diff --git a/lib/alavetelitheme.rb b/lib/alavetelitheme.rb
index 505c863c..8ffe3d1b 100644
--- a/lib/alavetelitheme.rb
+++ b/lib/alavetelitheme.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'routingfilter'
-
 class ActionController::Base
     before_action :set_whatdotheyknow_view_paths
 
diff --git a/lib/routingfilter.rb b/lib/routingfilter.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 12013edc..00000000
--- a/lib/routingfilter.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require 'i18n'
-
-# Monkeypatch the default `locale` filter.  Have tried coming up with
-# a separate filter but due to the filter chaining order, can't find a
-# way to override behaviour of the locale filter in a chain.
-
-module RoutingFilter
-    class Locale < Filter
-        def prepend_segment!(result, segment)
-            # override the method in RoutingFilter::Locale so that we
-            # don't prepend the locale for admin links
-            url = result.is_a?(Array) ? result.first : result
-            url.sub!(%r(^(http.?://[^/]*)?(.*))) { "#{$1}/#{segment}#{$2 == '/' ? '' : $2}" } if 
-                !url.match(/^\/admin/) 
-        end
-    end
-end
-