diff --git a/code/controllers/ContentController.php b/code/controllers/ContentController.php
index 11e22cd7..4c787cdd 100755
--- a/code/controllers/ContentController.php
+++ b/code/controllers/ContentController.php
@@ -110,33 +110,6 @@ class ContentController extends Controller {
 			return Security::permissionFailure($this);
 		}
 
-		// Draft/Archive security check - only CMS users should be able to look at stage/archived content
-		if(
-			$this->URLSegment != 'Security' 
-			&& !Session::get('unsecuredDraftSite') 
-			&& (
-				Versioned::current_archived_date() 
-				|| (Versioned::current_stage() && Versioned::current_stage() != 'Live')
-			)
-		) {
-			if(!$this->dataRecord->canView()) {
-				Session::clear('currentStage');
-				Session::clear('archiveDate');
-				
-				$permissionMessage = sprintf(
-					_t(
-						"ContentController.DRAFT_SITE_ACCESS_RESTRICTION",
-						'You must log in with your CMS password in order to view the draft or archived content. '.
-						'<a href="%s">Click here to go back to the published site.</a>'
-					),
-					Controller::join_links($this->Link(), "?stage=Live")
-				);
-
-				return Security::permissionFailure($this, $permissionMessage);
-			}
-
-		}
-		
 		// Use theme from the site config
 		if(($config = SiteConfig::current_site_config()) && $config->Theme) {
 			Config::inst()->update('SSViewer', 'theme', $config->Theme);
diff --git a/code/model/SiteTree.php b/code/model/SiteTree.php
index c793c63c..429e9542 100755
--- a/code/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -903,23 +903,6 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 
 		// admin override
 		if($member && Permission::checkMember($member, array("ADMIN", "SITETREE_VIEW_ALL"))) return true;
-
-		// make sure we were loaded off an allowed stage
-
-		// Were we definitely loaded directly off Live during our query?
-		$fromLive = true;
-
-		foreach (array('mode' => 'stage', 'stage' => 'live') as $param => $match) {
-			$fromLive = $fromLive && strtolower((string)$this->getSourceQueryParam("Versioned.$param")) == $match;
-		}
-
-		if(!$fromLive
-			&& !Session::get('unsecuredDraftSite')
-			&& !Permission::checkMember($member, array('CMS_ACCESS_LeftAndMain', 'CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain', 'VIEW_DRAFT_CONTENT'))) {
-			// If we weren't definitely loaded from live, and we can't view non-live content, we need to
-			// check to make sure this version is the live version and so can be viewed
-			if (Versioned::get_versionnumber_by_stage($this->class, 'Live', $this->ID) != $this->Version) return false;
-		}
 		
 		// Orphaned pages (in the current stage) are unavailable, except for admins via the CMS
 		if($this->isOrphaned()) return false;
@@ -952,26 +935,6 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 		
 		return false;
 	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Determines canView permissions for the latest version of this Page on a specific stage (see {@link Versioned}).
-	 * Usually the stage is read from {@link Versioned::current_stage()}.
-	 * 
-	 * @todo Implement in CMS UI.
-	 * 
-	 * @param string $stage
-	 * @param Member $member
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function canViewStage($stage = 'Live', $member = null) {
-		$oldMode = Versioned::get_reading_mode();
-		Versioned::reading_stage($stage);
-
-		$versionFromStage = DataObject::get($this->class)->byID($this->ID);
-		
-		Versioned::set_reading_mode($oldMode);
-		return $versionFromStage ? $versionFromStage->canView($member) : false;
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * This function should return true if the current user can delete this page. It can be overloaded to customise the