diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/core/api.php b/lib/private/appframework/core/api.php
index c5991237ed1299a064b28216951f3cfdad6e27da..31da0706a15e80b676318d7ac0458ec4e5c1e03a 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/core/api.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/core/api.php
@@ -99,16 +99,6 @@ class API implements IApi{
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the translation object
-	 * @return \OC_L10N the translation object
-	 */
-	public function getTrans(){
-		# TODO: use public api
-		return \OC_L10N::get($this->appName);
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the URL for a route
 	 * @param string $routeName the name of the route
diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/iapi.php b/lib/public/appframework/iapi.php
index fa6af5f596593c6ba1d6b3e42c20f89a063c9d92..818647c19fd505d40b9ff1e37ab878a03c6b7fca 100644
--- a/lib/public/appframework/iapi.php
+++ b/lib/public/appframework/iapi.php
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ interface IApi {
 	 */
 	function add3rdPartyStyle($name);
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the translation object
-	 * @return \OC_L10N the translation object
-	 *
-	 * FIXME: returns private object / should be retrieved from teh ServerContainer
-	 */
-	function getTrans();
-
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the URL for a route
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
index 25fdd202839340ad233dff21caff16b8bb01e3b8..f3ebff0207f38a9fda87495debed6ba3cba444de 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
@@ -29,23 +29,14 @@ namespace OC\AppFramework\DependencyInjection;
 use \OC\AppFramework\Http\Request;
 
 
-//require_once(__DIR__ . "/../classloader.php");
-
-
 class DIContainerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	private $container;
+	private $api;
 
 	protected function setUp(){
 		$this->container = new DIContainer('name');
-		$this->api = $this->getMock('OC\AppFramework\Core\API', array('getTrans'), array('hi'));
-	}
-
-	private function exchangeAPI(){
-		$this->api->expects($this->any())
-				->method('getTrans')
-				->will($this->returnValue('yo'));
-		$this->container['API'] = $this->api;
+		$this->api = $this->getMock('OC\AppFramework\Core\API', array(), array('hi'));
 	}
 
 	public function testProvidesAPI(){
@@ -87,12 +78,4 @@ class DIContainerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	}
 
 
-	public function testMiddlewareDispatcherDoesNotIncludeTwigWhenTplDirectoryNotSet(){
-		$this->container['Request'] = new Request();
-		$this->exchangeAPI();
-		$dispatcher = $this->container['MiddlewareDispatcher'];
-
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($dispatcher->getMiddlewares()));
-	}
-
 }