diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplate.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplate.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b54692bd15..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplate.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Defines a contract to generate a URL from a template.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// A <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> can be created from <see cref="LinkGenerator.GetTemplateByAddress{TAddress}(TAddress, LinkGenerationTemplateOptions)"/>
-    /// by supplying an address value which has matching endpoints. The returned <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/>
-    /// will be bound to the endpoints matching the address that was originally provided.
-    /// </remarks>
-    public abstract class LinkGenerationTemplate
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> associated with the current request.</param>
-        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
-        /// <param name="pathBase">
-        /// An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI. If not provided, the value of <see cref="HttpRequest.PathBase"/> will be used.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">
-        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
-        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
-        public abstract string GetPath(
-            HttpContext httpContext,
-            object values,
-            PathString? pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
-        /// <param name="pathBase">An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">
-        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
-        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
-        public abstract string GetPath(
-            object values,
-            PathString pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Generates an absolute URI based on the provided values.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> associated with the current request.</param>
-        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
-        /// <param name="scheme">
-        /// The URI scheme, applied to the resulting URI. Optional. If not provided, the value of <see cref="HttpRequest.Scheme"/> will be used.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="host">
-        /// The URI host/authority, applied to the resulting URI. Optional. If not provided, the value <see cref="HttpRequest.Host"/> will be used.
-        /// See the remarks section for details about the security implications of the <paramref name="host"/>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="pathBase">
-        /// An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI. If not provided, the value of <see cref="HttpRequest.PathBase"/> will be used.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">
-        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
-        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// <para>
-        /// The value of <paramref name="host" /> should be a trusted value. Relying on the value of the current request
-        /// can allow untrusted input to influence the resulting URI unless the <c>Host</c> header has been validated.
-        /// See the deployment documentation for instructions on how to properly validate the <c>Host</c> header in
-        /// your deployment environment.
-        /// </para>
-        /// </remarks>
-        public abstract string GetUri(
-            HttpContext httpContext,
-            object values,
-            string scheme = default,
-            HostString? host = default,
-            PathString? pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Generates an absolute URI based on the provided values.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
-        /// <param name="scheme">The URI scheme, applied to the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="host">
-        /// The URI host/authority, applied to the resulting URI.
-        /// See the remarks section for details about the security implications of the <paramref name="host"/>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="pathBase">An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">
-        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
-        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>An absolute URI, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// <para>
-        /// The value of <paramref name="host" /> should be a trusted value. Relying on the value of the current request
-        /// can allow untrusted input to influence the resulting URI unless the <c>Host</c> header has been validated.
-        /// See the deployment documentation for instructions on how to properly validate the <c>Host</c> header in
-        /// your deployment environment.
-        /// </para>
-        /// </remarks>
-        public abstract string GetUri(
-            object values,
-            string scheme,
-            HostString host,
-            PathString pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplateOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplateOptions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 18eb0f8c7c..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerationTemplateOptions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Contains options for creating a <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate" />.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class LinkGenerationTemplateOptions
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the template will use route values from the current request
-        /// when generating a URI.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool UseAmbientValues { get; set; }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
index 1f91a4446d..add5eaf119 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
@@ -147,16 +147,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             PathString pathBase = default,
             FragmentString fragment = default,
             LinkOptions options = default);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> based on the provided <paramref name="address"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="TAddress">The address type.</typeparam>
-        /// <param name="address">The address value. Used to resolve endpoints.</param>
-        /// <param name="options">Options for the created <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/>.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// A <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> if one or more endpoints matching the address can be found, otherwise <c>null</c>.
-        /// </returns>
-        public abstract LinkGenerationTemplate GetTemplateByAddress<TAddress>(TAddress address, LinkGenerationTemplateOptions options = null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d1f83ca6e0..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
-{
-    internal sealed class DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate : LinkGenerationTemplate
-    {
-        public DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(DefaultLinkGenerator linkGenerator, List<RouteEndpoint> endpoints, LinkGenerationTemplateOptions options)
-        {
-            LinkGenerator = linkGenerator;
-            Endpoints = endpoints;
-            Options = options;
-        }
-
-        public DefaultLinkGenerator LinkGenerator { get; }
-
-        public List<RouteEndpoint> Endpoints { get; }
-
-        public LinkGenerationTemplateOptions Options { get; }
-
-        public override string GetPath(
-            HttpContext httpContext,
-            object values,
-            PathString? pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default)
-        {
-            if (httpContext == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpContext));
-            }
-
-            return LinkGenerator.GetPathByEndpoints(
-                Endpoints,
-                new RouteValueDictionary(values),
-                GetAmbientValues(httpContext),
-                pathBase ?? httpContext.Request.PathBase,
-                fragment,
-                options);
-        }
-
-        public override string GetPath(
-            object values,
-            PathString pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default)
-        {
-            return LinkGenerator.GetPathByEndpoints(
-                Endpoints,
-                new RouteValueDictionary(values),
-                ambientValues: null,
-                pathBase: pathBase,
-                fragment: fragment,
-                options: options);
-        }
-
-        public override string GetUri(
-            HttpContext httpContext,
-            object values,
-            string scheme = default,
-            HostString? host = default,
-            PathString? pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default)
-        {
-            if (httpContext == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpContext));
-            }
-
-            return LinkGenerator.GetUriByEndpoints(
-                Endpoints,
-                new RouteValueDictionary(values),
-                GetAmbientValues(httpContext),
-                scheme ?? httpContext.Request.Scheme,
-                host ?? httpContext.Request.Host,
-                pathBase ?? httpContext.Request.PathBase,
-                fragment,
-                options);
-        }
-
-        public override string GetUri(
-            object values,
-            string scheme,
-            HostString host,
-            PathString pathBase = default,
-            FragmentString fragment = default,
-            LinkOptions options = default)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(scheme))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("A scheme must be provided.", nameof(scheme));
-            }
-
-            if (!host.HasValue)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("A host must be provided.", nameof(host));
-            }
-
-            return LinkGenerator.GetUriByEndpoints(
-                Endpoints,
-                new RouteValueDictionary(values),
-                ambientValues: null,
-                scheme: scheme,
-                host: host,
-                pathBase: pathBase,
-                fragment: fragment,
-                options: options);
-        }
-
-        private RouteValueDictionary GetAmbientValues(HttpContext httpContext)
-        {
-            return (Options?.UseAmbientValues ?? false) ? DefaultLinkGenerator.GetAmbientValues(httpContext) : null;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
index bc4b3f85b5..086d9bf026 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
@@ -189,17 +189,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 options: options);
         }
 
-        public override LinkGenerationTemplate GetTemplateByAddress<TAddress>(TAddress address, LinkGenerationTemplateOptions options = default)
-        {
-            var endpoints = GetEndpoints(address);
-            if (endpoints.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            return new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(this, endpoints, options);
-        }
-
         private List<RouteEndpoint> GetEndpoints<TAddress>(TAddress address)
         {
             var addressingScheme = _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IEndpointAddressScheme<TAddress>>();
@@ -217,7 +206,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return endpoints;
         }
 
-        // Also called from DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate
         public string GetPathByEndpoints(
             List<RouteEndpoint> endpoints,
             RouteValueDictionary values,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameAddressExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameAddressExtensions.cs
index d3e50328cf..dd0e462c20 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameAddressExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameAddressExtensions.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
     /// </summary>
     public static class LinkGeneratorEndpointNameAddressExtensions
     {
-        private static readonly LinkGenerationTemplateOptions _templateOptions = new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-        {
-            UseAmbientValues = false,
-        };
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
         /// </summary>
@@ -227,28 +222,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             return generator.GetUriByAddress<string>(endpointName, new RouteValueDictionary(values), scheme, host, pathBase, fragment, options);
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> based on the provided <paramref name="endpointName"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="endpointName">The endpoint name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// A <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> if one or more endpoints matching the address can be found, otherwise <c>null</c>.
-        /// </returns>
-        public static LinkGenerationTemplate GetTemplateByName(this LinkGenerator generator, string endpointName)
-        {
-            if (generator == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generator));
-            }
-
-            if (endpointName == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(endpointName));
-            }
-
-            return generator.GetTemplateByAddress<string>(endpointName, _templateOptions);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
index d41f43d644..f683b4d3ca 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
     /// </summary>
     public static class LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions
     {
-        private static readonly LinkGenerationTemplateOptions _templateOptions = new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-        {
-            UseAmbientValues = true,
-        };
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
         /// </summary>
@@ -202,29 +197,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return generator.GetUriByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(address, address.ExplicitValues, scheme, host, pathBase, fragment, options);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> based on the provided <paramref name="routeName"/> and <paramref name="values"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
-        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// A <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> if one or more endpoints matching the address can be found, otherwise <c>null</c>.
-        /// </returns>
-        public static LinkGenerationTemplate GetTemplateByRouteValues(
-            this LinkGenerator generator,
-            string routeName,
-            object values)
-        {
-            if (generator == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generator));
-            }
-
-            var address = CreateAddress(httpContext: null, routeName, values);
-            return generator.GetTemplateByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(address, _templateOptions);
-        }
-
         private static RouteValuesAddress CreateAddress(HttpContext httpContext, string routeName, object values)
         {
             return new RouteValuesAddress()
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplateTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplateTest.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 12f797fdea..0000000000
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGenerationTemplateTest.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,207 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
-{
-    // Tests DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate functionality - these are pretty light since most of the functionality
-    // is a direct subset of DefaultLinkGenerator
-    //
-    // Does not cover template processing in detail, those scenarios are validated by TemplateBinderTests
-    // and DefaultLinkGeneratorProcessTemplateTest
-    public class DefaultLinkGenerationTemplateTest : LinkGeneratorTestBase
-    {
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetPath_WithoutHttpContext_WithPathBaseAndFragment()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: null);
-
-            // Act
-            var path = template.GetPath(
-                values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", query = "some?query" }),
-                new PathString("/Foo/Bar?encodeme?"),
-                new FragmentString("#Fragment?"),
-                new LinkOptions() { AppendTrailingSlash = true, });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/Home/In%3Fdex/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", path);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetPath_WithHttpContext_WithPathBaseAndFragment()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: null);
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext();
-            httpContext.Request.PathBase = new PathString("/Foo/Bar?encodeme?");
-
-            // Act
-            var path = template.GetPath(
-                httpContext,
-                values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", query = "some?query" }),
-                fragment: new FragmentString("#Fragment?"),
-                options: new LinkOptions() { AppendTrailingSlash = true, });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/Home/In%3Fdex/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", path);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetUri_WithoutHttpContext_WithPathBaseAndFragment()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: null);
-
-            // Act
-            var path = template.GetUri(
-                values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", query = "some?query" }),
-                "http",
-                new HostString("example.com"),
-                new PathString("/Foo/Bar?encodeme?"),
-                new FragmentString("#Fragment?"),
-                new LinkOptions() { AppendTrailingSlash = true, });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("http://example.com/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/Home/In%3Fdex/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", path);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetUri_WithHttpContext_WithPathBaseAndFragment()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: null);
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext();
-            httpContext.Request.Scheme = "http";
-            httpContext.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
-            httpContext.Request.PathBase = new PathString("/Foo/Bar?encodeme?");
-
-            // Act
-            var uri = template.GetUri(
-                httpContext,
-                values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", query = "some?query" }),
-                fragment: new FragmentString("#Fragment?"),
-                options: new LinkOptions() { AppendTrailingSlash = true, });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("http://example.com/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/Home/In%3Fdex/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", uri);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetPath_WithHttpContext_IncludesAmbientValues_WhenUseAmbientValuesIsTrue()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-            {
-                UseAmbientValues = true,
-            });
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext(new { controller = "Home", });
-            httpContext.Request.Scheme = "http";
-            httpContext.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
-
-            // Act
-            var uri = template.GetPath(httpContext, values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { action = "Index", }));
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", uri);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetPath_WithHttpContext_ExcludesAmbientValues_WhenUseAmbientValuesIsFalse()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-            {
-                UseAmbientValues = false,
-            });
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext(new { controller = "Home", });
-            httpContext.Request.Scheme = "http";
-            httpContext.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
-
-            // Act
-            var uri = template.GetPath(httpContext, values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { action = "Index", }));
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Null(uri);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetUri_WithHttpContext_IncludesAmbientValues_WhenUseAmbientValuesIsTrue()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-            {
-                UseAmbientValues = true,
-            });
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext(new { controller = "Home", });
-            httpContext.Request.Scheme = "http";
-            httpContext.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
-
-            // Act
-            var uri = template.GetUri(httpContext, values: new { action = "Index", });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("http://example.com/Home/Index", uri);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetUri_WithHttpContext_ExcludesAmbientValues_WhenUseAmbientValuesIsFalse()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}");
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}");
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator();
-            var template = new DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate(linkGenerator, new List<RouteEndpoint>() { endpoint1, endpoint2, }, options: new LinkGenerationTemplateOptions()
-            {
-                UseAmbientValues = false,
-            });
-
-            var httpContext = CreateHttpContext(new { controller = "Home", });
-            httpContext.Request.Scheme = "http";
-            httpContext.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
-
-            // Act
-            var uri = template.GetUri(httpContext, values: new { action = "Index", });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Null(uri);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
index 5a2d8d465c..3c20c704a0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
@@ -524,42 +524,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             Assert.Equal("ftp://example.com:5000/Home/Index", uri);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetTemplateByAddress_WithNoMatch_ReturnsNull()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}", metadata: new object[] { new IntMetadata(1), });
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}", metadata: new object[] { new IntMetadata(1), });
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator(endpoint1, endpoint2);
-
-            // Act
-            var template = linkGenerator.GetTemplateByAddress(address: 0);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Null(template);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetTemplateByAddress_WithMatch_ReturnsTemplate()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id}", metadata: new object[] { new IntMetadata(1), });
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("{controller}/{action}/{id?}", metadata: new object[] { new IntMetadata(1), });
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator(endpoint1, endpoint2);
-
-            // Act
-            var template = linkGenerator.GetTemplateByAddress(address: 1);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.NotNull(template);
-            Assert.Collection(
-                Assert.IsType<DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate>(template).Endpoints,
-                e => Assert.Same(endpoint1, e),
-                e => Assert.Same(endpoint2, e));
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void GetTemplateBinder_CanCache()
         {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameExtensionsTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameExtensionsTest.cs
index c81d134ce6..e2a9382281 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorEndpointNameExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -149,24 +149,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("http://example.com/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/some%23-other-endpoint/In%3Fdex/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", uri);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetTemplateByName_CreatesTemplate()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("some-endpoint/{p}", metadata: new[] { new EndpointNameMetadata("name1"), });
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint("some#-other-endpoint/{p}", metadata: new[] { new EndpointNameMetadata("name2"), });
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator(endpoint1, endpoint2);
-
-            // Act
-            var template = linkGenerator.GetTemplateByName(endpointName: "name2");
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.NotNull(template);
-            Assert.Collection(
-                Assert.IsType<DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate>(template).Endpoints.Cast<RouteEndpoint>().OrderBy(e => e.RoutePattern.RawText),
-                e => Assert.Same(endpoint2, e));
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensionsTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensionsTest.cs
index 548cdadcad..b317929355 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -201,31 +201,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("http://example.com/Foo/Bar%3Fencodeme%3F/Home/Index/?query=some%3Fquery#Fragment?", uri);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void GetTemplateByRouteValues_CreatesTemplate()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var endpoint1 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint(
-                "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
-                metadata: new[] { new RouteValuesAddressMetadata(new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", })) });
-            var endpoint2 = EndpointFactory.CreateRouteEndpoint(
-                "{controller}/{action}/{id?}",
-                metadata: new[] { new RouteValuesAddressMetadata(new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", })) });
-
-            var linkGenerator = CreateLinkGenerator(endpoint1, endpoint2);
-
-            // Act
-            var template = linkGenerator.GetTemplateByRouteValues(
-                routeName: null,
-                values: new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "In?dex", query = "some?query" }));
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.NotNull(template);
-            Assert.Collection(
-                Assert.IsType<DefaultLinkGenerationTemplate>(template).Endpoints.Cast<RouteEndpoint>().OrderBy(e => e.RoutePattern.RawText),
-                e => Assert.Same(endpoint2, e),
-                e => Assert.Same(endpoint1, e));
-        }
     }
 }