diff --git a/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/FoldersData/Sample1/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml b/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/FoldersData/Sample1/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
index cd585ffc1..b1047c222 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/FoldersData/Sample1/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/FoldersData/Sample1/Recipes/cms.recipe.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
   <Theme src="http://" enable="true" current="true" />
   <Theme name="theme1" repository="somerepo" replace="true" />
 
-  <CleanUpInactive />
-
   <Custom1 attr1="value1" />
   <Custom2 attr2="value2" />
 </Orchard>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/RecipeManagerTests.cs b/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/RecipeManagerTests.cs
index 3f21d0998..d06a95ed3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/RecipeManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Tests.Modules/Recipes/Services/RecipeManagerTests.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tests.Modules.Recipes.Services {
             var sampleRecipe = recipes[0];
             var recipeSteps = (List<RecipeStep>) sampleRecipe.RecipeSteps;
 
-            Assert.That(recipeSteps.Count, Is.EqualTo(12));
+            Assert.That(recipeSteps.Count, Is.EqualTo(11));
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tests.Modules.Recipes.Services {
 
     public class CustomRecipeHandler : IRecipeHandler {
         public static string AttributeValue;
-        public string[] _handles = {"Module", "Theme", "Migration", "CleanUpInactive", "Custom1", "Custom2", "Command", "Metadata", "Feature", "Settings"};
+        public string[] _handles = {"Module", "Theme", "Migration", "Custom1", "Custom2", "Command", "Metadata", "Feature", "Settings"};
 
         public void ExecuteRecipeStep(RecipeContext recipeContext) {
             if (_handles.Contains(recipeContext.RecipeStep.Name)) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
index 9de710b5f..f5244b46e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Controllers\RecipesController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="RecipeHandlers\CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RecipeHandlers\CommandRecipeHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RecipeHandlers\FeatureRecipeHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RecipeHandlers\MetadataRecipeHandler.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/RecipeHandlers/CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/RecipeHandlers/CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f84472138..000000000
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/RecipeHandlers/CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using Orchard.Localization;
-using Orchard.Logging;
-using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
-using Orchard.Recipes.Services;
-
-namespace Orchard.Recipes.RecipeHandlers {
-    public class CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler : IRecipeHandler {
-        public CleanUpInactiveRecipeHandler() {
-            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
-            T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
-        }
-
-        public Localizer T { get; set; }
-        ILogger Logger { get; set; }
-
-        // <CleanUpInactive />
-        // Delete inactive modules and themes.
-        public void ExecuteRecipeStep(RecipeContext recipeContext) {
-            if (!String.Equals(recipeContext.RecipeStep.Name, "CleanUpInactive", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // remove modules and themes.
-            recipeContext.Executed = true;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
index 5d8d66767..4d9bde8f5 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Recipes/minimal.recipe.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,4 @@
   </Command>
 
   <Migration features="*" />
-
-  <CleanUpInactive />
 </Orchard>