diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdaterTask.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdaterTask.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 186986bf7..000000000
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdaterTask.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using Orchard.Environment;
-using Orchard.Tasks;
-using Orchard.Logging;
-
-namespace Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Updater {
-    public class AliasHolderUpdaterTask : IOrchardShellEvents, IBackgroundTask {
-        private readonly IAliasHolderUpdater _aliasHolderUpdater;
-
-        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
-
-        public AliasHolderUpdaterTask(IAliasHolderUpdater aliasHolderUpdater) {
-            _aliasHolderUpdater = aliasHolderUpdater;
-            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
-        }
-
-        void IOrchardShellEvents.Activated() {
-            Refresh();
-        }
-
-        void IOrchardShellEvents.Terminating() {
-        }
-
-        private void Refresh() {
-            try {
-                _aliasHolderUpdater.Refresh();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex) {
-                Logger.Error(ex, "Exception during Alias refresh");
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void Sweep() {
-            Refresh();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
index c66bbaadd..647bbd846 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Holder\IAliasHolder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Map\AliasMap.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Storage\AliasStorage.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\AliasHolderUpdaterTask.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Utils.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Migrations.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Builders\AliasStep.cs" />
@@ -195,4 +194,4 @@
       </FlavorProperties>
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>