diff --git a/app/controllers/legacy_controller.rb b/app/controllers/legacy_controller.rb
index 5557a3146..784b19443 100644
--- a/app/controllers/legacy_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/legacy_controller.rb
@@ -17,18 +17,10 @@ class LegacyController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def users
-    @users = User.limit(100).search(params).paginate(params[:page])
-  end
-
   def tags
     @tags = Tag.limit(100).search(params).paginate(params[:page], :limit => params[:limit])
   end
 
-  def artists
-    @artists = Artist.limit(100).search(search_params).paginate(params[:page])
-  end
-
   def unavailable
     render :plain => "this resource is no longer available", :status => 410
   end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c56a19adb..071c42d04 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -483,15 +483,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
       ]
     end
 
-    def to_legacy_json
-      return {
-        "name" => name,
-        "id" => id,
-        "level" => level,
-        "created_at" => created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
-      }.to_json
-    end
-
     def api_token
       api_key.try(:key)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/legacy/artists.json.erb b/app/views/legacy/artists.json.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b4addaa..000000000
--- a/app/views/legacy/artists.json.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[<%= raw @artists.map(&:to_json).join(",") %>]
diff --git a/app/views/legacy/artists.xml.erb b/app/views/legacy/artists.xml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b65e14e..000000000
--- a/app/views/legacy/artists.xml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<artists type="array">
-  <% @artists.each do |artist| %>
-    <artist group_name="<%= artist.group_name %>" other_names="<%= artist.other_names %>" urls="<%= artist.urls.map {|x| x.url}.join(" ") %>" is_active="<%= !artist.is_deleted? %>" name="<%= artist.name %>" updater_id="0" id="<%= artist.id %>" version="0"/>
-  <% end %>
-</artists>
diff --git a/app/views/legacy/users.json.erb b/app/views/legacy/users.json.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 296d0b8e0..000000000
--- a/app/views/legacy/users.json.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[<%= @users.map {|x| x.to_legacy_json}.join(", ").html_safe %>]
diff --git a/app/views/legacy/users.xml.erb b/app/views/legacy/users.xml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index fe0dcb2c1..000000000
--- a/app/views/legacy/users.xml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<users type="array">
-  <% @users.each do |user| %>
-    <user name="<%= user.name %>" id="<%= user.id %>" created_at="<%= user.created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M') %>" level="<%= user.level %>"></user>
-  <% end %>
-</users>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d17321a92..8c5e55540 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   # legacy aliases
   get "/artist" => redirect {|params, req| "/artists?page=#{req.params[:page]}&search[name]=#{CGI.escape(req.params[:name].to_s)}"}
-  get "/artist/index.xml", :controller => "legacy", :action => "artists", :format => "xml"
-  get "/artist/index.json", :controller => "legacy", :action => "artists", :format => "json"
   get "/artist/index" => redirect {|params, req| "/artists?page=#{req.params[:page]}"}
   get "/artist/show/:id" => redirect("/artists/%{id}")
   get "/artist/show" => redirect {|params, req| "/artists?name=#{CGI.escape(req.params[:name].to_s)}"}
@@ -335,8 +333,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   get "/tag_implication" => redirect {|params, req| "/tag_implications?search[name_matches]=#{CGI.escape(req.params[:query].to_s)}"}
 
-  get "/user/index.xml", :controller => "legacy", :action => "users", :format => "xml"
-  get "/user/index.json", :controller => "legacy", :action => "users", :format => "json"
   get "/user" => redirect {|params, req| "/users?page=#{req.params[:page]}"}
   get "/user/index" => redirect {|params, req| "/users?page=#{req.params[:page]}"}
   get "/user/show/:id" => redirect("/users/%{id}")