diff --git a/app/controllers/BaseController.php b/app/controllers/BaseController.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bee4644..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/BaseController.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-class BaseController extends Controller {
-
-	/**
-	 * Setup the layout used by the controller.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	protected function setupLayout()
-	{
-		if ( ! is_null($this->layout))
-		{
-			$this->layout = View::make($this->layout);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/app/controllers/HomeController.php b/app/controllers/HomeController.php
index 6fe4919b..9c0822e2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-	class HomeController extends BaseController {
+	class HomeController extends Controller {
 		public function showIndex() {
 			return View::make('index');
 		}