diff --git a/app/controllers/locomotive/installation_controller.rb b/app/controllers/locomotive/installation_controller.rb
index 40045398..a516940d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/locomotive/installation_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/locomotive/installation_controller.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ module Locomotive
         @site = Site.create_first_one(params[:site])
 
         if @site.valid?
-          Site.install_template(@site, params)
-
           redirect_to last_url
         else
           logger.error "Unable to create the first website: #{@site.errors.inspect}"
diff --git a/app/models/locomotive/extensions/site/first_installation.rb b/app/models/locomotive/extensions/site/first_installation.rb
index 9acdb13d..805efeb9 100644
--- a/app/models/locomotive/extensions/site/first_installation.rb
+++ b/app/models/locomotive/extensions/site/first_installation.rb
@@ -14,24 +14,6 @@ module Locomotive
           site
         end
 
-        def install_template(site, options = {})
-          default_template = Boolean.set(options.delete(:default_site_template)) || false
-
-          zipfile = options.delete(:zipfile)
-
-          # do not try to process anything if said so
-          return unless default_template || zipfile.present?
-
-          # default template options has a higher priority than the zipfile
-          source = default_template ? Locomotive.default_site_template_path : zipfile
-
-          begin
-            Locomotive::Import::Job.run!(source, site, { :samples => true })
-          rescue Exception => e
-            Rails.logger.error "The import of the site template failed because of #{e.message}"
-          end
-        end
-
       end
     end
   end