diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index 22a85224b6..cf6c67a7a9 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -3,321 +3,266 @@
 var ajaxify = ajaxify || {};
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
-	require(['templates'], function (templatesModule) {
-		/*global app, templates, utils, socket, translator, config, RELATIVE_PATH*/
 
-		var location = document.location || window.location,
-			rootUrl = location.protocol + '//' + (location.hostname || location.host) + (location.port ? ':' + location.port : ''),
-			apiXHR = null;
+	/*global app, templates, utils, socket, translator, config, RELATIVE_PATH*/
 
+	var location = document.location || window.location,
+		rootUrl = location.protocol + '//' + (location.hostname || location.host) + (location.port ? ':' + location.port : ''),
+		apiXHR = null;
 
-		window.onpopstate = function (event) {
-			if (event !== null && event.state && event.state.url !== undefined && !ajaxify.initialLoad) {
-				ajaxify.go(event.state.url, function() {
-					$(window).trigger('action:popstate', {url: event.state.url});
-				}, true);
-			}
-		};
+	window.onpopstate = function (event) {
+		if (event !== null && event.state && event.state.url !== undefined && !ajaxify.initialLoad) {
+			ajaxify.go(event.state.url, function() {
+				$(window).trigger('action:popstate', {url: event.state.url});
+			}, true);
+		}
+	};
 
-		ajaxify.currentPage = null;
-		ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
+	ajaxify.currentPage = null;
+	ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
 
+	ajaxify.go = function (url, callback, quiet) {
+		// "quiet": If set to true, will not call pushState
+		app.enterRoom('');
 
-		function onAjaxError(err, url, callback, quiet) {
-			var data = err.data,
-				textStatus = err.textStatus;
+		$(window).off('scroll');
 
-			if (data) {
-				var status = parseInt(data.status, 10);
-
-				if (status === 403 || status === 404 || status === 500) {
-					$('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
-					return renderTemplate(url, status.toString(), data.responseJSON, (new Date()).getTime(), callback);
-				} else if (status === 401) {
-					app.alertError('[[global:please_log_in]]');
-					app.previousUrl = url;
-					return ajaxify.go('login');
-				} else if (status === 302) {
-					if (data.responseJSON.path) {
-						if (!ajaxify.go(data.responseJSON.path, callback, quiet)) {
-							window.location.href = data.responseJSON.path;
-						}
-					} else if (data.responseJSON) {
-						ajaxify.go(data.responseJSON.slice(1), callback, quiet);
-					}
-				}
-			} else if (textStatus !== 'abort') {
-				app.alertError(data.responseJSON.error);
-			}
+		if ($('#content').hasClass('ajaxifying') && apiXHR) {
+			apiXHR.abort();
 		}
 
-		ajaxify.go = function (url, callback, quiet) {
-			// "quiet": If set to true, will not call pushState
-			app.enterRoom('');
+		// Remove relative path and trailing slash
+		url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
 
-			$(window).off('scroll');
-
-			if ($('#content').hasClass('ajaxifying') && apiXHR) {
-				apiXHR.abort();
-			}
-
-			// Remove relative path and trailing slash
-			url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
-
-			var tpl_url = ajaxify.getTemplateMapping(url);
-
-			$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url, tpl_url: tpl_url});
-
-			var hash = '';
-			if(ajaxify.initialLoad) {
-				hash = window.location.hash ? window.location.hash : '';
-			}
-
-			if (ajaxify.isTemplateAvailable(tpl_url) && !!!templatesModule.config.force_refresh[tpl_url]) {
-				ajaxify.currentPage = url;
-
-				if (window.history && window.history.pushState) {
-					window.history[!quiet ? 'pushState' : 'replaceState']({
-						url: url + hash
-					}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + '/' + url + hash);
-				}
-
-				translator.load(config.defaultLang, tpl_url);
-
-				$('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
-
-				var	startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
-
-				ajaxify.variables.flush();
-				ajaxify.loadData(url, function(err, data) {
-					if (err) {
-						return onAjaxError(err, url, callback, quiet);
-					}
-
-					renderTemplate(url, tpl_url, data, startTime, callback);
-
-					require(['search'], function(search) {
-						search.topicDOM.end();
-					});
-				});
-
-				return true;
-			}
-
-			return false;
-		};
-
-		function renderTemplate(url, tpl_url, data, startTime, callback) {
-			var animationDuration = parseFloat($('#content').css('transition-duration')) || 0.2;
-			$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.loadingTemplates', {});
-
-			templates.parse(tpl_url, data, function(template) {
-				translator.translate(template, function(translatedTemplate) {
-					setTimeout(function() {
-						$('#content').html(translatedTemplate);
-
-						ajaxify.variables.parse();
-
-						ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
-							$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url, tpl_url: tpl_url});
-						});
-
-						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
-
-						ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
-
-						if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-							callback();
-						}
-
-						app.processPage();
-
-						$('#content, #footer').removeClass('ajaxifying');
-						ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
-
-						app.refreshTitle(url);
-					}, animationDuration * 1000 - ((new Date()).getTime() - startTime));
-
-				});
-			});
+		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url});
 
+		var hash = '';
+		if(ajaxify.initialLoad) {
+			hash = window.location.hash ? window.location.hash : '';
 		}
 
-		ajaxify.removeRelativePath = function(url) {
-			if (url.indexOf(RELATIVE_PATH.slice(1)) === 0) {
-				url = url.slice(RELATIVE_PATH.length);
+		ajaxify.currentPage = url;
+
+		if (window.history && window.history.pushState) {
+			window.history[!quiet ? 'pushState' : 'replaceState']({
+				url: url + hash
+			}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + '/' + url + hash);
+		}
+
+		$('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
+
+		var	startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
+
+		ajaxify.variables.flush();
+		ajaxify.loadData(url, function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return onAjaxError(err, url, callback, quiet);
 			}
-			return url;
-		};
 
-		ajaxify.refresh = function() {
-			ajaxify.go(ajaxify.currentPage);
-		};
+			app.template = data.template.name;
 
-		ajaxify.loadScript = function(tpl_url, callback) {
-			var location = !app.inAdmin ? 'forum/' : '';
+			translator.load(config.defaultLang, data.template.name);
 
-			require([location + tpl_url], function(script) {
-				if (script && script.init) {
-					script.init();
-				}
+			renderTemplate(url, data.template.name, data, startTime, callback);
 
-				if (callback) {
-					callback();
-				}
+			require(['search'], function(search) {
+				search.topicDOM.end();
 			});
-		};
-
-		ajaxify.isTemplateAvailable = function(tpl) {
-			return $.inArray(tpl + '.tpl', templatesModule.available) !== -1;
-		};
-
-		ajaxify.getTemplateMapping = function(url) {
-			var tpl_url = ajaxify.getCustomTemplateMapping(url.split('?')[0]);
-
-			if (tpl_url === false && !templates[url]) {
-				tpl_url = url.split('/');
-
-				while(tpl_url.length) {
-					if (ajaxify.isTemplateAvailable(tpl_url.join('/'))) {
-						tpl_url = tpl_url.join('/');
-						break;
-					}
-					tpl_url.pop();
-				}
-
-				if (!tpl_url.length) {
-					tpl_url = url.split('/')[0].split('?')[0];
-				}
-			} else if (templates[url]) {
-				tpl_url = url;
-			}
-
-			return tpl_url;
-		};
-
-		ajaxify.getCustomTemplateMapping = function(tpl) {
-			if (templatesModule.config && templatesModule.config.custom_mapping && tpl !== undefined) {
-				for (var pattern in templatesModule.config.custom_mapping) {
-					if (templatesModule.config.custom_mapping.hasOwnProperty(pattern)) {
-						var match = tpl.match(pattern);
-						if (match && match[0] === tpl) {
-							return (templatesModule.config.custom_mapping[pattern]);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			return false;
-		};
-
-		ajaxify.loadData = function(url, callback) {
-			url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url);
-
-			$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.loadingData', {url: url});
-
-			var location = document.location || window.location,
-				tpl_url = ajaxify.getCustomTemplateMapping(url.split('?')[0]);
-
-			if (!tpl_url) {
-				tpl_url = ajaxify.getTemplateMapping(url);
-			}
-
-			apiXHR = $.ajax({
-				url: RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/' + url,
-				cache: false,
-				success: function(data) {
-					if (!data) {
-						return;
-					}
-
-					data.relative_path = RELATIVE_PATH;
-
-					if (callback) {
-						callback(null, data);
-					}
-				},
-				error: function(data, textStatus) {
-					callback({
-						data: data,
-						textStatus: textStatus
-					});
-				}
-			});
-		};
-
-		ajaxify.loadTemplate = function(template, callback) {
-			if (templates.cache[template]) {
-				callback(templates.cache[template]);
-			} else {
-				$.ajax({
-					url: RELATIVE_PATH + '/templates/' + template + '.tpl' + (config['cache-buster'] ? '?v=' + config['cache-buster'] : ''),
-					type: 'GET',
-					success: function(data) {
-						callback(data.toString());
-					},
-					error: function(error) {
-						throw new Error("Unable to load template: " + template + " (" + error.statusText + ")");
-					}
-				});
-			}
-		};
-
-		$('document').ready(function () {
-			templates.registerLoader(ajaxify.loadTemplate);
-			templatesModule.refresh(app.load);
-
-			if (!window.history || !window.history.pushState) {
-				return; // no ajaxification for old browsers
-			}
-
-			function hrefEmpty(href) {
-				return href === undefined || href === '' || href === 'javascript:;' || href === window.location.href + "#" || href.slice(0, 1) === "#";
-			}
-
-			// Enhancing all anchors to ajaxify...
-			$(document.body).on('click', 'a', function (e) {
-				if (this.target !== '') {
-					return;
-				} else if (hrefEmpty(this.href) || this.protocol === 'javascript:' || $(this).attr('data-ajaxify') === 'false') {
-					return e.preventDefault();
-				}
-
-				if (!window.location.pathname.match(/\/(403|404)$/g)) {
-					app.previousUrl = window.location.href;
-				}
-
-				if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey && !e.metaKey && e.which === 1) {
-					if (this.host === '' || this.host === window.location.host) {
-						// Internal link
-						var url = this.href.replace(rootUrl + '/', '');
-
-						if(window.location.pathname === this.pathname && this.hash) {
-							if (this.hash !== window.location.hash) {
-								window.location.hash = this.hash;
-							}
-
-							ajaxify.loadScript(ajaxify.getTemplateMapping(url));
-							e.preventDefault();
-						} else {
-							if (ajaxify.go(url)) {
-								e.preventDefault();
-							}
-						}
-					} else if (window.location.pathname !== '/outgoing') {
-						// External Link
-						if (config.openOutgoingLinksInNewTab) {
-							window.open(this.href, '_blank');
-							e.preventDefault();
-						} else if (config.useOutgoingLinksPage) {
-							ajaxify.go('outgoing?url=' + encodeURIComponent(this.href));
-							e.preventDefault();
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			});
-
 		});
 
-	});
+		return true;
+	};
+
+	function onAjaxError(err, url, callback, quiet) {
+		var data = err.data,
+			textStatus = err.textStatus;
+
+		if (data) {
+			var status = parseInt(data.status, 10);
+
+			if (status === 403 || status === 404 || status === 500) {
+				$('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
+				return renderTemplate(url, status.toString(), data.responseJSON, (new Date()).getTime(), callback);
+			} else if (status === 401) {
+				app.alertError('[[global:please_log_in]]');
+				app.previousUrl = url;
+				return ajaxify.go('login');
+			} else if (status === 302) {
+				if (data.responseJSON.path) {
+					if (!ajaxify.go(data.responseJSON.path, callback, quiet)) {
+						window.location.href = data.responseJSON.path;
+					}
+				} else if (data.responseJSON) {
+					ajaxify.go(data.responseJSON.slice(1), callback, quiet);
+				}
+			}
+		} else if (textStatus !== 'abort') {
+			app.alertError(data.responseJSON.error);
+		}
+	}
+
+	function renderTemplate(url, tpl_url, data, startTime, callback) {
+		var animationDuration = parseFloat($('#content').css('transition-duration')) || 0.2;
+		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.loadingTemplates', {});
+
+		templates.parse(tpl_url, data, function(template) {
+			translator.translate(template, function(translatedTemplate) {
+				setTimeout(function() {
+					$('#content').html(translatedTemplate);
+
+					ajaxify.variables.parse();
+
+					ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
+						$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {url: url});
+					});
+
+					$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.contentLoaded', {url: url});
+
+					ajaxify.loadScript(tpl_url);
+
+					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+						callback();
+					}
+
+					app.processPage();
+
+					$('#content, #footer').removeClass('ajaxifying');
+					ajaxify.initialLoad = false;
+
+					app.refreshTitle(url);
+				}, animationDuration * 1000 - ((new Date()).getTime() - startTime));
+
+			});
+		});
+
+	}
+
+	ajaxify.removeRelativePath = function(url) {
+		if (url.indexOf(RELATIVE_PATH.slice(1)) === 0) {
+			url = url.slice(RELATIVE_PATH.length);
+		}
+		return url;
+	};
+
+	ajaxify.refresh = function() {
+		ajaxify.go(ajaxify.currentPage);
+	};
+
+	ajaxify.loadScript = function(tpl_url, callback) {
+		var location = !app.inAdmin ? 'forum/' : '';
+
+		require([location + tpl_url], function(script) {
+			if (script && script.init) {
+				script.init();
+			}
+
+			if (callback) {
+				callback();
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
+	ajaxify.loadData = function(url, callback) {
+		url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(url);
+
+		$(window).trigger('action:ajaxify.loadingData', {url: url});
+
+		var location = document.location || window.location;
+
+		apiXHR = $.ajax({
+			url: RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/' + url,
+			cache: false,
+			success: function(data) {
+				if (!data) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				data.relative_path = RELATIVE_PATH;
+
+				if (callback) {
+					callback(null, data);
+				}
+			},
+			error: function(data, textStatus) {
+				callback({
+					data: data,
+					textStatus: textStatus
+				});
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
+	ajaxify.loadTemplate = function(template, callback) {
+		if (templates.cache[template]) {
+			callback(templates.cache[template]);
+		} else {
+			$.ajax({
+				url: RELATIVE_PATH + '/templates/' + template + '.tpl' + (config['cache-buster'] ? '?v=' + config['cache-buster'] : ''),
+				type: 'GET',
+				success: function(data) {
+					callback(data.toString());
+				},
+				error: function(error) {
+					throw new Error("Unable to load template: " + template + " (" + error.statusText + ")");
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	};
+
+	function ajaxifyAnchors() {
+		templates.registerLoader(ajaxify.loadTemplate);
+
+		if (!window.history || !window.history.pushState) {
+			return; // no ajaxification for old browsers
+		}
+
+		function hrefEmpty(href) {
+			return href === undefined || href === '' || href === 'javascript:;' || href === window.location.href + "#" || href.slice(0, 1) === "#";
+		}
+
+		// Enhancing all anchors to ajaxify...
+		$(document.body).on('click', 'a', function (e) {
+			if (this.target !== '') {
+				return;
+			} else if (hrefEmpty(this.href) || this.protocol === 'javascript:' || $(this).attr('data-ajaxify') === 'false') {
+				return e.preventDefault();
+			}
+
+			if (!window.location.pathname.match(/\/(403|404)$/g)) {
+				app.previousUrl = window.location.href;
+			}
+
+			if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey && !e.metaKey && e.which === 1) {
+				if (this.host === '' || this.host === window.location.host) {
+					// Internal link
+					var url = this.href.replace(rootUrl + '/', '');
+
+					if(window.location.pathname === this.pathname && this.hash) {
+						if (this.hash !== window.location.hash) {
+							window.location.hash = this.hash;
+						}
+
+						e.preventDefault();
+					} else {
+						if (ajaxify.go(url)) {
+							e.preventDefault();
+						}
+					}
+				} else if (window.location.pathname !== '/outgoing') {
+					// External Link
+					if (config.openOutgoingLinksInNewTab) {
+						window.open(this.href, '_blank');
+						e.preventDefault();
+					} else if (config.useOutgoingLinksPage) {
+						ajaxify.go('outgoing?url=' + encodeURIComponent(this.href));
+						e.preventDefault();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	ajaxifyAnchors();
+	app.load();
+
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 530ff81732..8c5c0201a3 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -482,16 +482,12 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 	app.load = function() {
 		$('document').ready(function () {
 			var url = ajaxify.removeRelativePath(window.location.pathname.slice(1).replace(/\/$/, "")),
-				tpl_url = ajaxify.getTemplateMapping(url),
+				tpl_url = app.template,
 				search = window.location.search,
 				hash = window.location.hash,
 				$window = $(window);
 
-
-			$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {
-				url: url,
-				tpl_url: tpl_url
-			});
+			$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.start', {url: url});
 
 			collapseNavigationOnClick();
 
@@ -532,8 +528,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 				ajaxify.widgets.render(tpl_url, url, function() {
 					app.processPage();
 					$window.trigger('action:ajaxify.end', {
-						url: url,
-						tpl_url: tpl_url
+						url: url
 					});
 				});
 			});
diff --git a/public/src/client/categories.js b/public/src/client/categories.js
index 6840f69e89..d3cf1cae43 100644
--- a/public/src/client/categories.js
+++ b/public/src/client/categories.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ define('forum/categories', function() {
 	var	categories = {};
 
 	$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', function(ev, data) {
-		if (data.tpl_url !== 'categories') {
+		if (ajaxify.currentPage !== data.url) {
 			socket.removeListener('event:new_post', categories.onNewPost);
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/public/src/client/category.js b/public/src/client/category.js
index ec3992283d..3b6a0e69b9 100644
--- a/public/src/client/category.js
+++ b/public/src/client/category.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ define('forum/category', [
 	var Category = {};
 
 	$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', function(ev, data) {
-		if(data && data.tpl_url !== 'category') {
+		if (ajaxify.currentPage !== data.url) {
 			navigator.hide();
 
 			removeListeners();
diff --git a/public/src/client/recent.js b/public/src/client/recent.js
index 9bc840d125..bdf8897151 100644
--- a/public/src/client/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/client/recent.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ define('forum/recent', ['forum/infinitescroll'], function(infinitescroll) {
 		newPostCount = 0;
 
 	$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', function(ev, data) {
-		if (data.tpl_url !== 'recent') {
+		if (ajaxify.currentPage !== data.url) {
 			Recent.removeListeners();
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic.js b/public/src/client/topic.js
index 480c2d8aab..75f0cc6879 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ define('forum/topic', [
 		currentUrl = '';
 
 	$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', function(ev, data) {
-		if(data.tpl_url !== 'topic') {
+		if (ajaxify.currentPage !=== data.url) {
 			navigator.hide();
 			$('.header-topic-title').find('span').text('').hide();
 			app.removeAlert('bookmark');
diff --git a/public/src/client/unread.js b/public/src/client/unread.js
index 994d4e1ddb..7e08037f5a 100644
--- a/public/src/client/unread.js
+++ b/public/src/client/unread.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ define('forum/unread', ['forum/recent', 'topicSelect', 'forum/infinitescroll'],
 	var Unread = {};
 
 	$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', function(ev, data) {
-		if (data.tpl_url !== 'unread') {
+		if (ajaxify.currentPage !== data.url) {
 			recent.removeListeners();
 		}
 	});
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ define('forum/unread', ['forum/recent', 'topicSelect', 'forum/infinitescroll'],
 
 	function createCategoryLink(category) {
 		var link = $('<a role="menuitem" href="#"></a>');
-		
+
 		if (category.icon) {
 			link.append('<i class="fa fa-fw ' + category.icon + '"></i> ' + category.name);
 		} else {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/templates.js b/public/src/modules/templates.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12b7cf7006..0000000000
--- a/public/src/modules/templates.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-/*globals define, RELATIVE_PATH*/
-
-define('templates', function() {
-	var Templates = {};
-
-	Templates.refresh = function(callback) {
-		$.getJSON(RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/get_templates_listing', function (data) {
-			Templates.config = data.templatesConfig;
-			Templates.available = data.availableTemplates;
-
-			if (callback) {
-				callback();
-			}
-		});
-	};
-
-	return Templates;
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/templates.js b/src/controllers/templates.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf0be4870..0000000000
--- a/src/controllers/templates.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-var async = require('async'),
-	nconf = require('nconf'),
-	fs = require('fs'),
-	path = require('path'),
-	meta = require('../meta'),
-	plugins = require('../plugins'),
-	utils = require('../../public/src/utils'),
-	templatesController = {};
-
-
-var availableTemplatesCache = null;
-var configCache = null;
-
-templatesController.getTemplatesListing = function(req, res, next) {
-	async.parallel({
-		availableTemplates: function(next) {
-			getAvailableTemplates(next);
-		},
-		templatesConfig: function(next) {
-			async.waterfall([
-				function(next) {
-					readConfigFile(next);
-				},
-				function(config, next) {
-					config.custom_mapping['^/?$'] = meta.config.homePageRoute || 'categories';
-
-				 	plugins.fireHook('filter:templates.get_config', config, next);
-				}
-			], next);
-		},
-	}, function(err, results) {
-		if (err) {
-			return next(err);
-		}
-
-		res.json(results);
-	});
-};
-
-function readConfigFile(callback) {
-	if (configCache) {
-		return callback(null, configCache);
-	}
-	fs.readFile(path.join(nconf.get('views_dir'), 'config.json'), function(err, config) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-		try {
-			config = JSON.parse(config.toString());
-		} catch (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-		configCache = config;
-		callback(null, config);
-	});
-}
-
-function getAvailableTemplates(callback) {
-	if (availableTemplatesCache) {
-		return callback(null, availableTemplatesCache);
-	}
-
-	async.parallel({
-		views: function(next) {
-			utils.walk(nconf.get('views_dir'), next);
-		},
-		extended: function(next) {
-			plugins.fireHook('filter:templates.get_virtual', [], next);
-		}
-	}, function(err, results) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-		var availableTemplates = results.views.filter(function(value, index, self) {
-			return value && self.indexOf(value) === index;
-		}).map(function(el) {
-			return el && el.replace(nconf.get('views_dir') + '/', '');
-		});
-
-		availableTemplatesCache = availableTemplates.concat(results.extended);
-		callback(null, availableTemplatesCache);
-	});
-
-}
-
-
-
-module.exports = templatesController;
diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index cd52157ec4..00087e84a9 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ middleware.renderHeader = function(req, res, callback) {
 			templateValues.customJS = results.customJS;
 			templateValues.maintenanceHeader = parseInt(meta.config.maintenanceMode, 10) === 1 && !results.isAdmin;
 
+			templateValues.template = {name: res.locals.template};
+			templateValues.template[res.locals.template] = true;
+
 			app.render('header', templateValues, callback);
 		});
 	});
@@ -378,6 +381,7 @@ middleware.processRender = function(req, res, next) {
 		options.loggedIn = req.user ? parseInt(req.user.uid, 10) !== 0 : false;
 		options.template = {name: template};
 		options.template[template] = true;
+		res.locals.template = template;
 
 		if ('function' !== typeof fn) {
 			fn = defaultFn;
@@ -453,7 +457,6 @@ middleware.maintenanceMode = function(req, res, next) {
 			'/nodebb.min.js',
 			'/vendor/fontawesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff',
 			'/src/modules/[\\w]+\.js',
-			'/api/get_templates_listing',
 			'/api/login',
 			'/api/?',
 			'/language/.+'
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index ef1c297e49..88c3686850 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
-	uploadsController = require('../controllers/uploads'),
-	templatesController = require('../controllers/templates');
+	uploadsController = require('../controllers/uploads');
 
 module.exports =  function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ module.exports =  function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 
 	router.get('/user/uid/:uid', middleware.checkGlobalPrivacySettings, controllers.accounts.getUserByUID);
 	router.get('/post/:pid', controllers.posts.getPost);
-	router.get('/get_templates_listing', templatesController.getTemplatesListing);
 	router.get('/categories/:cid/moderators', getModerators);
 	router.get('/recent/posts/:term?', getRecentPosts);
 
diff --git a/src/views/config.json b/src/views/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a04fa620..0000000000
--- a/src/views/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"custom_mapping": {
-		"^\/?$": "categories",
-		"^admin?$": "admin/general/dashboard",
-		"^users/sort-posts": "users",
-		"^users/latest": "users",
-		"^users/sort-reputation": "users",
-		"^users/search": "users",
-		"^user/.*/edit": "account/edit",
-		"^user/.*/following": "account/following",
-		"^user/.*/followers": "account/followers",
-		"^user/.*/settings": "account/settings",
-		"^user/.*/favourites": "account/favourites",
-		"^user/.*/watched": "account/watched",
-		"^user/.*/posts": "account/posts",
-		"^user/.*/topics": "account/topics",
-		"^user/.*/groups": "account/groups",
-		"^user/[^\/]+": "account/profile",
-		"^reset/.*": "reset_code",
-		"^tags/.*": "tag",
-		"^groups/?$": "groups/list",
-		"^groups/.*": "groups/details"
-	},
-	"force_refresh": {
-		"logout": true
-	}
-}