 	private $responders;
 
 	/**
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	 * @param string $appName the name of the app
 	 * @param IRequest $request an instance of the request
 	 */
-	public function __construct($appName, 
+	public function __construct($appName,
 	                            IRequest $request){
 		$this->appName = $appName;
 		$this->request = $request;
@@ -72,17 +70,6 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	}
 
 
-	/** 
-	 * Registers a serializer that is executed before a formatter is being 
-	 * called, useful for turning any data into PHP arrays that can be used
-	 * by a JSONResponse for instance
-	 * @param IResponseSerializer $serializer 
-	 */
-	protected function registerSerializer(IResponseSerializer $serializer) {
-		$this->serializer = $serializer;
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Registers a formatter for a type
 	 * @param string $format
@@ -104,16 +91,12 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	public function buildResponse($response, $format='json') {
 		if(array_key_exists($format, $this->responders)) {
 
-			if ($this->serializer) {
-				$response = $this->serializer->serialize($response);
-			}
-
 			$responder = $this->responders[$format];
-			
+
 			return $responder($response);
 
 		} else {
-			throw new \DomainException('No responder registered for format ' . 
+			throw new \DomainException('No responder registered for format ' .
 				$format . '!');
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/http/iresponseserializer.php b/lib/public/appframework/http/iresponseserializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c16e106df3..0000000000
--- a/lib/public/appframework/http/iresponseserializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * ownCloud - App Framework
- *
- * @author Bernhard Posselt
- * @copyright 2012 Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-namespace OCP\AppFramework\Http;
-
-interface IResponseSerializer {
-    function serialize($response);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
index 3c1716a91d..65144e78f5 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
@@ -27,15 +27,8 @@ namespace OCP\AppFramework;
 use OC\AppFramework\Http\Request;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Http\IResponseSerializer;
 
 
-class ToUpperCaseSerializer implements IResponseSerializer {
-	public function serialize($response) {
-		return array(strtoupper($response));
-	}
-}
-
 class ChildController extends Controller {
 	public function custom($in) {
 		$this->registerResponder('json', function ($response) {
@@ -44,12 +37,6 @@ class ChildController extends Controller {
 
 		return $in;
 	}
-
-	public function serializer($in) {
-		$this->registerSerializer(new ToUpperCaseSerializer());
-
-		return $in;
-	}
 };
 
 class ControllerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
@@ -170,16 +157,9 @@ class ControllerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$response = $this->controller->custom('hi');
 		$response = $this->controller->buildResponse($response, 'json');
 
-		$this->assertEquals(array(2), $response->getData());		
+		$this->assertEquals(array(2), $response->getData());
 	}
 
 
-	public function testCustomSerializer() {
-		$response = $this->controller->serializer('hi');
-		$response = $this->controller->buildResponse($response, 'json');
-
-		$this->assertEquals(array('HI'), $response->getData());	
-	}
-
 
 }