diff --git a/forms/RestrictedTextField.php b/forms/RestrictedTextField.php
deleted file mode 100755
index 8516cb930..000000000
--- a/forms/RestrictedTextField.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * A Text field that cannot contain certain characters
- * @deprecated 2.3
- * @package forms
- * @subpackage fields-formatted
- */
-class RestrictedTextField extends TextField {
-
-	protected $restrictedChars;
-
-	function __construct($name, $title = null, $value = "", $restrictedChars = "", $maxLength = null){
-		$this->restrictedChars = $restrictedChars;
-		parent::__construct($name, $title, $value);	
-	}
-	
-	function Field() {
-		Requirements::add_i18n_javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/lang');
-		Requirements::javascript( SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/UniqueFields.js' );
-		
-		if($this->maxLength){
-			$field = "<input class=\"text restricted\" type=\"text\" id=\"" . $this->id() . "\" name=\"{$this->name}\" value=\"" . $this->attrValue() . "\" maxlength=\"$this->maxLength\" />";
-		}else{
-			$field = "<input class=\"text restricted\" type=\"text\" id=\"" . $this->id() . "\" name=\"{$this->name}\" value=\"" . $this->attrValue() . "\" />"; 
-		}
-		
-		return $field."<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars\" value=\"".$this->restrictedChars."\" />";
-	}
-}
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/forms/UniqueRestrictedTextField.php b/forms/UniqueRestrictedTextField.php
deleted file mode 100755
index e294ba5fc..000000000
--- a/forms/UniqueRestrictedTextField.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for the given
- * set of fields in a given set of tables
- * @deprecated 2.3
- * @package forms
- * @subpackage fields-formattedinput
- */
-class UniqueRestrictedTextField extends UniqueTextField {
-	
-	protected $charRegex;
-	protected $charReplacement;
-	protected $charMessage;
-	
-	function __construct($name, $restrictedField, $restrictedTable, $restrictedMessage, $charRegex, $charReplacement, $charMessage, $title = null, $value = "", $maxLength = null ){
-		$this->charRegex = $charRegex;
-		$this->charReplacement = $charReplacement;
-		$this->charMessage = $charMessage;
-		
-		parent::__construct($name, $restrictedField, $restrictedTable, $restrictedMessage, $title, $value, $maxLength);	
-	}
-	 
-	function Field() {
-			return parent::Field()."<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars\" value=\"".$this->charRegex."\" /><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars-replace\" value=\"".$this->charReplacement."\" /><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars-message\" value=\"".$this->charMessage."\" />";
-	}
-}
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/javascript/UniqueFields.js b/javascript/UniqueFields.js
index ce2f6c231..d097c6f09 100755
--- a/javascript/UniqueFields.js
+++ b/javascript/UniqueFields.js
@@ -36,114 +36,3 @@ UniqueFormField.prototype = {
 		return suggested;
 	}
 }
-
-UniqueRestrictedTextField = Class.extend('UniqueFormField');
-UniqueRestrictedTextField.applyTo('input.UniqueRestrictedTextField');
-UniqueRestrictedTextField.prototype = {
-	initialize: function() {
-		this.loadMessages();
-		if(this.loadRestrictedValues){ this.loadRestrictedValues()};
-		this.loadRestrictedChars();
-		this.onblur = this.validate.bind(this);
-	},
-	loadRestrictedChars: function() {
-		this.charRegex = new RegExp( $(this.id + '-restricted-chars').value, 'g' );
-		this.charReplacement = $(this.id + '-restricted-chars-replace').value;
-		this.trimRegex = new RegExp( '^[' + this.charReplacement + ']+|[' + this.charReplacement + ']+$', 'g' );
-	},
-	suggestNewValue: function( fromString ) {
-		var prefix = '';
-		var count = 1;
-		var suggested = fromString || this.value;
-		
-		if( suggested.length == 0 ) {
-			suggested = $('Form_EditForm_Title').value.toLowerCase();
-		} 
-		
-		var escaped = suggested.replace(this.charRegex, this.charReplacement);
-		escaped = escaped.replace( this.trimRegex, '' );
-		
-		// this.loadRestrictedValues is never called, i think someone missed a function.. 
-		if(this.restrictedValues){
-			if( !this.restrictedValues[escaped] )
-				return escaped;
-		}
-		
-		var prefix = escaped;
-		
-		if( prefix.charAt(prefix.length-1) != this.charReplacement )
-			prefix = prefix + this.charReplacement;
-
-		suggested = prefix;			
-		suggested = suggested.replace( this.charRegex, this.charReplacement );
-		suggested = suggested.replace( this.trimRegex, '' );
-		
-		if(this.restrictedValues){
-			while( this.restrictedValues[suggested] ) {
-				suggested = prefix + (++count);
-				suggested = suggested.replace( this.charRegex, this.charReplacement );
-				suggested = suggested.replace( this.trimRegex, '' );
-			}
-		}
-		
-			
-		return suggested;
-	},
-	validate: function() {
-		// check that the value is not in use, and matches the pattern
-		var suggested = this.value;
-		if(this.restrictedValues){
-			var suggestedValue = this.restrictedValues[suggested];
-		}
-		
-		if( suggested == null || suggested.length == 0 || suggestedValue || suggested.match( this.charRegex ) ) {
-		    var message;
-			if( suggested == null )
-				message = ss.i18n._t('UNIQUEFIELD.ENTERNEWVALUE', 'You will need to enter a new value for this field');
-			else if( suggested.length == 0 )
-				message = ss.i18n._t('UNIQUEFIELD.CANNOTLEAVEEMPTY', 'This field cannot be left empty');
-			else if( suggestedValue )
-				message = this.restrictedMessage;
-			else
-				message = this.charMessage;
-
-			suggested = this.suggestNewValue();
-			statusMessage(ss.i18n.sprintf(
-				ss.i18n._t('UNIQUEFIELD.SUGGESTED', "Changed value to '%s' : %s"),
-				suggested,
-				message
-			));
-		}
-		
-		this.value = suggested;
-	},
-	loadMessages: function() {
-		this.restrictedMessage = $(this.id + '-restricted-message').value;
-		this.charMessage = $(this.id + '-restricted-chars-message').value;
-	}
-}
-
-RestrictedTextField = Class.create();
-RestrictedTextField.applyTo('input.text.restricted');
-RestrictedTextField.prototype = {
-	
-	initialize: function() {
-		this.restrictedChars = $(this.id + '-restricted-chars').value;
-		// this.restrictedRegex = new RegExp( $(this.id.'-restricted-chars').value, 'g' );
-	},
-	
-	onkeyup: function() {
-		
-		var lastChar = this.value.charAt(this.value.length - 1);
-		
-		for( var index = 0; index < this.restrictedChars.length; index++ ) {
-			if( lastChar == this.restrictedChars.charAt(index) ) {
-				alert(ss.i18n.sprintf(
-					ss.i18n._t('RESTRICTEDTEXTFIELD.CHARCANTBEUSED', "The character '%s' cannot be used in this field"),
-					lastChar
-				));
-				this.value = this.value.substring( 0, this.value.length - 1 );
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}