diff --git a/core/model/SiteTree.php b/core/model/SiteTree.php
index 2485712dc..ad3e314d8 100755
--- a/core/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/core/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1621,18 +1621,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 								Director::absoluteBaseURL(),
 								(self::nested_urls() && $this->ParentID ? $this->Parent->RelativeLink(true) : null)
 							)),
-							new UniqueRestrictedTextField("URLSegment",
-								"URLSegment",
-								"SiteTree",
-								_t('SiteTree.VALIDATIONURLSEGMENT1', "Another page is using that URL. URL must be unique for each page"),
-								"[^A-Za-z0-9-]+",
-								"-",
-								_t('SiteTree.VALIDATIONURLSEGMENT2', "URLs can only be made up of letters, digits and hyphens."),
-								"",
-								"",
-								"",
-								50
-							),
+							new TextField("URLSegment","URLSegment"),
 							new LabelField('TrailingSlashLabel',"/")
 						),
 						new LiteralField('LinkChangeNote', self::nested_urls() && count($this->Children()) ?
diff --git a/javascript/UpdateURL.js b/javascript/UpdateURL.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 36ddee2a9..000000000
--- a/javascript/UpdateURL.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Behaviour.register({
-	'input#Form_EditForm_Title': {
-		/**
-		 * Get the URL segment to suggest a new field
-		 */
-		onchange: function() {
-			if(this.value.length == 0) return;
-			if(!$('Form_EditForm_URLSegment')) return;
-			
-			var urlSegmentField = $('Form_EditForm_URLSegment');
-			var newSuggestion = urlSegmentField.suggestNewValue( this.value.toLowerCase() );
-			var isNew = urlSegmentField.value.indexOf("new") == 0;
-			var confirmMessage = ss.i18n.sprintf(
-				ss.i18n._t('UPDATEURL.CONFIRM', 'Would you like me to change the URL to:\n\n%s/\n\nClick Ok to change the URL, click Cancel to leave it as:\n\n%s'),
-				newSuggestion,
-				urlSegmentField.value
-			);
-			
-			if( 
-				newSuggestion == urlSegmentField.value 
-				|| isNew 
-				|| confirm(confirmMessage)
-			) {
-				urlSegmentField.value = newSuggestion;
-			}
-			// If you type in Page name, the Navigation Label and Meta Title should automatically update the first time
-			// @todo: Change file name from UpdateURL to something more geneneric since we now do more than update the URL.
-			if($('Form_EditForm_MetaTitle') && $('Form_EditForm_MenuTitle').value.indexOf("New") == 0 ) {
-				$('Form_EditForm_MenuTitle').value = this.value;
-			}
-			// @todo see if updating this is confusing (Q: why isn't my page title changing? A: Check the Meta-Data tab)
-			if($('Form_EditForm_MetaTitle') && $('Form_EditForm_MetaTitle').value.length == 0 ) {
-				$('Form_EditForm_MetaTitle').value = this.value;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-});