diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/script/ScriptSiteService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/script/ScriptSiteService.java
index 281b6f4ba1..95e9d2ec21 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/script/ScriptSiteService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/script/ScriptSiteService.java
@@ -202,39 +202,6 @@ public class ScriptSiteService extends BaseScopableProcessorExtension
         }
     }
     
-    /**
-     * Retrieves the sites available in the repository based on the user's access right. For example, 
-     * Site Administrator can access all the sites (Public, MODERATED and PRIVATE). The returned list can optionally
-     * be filtered by name and site preset. If no filters are specified then all the available sites are returned. 
-     * 
-     * NOTE: If the filter starts with a * a Lucene based search will be performed, this may discover a wider range
-     * of results i.e. those sites that contain the search term as opposed to those that start with the search term,
-     * but newly created sites may not be found until the underlying search indexes are updated.
-     * 
-     * @param filter            inclusion filter for returned sites. Only sites whose cm:name OR cm:title
-     *                          OR cm:description start with the filter string will be returned.
-     * @param sitePresetFilter  site preset filter
-     * @param size              max results size crop if >0
-     * @return Site[]           a list of the site filtered as appropriate
-     */
-    public Site[] getSitesAsSiteAdmin(final String filter, final String sitePresetFilter, final int size)
-    {
-        if (siteService.isSiteAdmin(AuthenticationUtil.getFullyAuthenticatedUser()))
-        {
-            return AuthenticationUtil.runAs(new AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork<Site[]>()
-            {
-                public Site[] doWork() throws Exception
-                {
-                    return getSites(filter, sitePresetFilter, size);
-                }
-            }, AuthenticationUtil.getAdminUserName());
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return getSites(filter, sitePresetFilter, size);
-        }
-    }
-    
     /**
      * List the sites available in the repository.  The returned list can optionally be filtered by name and site
      * preset.