diff --git a/addons/website/data/website_data.xml b/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
index a12909337ff..bf4298da273 100644
--- a/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
+++ b/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
@@ -26,21 +26,6 @@
             <field name="sequence" type="int">60</field>
         </record>
 
-        <record id="public_user" model="res.users">
-            <field name="name">Anonymous</field>
-            <field name="login">public</field>
-            <field name="password">public</field>
-            <!-- Avoid auto-including this demo user in any default group -->
-            <field name="groups_id" eval="[(5,)]"/>
-            <field name="image" type="base64" file="website/static/img/public_user-image.png"/>
-            <field name="share" eval="True"/>
-            <field name="active" eval="False"/>
-        </record>
-
-        <record id="base.group_public" model="res.groups">
-            <field name="users" eval="[(4, ref('website.public_user'))]"/>
-        </record>
-
         <record id="base.group_website_publisher" model="res.groups">
             <field name="name">Display Editor Bar on Website</field>
             <field name="category_id" ref="base.module_category_website"/>
diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
index 02e320deeb0..d8a6f5c5fa1 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ class ir_http(orm.AbstractModel):
             page=PageConverter,
         )
 
-    def _auth_method_public(self):
-        if not request.session.uid:
-            request.uid = request.registry['website'].get_public_user(
-                request.cr, openerp.SUPERUSER_ID, request.context)
-        else:
-            request.uid = request.session.uid
-
     def _dispatch(self):
         first_pass = not hasattr(request, 'website')
         request.website = None
diff --git a/addons/website/static/img/public_user-image.png b/addons/website/static/img/public_user-image.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e333176e3e4..00000000000
Binary files a/addons/website/static/img/public_user-image.png and /dev/null differ