diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
index 07b7bf0a9d5..b0625c29409 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
@@ -908,13 +908,6 @@ class AdminGalaxy(controller.JSAppLauncher, AdminActions, UsesQuotaMixin, QuotaP
     def tool_errors(self, trans, **kwd):
         return trans.fill_template('admin/tool_errors.mako', tool_errors=global_tool_errors.error_stack)
 
-    @web.expose
-    @web.require_admin
-    def view_datatypes_registry(self, trans, **kwd):
-        message = escape(util.restore_text(kwd.get('message', '')))
-        status = util.restore_text(kwd.get('status', 'done'))
-        return trans.fill_template('admin/view_datatypes_registry.mako', message=message, status=status)
-
     @web.expose
     @web.require_admin
     def display_applications(self, trans, **kwd):
diff --git a/templates/admin/view_datatypes_registry.mako b/templates/admin/view_datatypes_registry.mako
deleted file mode 100644
index c3f4c194024..00000000000
--- a/templates/admin/view_datatypes_registry.mako
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<%inherit file="/base.mako"/>
-<%namespace file="/message.mako" import="render_msg" />
-
-%if message:
-    ${render_msg( message, status )}
-%endif
-
-<%
-    import galaxy.util
-    from galaxy.web.base.controller import sort_by_attr, Datatype
-    ctr = 0
-    datatypes = []
-    for elem in trans.app.datatypes_registry.datatype_elems:
-        # Build a list of objects that can be sorted.
-        extension = elem.get( 'extension', None )
-        dtype = elem.get( 'type', None )
-        type_extension = elem.get( 'type_extension', None )
-        mimetype = elem.get( 'mimetype', None )
-        display_in_upload = galaxy.util.string_as_bool( elem.get( 'display_in_upload', False ) )
-        datatypes.append( Datatype( extension, dtype, type_extension, mimetype, display_in_upload ) )
-    sorted_datatypes = sort_by_attr( datatypes, 'extension' )
-%>
-
-<div class="toolForm" id="datatypes-grid">
-    <div class="toolFormTitle">Current data types registry contains ${len( sorted_datatypes )} data types</div>
-    <div class="toolFormBody">
-        <table class="manage-table colored" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
-            <tr>
-                <th bgcolor="#D8D8D8">Extension</th>
-                <th bgcolor="#D8D8D8">Type</th>
-                <th bgcolor="#D8D8D8">Mimetype</th>
-                <th bgcolor="#D8D8D8">Display in upload</th>
-            </tr>
-            %for datatype in sorted_datatypes:
-                %if ctr % 2 == 1:
-                    <tr class="odd_row">
-                %else:
-                    <tr class="tr">
-                %endif
-                    <td>${datatype.extension|h}</td>
-                    <td>${datatype.dtype|h}</td>
-                    <td>
-                        %if datatype.mimetype:
-                            ${datatype.mimetype|h}
-                        %endif
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        %if datatype.display_in_upload:
-                            ${datatype.display_in_upload|h}
-                        %endif
-                    </td>
-                </tr>
-                <% ctr += 1 %>
-            %endfor
-        </table>
-    </div>
-</div>