diff --git a/actions/hcard.php b/actions/hcard.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6db2972b9d..0000000000
--- a/actions/hcard.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- *
- * Show the user's hcard
- *
- * PHP version 5
- *
- * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * @category  Personal
- * @package   StatusNet
- * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
- * @copyright 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPLv3
- * @link      http://status.net/
- */
-
-if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-/**
- * User profile page
- *
- * @category Personal
- * @package  StatusNet
- * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
- * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPLv3
- * @link     http://status.net/
- */
-class HcardAction extends Action
-{
-    var $user;
-    var $profile;
-
-    function prepare($args)
-    {
-        parent::prepare($args);
-
-        $nickname_arg = $this->arg('nickname');
-        $nickname     = common_canonical_nickname($nickname_arg);
-
-        // Permanent redirect on non-canonical nickname
-
-        if ($nickname_arg != $nickname) {
-            $args = array('nickname' => $nickname);
-            common_redirect(common_local_url('hcard', $args), 301);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $this->user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
-
-        if (!$this->user) {
-            // TRANS: Client error displayed when trying to get a user hCard for a non-existing user.
-            $this->clientError(_('No such user.'), 404);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $this->profile = $this->user->getProfile();
-
-        if (!$this->profile) {
-            // TRANS: Error message displayed when referring to a user without a profile.
-            $this->serverError(_('User has no profile.'));
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    function handle($args)
-    {
-        parent::handle($args);
-        $this->showPage();
-    }
-
-    function title()
-    {
-        return $this->profile->getBestName();
-    }
-
-    function showContent()
-    {
-        $up = new ShortUserProfile($this, $this->user, $this->profile);
-        $up->show();
-    }
-
-    function showHeader()
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    function showAside()
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    function showSecondaryNav()
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-}
-
-class ShortUserProfile extends UserProfile
-{
-    function showEntityActions()
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 2011d2708c..c9b12ac8e7 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ class Router
 
                 foreach (array('subscriptions', 'subscribers',
                                'all', 'foaf', 'replies',
-                               'microsummary', 'hcard') as $a) {
+                               'microsummary') as $a) {
                     $m->connect($a,
                                 array('action' => $a,
                                       'nickname' => $nickname));
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ class Router
 
                 foreach (array('subscriptions', 'subscribers',
                                'nudge', 'all', 'foaf', 'replies',
-                               'inbox', 'outbox', 'microsummary', 'hcard') as $a) {
+                               'inbox', 'outbox', 'microsummary') as $a) {
                     $m->connect(':nickname/'.$a,
                                 array('action' => $a),
                                 array('nickname' => Nickname::DISPLAY_FMT));
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/xrdaction.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/xrdaction.php
index 1ac4d40a50..2ba158a3e6 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/xrdaction.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/xrdaction.php
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ class XrdAction extends Action
                                                                'format' => 'atom')),
                               'type' => 'application/atom+xml');
 
-        // hCard
-        $xrd->links[] = array('rel' => Discovery::HCARD,
-                              'type' => 'text/html',
-                              'href' => common_local_url('hcard', array('nickname' => $nick)));
-
         // XFN
         $xrd->links[] = array('rel' => 'http://gmpg.org/xfn/11',
                               'type' => 'text/html',