diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/IAntiforgery.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/IAntiforgery.cs
index d2eac4c95a..583a71ffea 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/IAntiforgery.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/IAntiforgery.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery
@@ -13,20 +12,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery
     /// </summary>
     public interface IAntiforgery
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Generates an &lt;input type="hidden"&gt; element for an antiforgery token.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> associated with the current request.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// A <see cref="IHtmlContent"/> containing an &lt;input type="hidden"&gt; element. This element should be put
-        /// inside a &lt;form&gt;.
-        /// </returns>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// This method has a side effect:
-        /// A response cookie is set if there is no valid cookie associated with the request.
-        /// </remarks>
-        IHtmlContent GetHtml(HttpContext httpContext);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Generates an <see cref="AntiforgeryTokenSet"/> for this request and stores the cookie token
         /// in the response.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
index 1a581a5f54..76a5ff8f30 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
@@ -35,20 +32,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
             _tokenStore = tokenStore;
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IHtmlContent GetHtml(HttpContext httpContext)
-        {
-            if (httpContext == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpContext));
-            }
-
-            CheckSSLConfig(httpContext);
-
-            var tokenSet = GetAndStoreTokens(httpContext);
-            return new InputContent(_options.FormFieldName, tokenSet.RequestToken);
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public AntiforgeryTokenSet GetAndStoreTokens(HttpContext httpContext)
         {
@@ -307,42 +290,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
 
             public bool IsNewCookieToken { get; set; }
         }
-
-        private class InputContent : IHtmlContent
-        {
-            private readonly string _fieldName;
-            private readonly string _requestToken;
-
-            public InputContent(string fieldName, string requestToken)
-            {
-                _fieldName = fieldName;
-                _requestToken = requestToken;
-            }
-
-            // Though _requestToken normally contains only US-ASCII letters, numbers, '-', and '_', must assume the
-            // IAntiforgeryTokenSerializer implementation has been overridden. Similarly, users may choose a
-            // _fieldName containing almost any character.
-            public void WriteTo(TextWriter writer, HtmlEncoder encoder)
-            {
-                var builder = writer as IHtmlContentBuilder;
-                if (builder != null)
-                {
-                    // If possible, defer encoding until we're writing to the response.
-                    // But there's little reason to keep this IHtmlContent instance around.
-                    builder
-                        .AppendHtml("<input name=\"")
-                        .Append(_fieldName)
-                        .AppendHtml("\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"")
-                        .Append(_requestToken)
-                        .AppendHtml("\" />");
-                }
-
-                writer.Write("<input name=\"");
-                encoder.Encode(writer, _fieldName);
-                writer.Write("\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"");
-                encoder.Encode(writer, _requestToken);
-                writer.Write("\" />");
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/project.json
index 1499e577c7..bcd5357d8d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/project.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection": "1.0.0-*",
-    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool": "1.0.0-*"
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTest.cs
index 040cf866a4..e1f64fcab2 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTest.cs
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.Testing;
 using Moq;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -81,26 +79,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
                 exception.Message);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void ChecksSSL_GetHtml_Throws()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
-            var options = new AntiforgeryOptions()
-            {
-                RequireSsl = true
-            };
-
-            var antiforgery = GetAntiforgery(options);
-
-            // Act & Assert
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => antiforgery.GetHtml(httpContext));
-            Assert.Equal(
-                 @"The antiforgery system has the configuration value AntiforgeryOptions.RequireSsl = true, " +
-                 "but the current request is not an SSL request.",
-                 exception.Message);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void ChecksSSL_GetAndStoreTokens_Throws()
         {
@@ -164,136 +142,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
                  exception.Message);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetHtml_ExistingInvalidCookieToken_GeneratesANewCookieAndAnAntiforgeryToken()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var options = new AntiforgeryOptions()
-            {
-                FormFieldName = "form-field-name"
-            };
-
-            // Make sure the existing cookie is invalid.
-            var context = CreateMockContext(options, isOldCookieValid: false);
-            var antiforgery = GetAntiforgery(context);
-            var encoder = new HtmlTestEncoder();
-
-            // Setup so that the null cookie token returned is treated as invalid.
-            context.TokenGenerator
-                .Setup(o => o.IsCookieTokenValid(null))
-                .Returns(false);
-
-            // Act
-            var inputElement = antiforgery.GetHtml(context.HttpContext);
-
-            // Assert
-            using (var writer = new StringWriter())
-            {
-                inputElement.WriteTo(writer, encoder);
-
-                Assert.Equal(
-                    @"<input name=""HtmlEncode[[form-field-name]]"" type=""hidden"" " +
-                    @"value=""HtmlEncode[[serialized-form-token]]"" />",
-                    writer.ToString());
-            }
-
-            context.TokenStore.Verify();
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetHtml_ExistingInvalidCookieToken_SwallowsExceptions()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var options = new AntiforgeryOptions()
-            {
-                FormFieldName = "form-field-name"
-            };
-
-            // Make sure the existing cookie is invalid.
-            var context = CreateMockContext(options, isOldCookieValid: false);
-            var antiforgery = GetAntiforgery(context);
-
-            // This will cause the cookieToken to be null.
-            context.TokenStore
-                .Setup(o => o.GetCookieToken(context.HttpContext))
-                .Throws(new Exception("should be swallowed"));
-
-            // Setup so that the null cookie token returned is treated as invalid.
-            context.TokenGenerator
-                .Setup(o => o.IsCookieTokenValid(null))
-                .Returns(false);
-
-            var encoder = new HtmlTestEncoder();
-
-            // Act
-            var inputElement = antiforgery.GetHtml(context.HttpContext);
-
-            // Assert
-            using (var writer = new StringWriter())
-            {
-                inputElement.WriteTo(writer, encoder);
-
-                Assert.Equal(
-                    @"<input name=""HtmlEncode[[form-field-name]]"" type=""hidden"" " +
-                    @"value=""HtmlEncode[[serialized-form-token]]"" />",
-                    writer.ToString());
-            }
-
-            context.TokenStore.Verify();
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetHtml_ExistingValidCookieToken_GeneratesAnAntiforgeryToken()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var options = new AntiforgeryOptions()
-            {
-                FormFieldName = "form-field-name"
-            };
-
-            // Make sure the existing cookie is valid and use the same cookie for the mock Token Provider.
-            var context = CreateMockContext(options, useOldCookie: true, isOldCookieValid: true);
-            var antiforgery = GetAntiforgery(context);
-            var encoder = new HtmlTestEncoder();
-
-            // Act
-            var inputElement = antiforgery.GetHtml(context.HttpContext);
-
-            // Assert
-            using (var writer = new StringWriter())
-            {
-                inputElement.WriteTo(writer, encoder);
-
-                Assert.Equal(
-                    @"<input name=""HtmlEncode[[form-field-name]]"" type=""hidden"" " +
-                    @"value=""HtmlEncode[[serialized-form-token]]"" />",
-                    writer.ToString());
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(false, "SAMEORIGIN")]
-        [InlineData(true, null)]
-        public void GetHtml_AddsXFrameOptionsHeader(bool suppressXFrameOptions, string expectedHeaderValue)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var options = new AntiforgeryOptions()
-            {
-                SuppressXFrameOptionsHeader = suppressXFrameOptions
-            };
-
-            // Generate a new cookie.
-            var context = CreateMockContext(options, useOldCookie: false, isOldCookieValid: false);
-            var antiforgery = GetAntiforgery(context);
-
-            // Act
-            antiforgery.GetHtml(context.HttpContext);
-
-            // Assert
-            string xFrameOptions = context.HttpContext.Response.Headers["X-Frame-Options"];
-            Assert.Equal(expectedHeaderValue, xFrameOptions);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void GetTokens_ExistingInvalidCookieToken_GeneratesANewCookieTokenAndANewFormToken()
         {