diff --git a/lib/appframework/controller/controller.php b/lib/appframework/controller/controller.php
index a7498ba0e1..0ea0a38cc0 100644
--- a/lib/appframework/controller/controller.php
+++ b/lib/appframework/controller/controller.php
@@ -106,16 +106,6 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Shortcut for getting session variables
-	 * @param string $key the key that will be taken from the $_SESSION array
-	 * @return array the value in the $_SESSION element
-	 */
-	public function session($key) {
-		return $this->request->getSession($key);
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Shortcut for getting cookie variables
 	 * @param string $key the key that will be taken from the $_COOKIE array
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
index 246371d249..4441bddfca 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/controller/ControllerTest.php
@@ -152,9 +152,4 @@ class ControllerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals('daheim', $this->controller->env('PATH'));
 	}
 
-	public function testGetSessionVariable(){
-		$this->assertEquals('kein', $this->controller->session('sezession'));
-	}
-
-
 }