diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index c0206dc662..b6ec04cc86 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@
 var path = require('path'),
     config  = {};
 
-// ## Default Navigation Items
-// Add new objects here to extend the menu output by {{nav}}
-config.nav = [
-    {
-        // Title is the text shown for this nav item
-        title: 'Home',
-        // Url can be a relative path, or external URL
-        url: '/'
-    }
-    // new items go here
-];
-
 // ## Environment
 // **Warning:** Only change the settings below here if you are sure of what you are doing!
 config.env = {
diff --git a/core/server/filters/index.js b/core/server/filters/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3252d78d80..0000000000
--- a/core/server/filters/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-var _ = require('underscore'),
-    defaultCoreFilterPriority = 4,
-    coreFilters;
-
-coreFilters = function (ghost) {
-    ghost.registerFilter('ghostNavItems', defaultCoreFilterPriority, function (args) {
-        var selectedItem;
-
-        // we want to clone the config so the config remains unchanged
-        // we will need to make this recursive if we start supporting
-        // hierarchical menus
-        args.navItems = _.map(ghost.config().nav, function (value) {
-            return Object.create(value);
-        });
-
-        // Mark the current selected Item
-        selectedItem = _.find(args.navItems, function (item) {
-            // TODO: Better selection determination?
-            return item.url === args.path;
-        });
-
-        if (selectedItem) {
-            selectedItem.active = true;
-        }
-
-        return args;
-    });
-};
-
-module.exports.loadCoreFilters = coreFilters;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/server/helpers/index.js b/core/server/helpers/index.js
index d6b4475540..656b5de49e 100644
--- a/core/server/helpers/index.js
+++ b/core/server/helpers/index.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ var _ = require('underscore'),
 
 
 coreHelpers = function (ghost) {
-    var navHelper,
-        paginationHelper;
+    var paginationHelper;
 
     /**
      * [ description]
@@ -309,19 +308,6 @@ coreHelpers = function (ghost) {
     // ## Template driven helpers
     // Template driven helpers require that their template is loaded before they can be registered.
 
-    // ###Nav Helper
-    // `{{nav}}`
-    // Outputs a navigation menu built from items in config.js
-    navHelper = ghost.loadTemplate('nav').then(function (templateFn) {
-        ghost.registerThemeHelper('nav', function (options) {
-            if (!_.isObject(this.navItems) || _.isFunction(this.navItems)) {
-                errors.logAndThrowError('navItems data is not an object or is a function');
-                return;
-            }
-            return new hbs.handlebars.SafeString(templateFn({links: this.navItems}));
-        });
-    });
-
     // ### Pagination Helper
     // `{{pagination}}`
     // Outputs previous and next buttons, along with info about the current page
@@ -358,7 +344,6 @@ coreHelpers = function (ghost) {
     });
     // Return once the template-driven helpers have loaded
     return when.join(
-        navHelper,
         paginationHelper
     );
 };
diff --git a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
index 81e1a4a2af..1c021bfd5e 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
@@ -245,43 +245,6 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('Navigation Helper', function () {
-
-        it('has loaded nav helper', function () {
-            should.exist(handlebars.helpers.nav);
-        });
-
-        it('can render nav items', function (done) {
-            var templateSpy = sinon.spy(function (data) { return "rendered " + data.links.length; }),
-                compileSpy = sinon.stub(ghost, 'compileTemplate').returns(when.resolve(templateSpy)),
-                fakeNavItems = [{
-                    title: 'test1',
-                    url: '/test1'
-                }, {
-                    title: 'test2',
-                    url: '/test2'
-                }],
-                rendered;
-
-            helpers.loadCoreHelpers(ghost).then(function () {
-                rendered = handlebars.helpers.nav.call({navItems: fakeNavItems});
-
-                // Returns a string returned from navTemplateFunc
-                should.exist(rendered);
-                rendered.string.should.equal("rendered 2");
-
-                compileSpy.called.should.equal(true);
-                templateSpy.called.should.equal(true);
-                templateSpy.calledWith({ links: fakeNavItems }).should.equal(true);
-
-
-                compileSpy.restore();
-
-                done();
-            }).then(null, done);
-        });
-    });
-
     describe("Pagination helper", function () {
         var paginationRegex = /class="pagination"/,
             newerRegex = /class="newer-posts"/,
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3a51f79384..3e843fe6fb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ var express = require('express'),
     api = require('./core/server/api'),
     Ghost = require('./core/ghost'),
     I18n = require('./core/shared/lang/i18n'),
-    filters = require('./core/server/filters'),
     helpers = require('./core/server/helpers'),
     packageInfo = require('./package.json'),
 
@@ -105,15 +104,7 @@ function ghostLocals(req, res, next) {
     res.locals = res.locals || {};
     res.locals.version = packageInfo.version;
 
-    if (!res.isAdmin) {
-        // filter the navigation items
-        ghost.doFilter('ghostNavItems', {path: req.path, navItems: []}, function (navData) {
-            // pass the theme navigation items, settings get configured as globals
-            _.extend(res.locals, navData);
-
-            next();
-        });
-    } else {
+    if (res.isAdmin) {
         api.users.read({id: req.session.user}).then(function (currentUser) {
             _.extend(res.locals,  {
                 // pass the admin flash messages, settings and paths
@@ -137,6 +128,8 @@ function ghostLocals(req, res, next) {
             });
             next();
         });
+    } else {
+        next();
     }
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +147,7 @@ function disableCachedResult(req, res, next) {
 // Expose the promise we will resolve after our pre-loading
 ghost.loaded = loading.promise;
 
-when.all([ghost.init(), filters.loadCoreFilters(ghost), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(ghost)]).then(function () {
+when.all([ghost.init(), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(ghost)]).then(function () {
 
     // ##Configuration
     ghost.app().configure(function () {