diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
index c559aa9d4c..443cc1fece 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ passport = require 'passport'
 
 module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 
-	# login: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
-	# 	AuthenticationController.doLogin req.body, req, res, next
-
 	serializeUser: (user, callback) ->
 		lightUser =
 			_id: user._id
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 				res.json message: info
 		)(req, res, next)
 
-
 	doPassportLogin: (req, username, password, done) ->
 		email = username.toLowerCase()
 		redir = Url.parse(req?.body?.redir or "/project").path
@@ -96,14 +92,6 @@ module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 		else
 			return null
 
-	# TODO: perhaps should produce an error if the current user is not present
-	getLoggedInUser: (req, callback = (error, user) ->) ->
-		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
-		if !user_id?
-			return callback(null, null)
-		# omit sensitive information
-		UserGetter.getUser user_id, {hashedPassword: false, refProviders: false}, callback
-
 	requireLogin: () ->
 		doRequest = (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 			if !AuthenticationController.isUserLoggedIn(req)
@@ -141,7 +129,6 @@ module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 		else
 			AuthenticationController._redirectToLoginPage(req, res)
 
-
 	_redirectToLoginPage: (req, res) ->
 		logger.log url: req.url, "user not logged in so redirecting to login page"
 		req.query.redir = req.path
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
index 07d9b60567..059cd202d0 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
@@ -256,24 +256,6 @@ describe "AuthenticationController", ->
 			result = @AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId @req
 			expect(result).to.equal null
 
-	describe "getLoggedInUser", ->
-		beforeEach ->
-			@UserGetter.getUser = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @user)
-
-		describe "with an established session", ->
-			beforeEach ->
-				@req.session =
-					user: @user
-				@AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUser(@req, @callback)
-
-			it "should look up the user in the database", ->
-				@UserGetter.getUser
-					.calledWith(@user._id)
-					.should.equal true
-
-			it "should return the user", ->
-				@callback.calledWith(null, @user).should.equal true
-
 	describe "requireLogin", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@user =