diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dddd86546..0000000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #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;
-
-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<NameValuePair> args = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
-            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/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java b/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
index 7e52805a73..00ecf04eeb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/alfresco/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ import org.junit.runners.Suite;
     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/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ea774a582c..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/urlshortening/BitlyUrlShortenerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-package org.alfresco.repo.urlshortening;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-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");
-    }
-}