diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
index 7d2f3a1ce3a..4900ef19633 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
@@ -442,37 +442,6 @@ public class StaticAbility extends CardTraitBase implements IIdentifiable, Clone
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Apply ability.
-     *
-     * @param mode
-     *            the mode
-     * @param card
-     *            the card
-     * @return true, if successful
-     */
-    public final boolean applyAbility(final String mode, final Card card) {
-
-        // don't apply the ability if it hasn't got the right mode
-        if (!getParam("Mode").equals(mode)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (this.isSuppressed() || !this.checkConditions()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (mode.equals("ETBTapped")) {
-            return StaticAbilityETBTapped.applyETBTappedAbility(this, card);
-        }
-
-        if (mode.equals("GainAbilitiesOf")) {
-
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
     public final boolean applyAbility(final String mode, final Card card, final boolean isCombat) {
         // don't apply the ability if it hasn't got the right mode
         if (!getParam("Mode").equals(mode)) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbilityETBTapped.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbilityETBTapped.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 589053aee89..00000000000
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbilityETBTapped.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Forge: Play Magic: the Gathering.
- * Copyright (C) 2011  Forge Team
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package forge.game.staticability;
-
-import forge.game.CardTraitBase;
-import forge.game.card.Card;
-
-
-/**
- * The Class StaticAbility_CantBeCast.
- */
-public class StaticAbilityETBTapped {
-
-    /**
-     * TODO Write javadoc for this method.
-     * 
-     * @param stAb
-     *            a StaticAbility
-     * @param card
-     *            the card
-     * @return true, if successful
-     */
-    public static boolean applyETBTappedAbility(final StaticAbility stAb, final Card card) {
-        final Card hostCard = stAb.getHostCard();
-
-        if (stAb.hasParam("ValidCard")) {
-            if (!CardTraitBase.matchesValid(card, stAb.getParam("ValidCard").split(","), hostCard)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
index 09274a4454a..459dde058bb 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
@@ -63,19 +63,6 @@ public class PlayerZoneBattlefield extends PlayerZone {
 
         super.add(c, position, latestState);
 
-        if (trigger) {
-            // ETBTapped static abilities
-            for (final Card ca : game.getCardsIn(ZoneType.STATIC_ABILITIES_SOURCE_ZONES)) {
-                for (final StaticAbility stAb : ca.getStaticAbilities()) {
-                    if (stAb.applyAbility("ETBTapped", c)) {
-                        // it enters the battlefield this way, and should
-                        // not fire triggers
-                        c.setTapped(true);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         if (trigger) {
             c.setSickness(true); // summoning sickness
             c.runComesIntoPlayCommands();