diff --git a/OHIFViewer/package.json b/OHIFViewer/package.json
index 31b448689..d0a62cfa3 100644
--- a/OHIFViewer/package.json
+++ b/OHIFViewer/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-runtime": "^6.20.0"
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.22.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/index.js b/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/index.js
index b6ccded13..398f39815 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/index.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/index.js
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ Viewerbase.getImageId = getImageId;
 import { setActiveViewport } from './lib/setActiveViewport';
 Viewerbase.setActiveViewport = setActiveViewport;
 
-// classifyImageOrientation
-import { classifyImageOrientation } from './lib/classifyImageOrientation';
-Viewerbase.classifyImageOrientation = classifyImageOrientation;
-
 // setFocusToActiveViewport
 import { setFocusToActiveViewport } from './lib/setFocusToActiveViewport';
 Viewerbase.setFocusToActiveViewport = setFocusToActiveViewport;
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/lib/classifyImageOrientation.js b/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/lib/classifyImageOrientation.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 877c3fa76..000000000
--- a/Packages/ohif-viewerbase/client/lib/classifyImageOrientation.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
-
-/**
- * This function returns a string describing an image orientation
- * (e.g. axial, sagittal, coronal)
- * If no classification is determined, it returns undefined
- * 
- * @param {string} [imageId]
- * @returns {string}
- */
-export function classifyImageOrientation(imageId) {
-    // First we check if this imageId has already been classified, so we can return
-    // the classification from the cache
-    if (OHIF.viewer.linkSeries.classifiedOrientation.hasOwnProperty(imageId)) {
-        return OHIF.viewer.linkSeries.classifiedOrientation[imageId];
-    }
-
-    // Calculate the image plane normal
-    const imagePlane = cornerstoneTools.metaData.get('imagePlane', imageId);
-    if (!imagePlane || !imagePlane.rowCosines || !imagePlane.columnCosines) {
-        return;
-    }
-    const imageNormal = imagePlane.rowCosines.clone().cross(imagePlane.columnCosines);
-
-    // These represent the normal vectors to three standard image planes
-    const normals = {
-        axial: new cornerstoneMath.Vector3(0, 0, 1),
-        coronal: new cornerstoneMath.Vector3(0, 1, 0),
-        sagittal: new cornerstoneMath.Vector3(1, 0, 0)
-    };
-
-    const PI = Math.PI;
-    // This loop checks the angle between the current image plane normal
-    // and that of the three standard image planes above. If the two 
-    // normal vectors are within 15 degrees of each other, the current image
-    // is classified as the relevant standard image plane (e.g. axial).
-    let classifiedOrientation;
-    Object.keys(normals).some(orientation => {
-        let angleInRadians = imageNormal.angleTo(normals[orientation]);
-
-        angleInRadians = Math.abs(angleInRadians);
-        if (angleInRadians < PI / 12 || angleInRadians === PI) { // Pi / 12 radians = 15 degrees
-            classifiedOrientation = orientation;
-            return true;
-        }
-    });
-
-    // If no classification was determined, stop here and dump a warning to the console
-    if (!classifiedOrientation) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // Otherwise, update the cache with the classified orientation for this imageId
-    OHIF.viewer.linkSeries.classifiedOrientation[imageId] = classifiedOrientation;
-
-    return classifiedOrientation;
-};
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