1 files changed, 1 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index eb6b64ef..f49b0a43 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ Generic views that provide commonly needed behaviour.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
-from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, InvalidPage
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 as _get_object_or_404
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from rest_framework import views, mixins, exceptions
-from rest_framework.request import clone_request
+from rest_framework import views, mixins
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
@@ -249,53 +247,6 @@ class GenericAPIView(views.APIView):
 
         return obj
 
-    # The following are placeholder methods,
-    # and are intended to be overridden.
-    #
-    # The are not called by GenericAPIView directly,
-    # but are used by the mixin methods.
-    def metadata(self, request):
-        """
-        Return a dictionary of metadata about the view.
-        Used to return responses for OPTIONS requests.
-
-        We override the default behavior, and add some extra information
-        about the required request body for POST and PUT operations.
-        """
-        ret = super(GenericAPIView, self).metadata(request)
-
-        actions = {}
-        for method in ('PUT', 'POST'):
-            if method not in self.allowed_methods:
-                continue
-
-            cloned_request = clone_request(request, method)
-            try:
-                # Test global permissions
-                self.check_permissions(cloned_request)
-                # Test object permissions
-                if method == 'PUT':
-                    try:
-                        self.get_object()
-                    except Http404:
-                        # Http404 should be acceptable and the serializer
-                        # metadata should be populated. Except this so the
-                        # outer "else" clause of the try-except-else block
-                        # will be executed.
-                        pass
-            except (exceptions.APIException, PermissionDenied):
-                pass
-            else:
-                # If user has appropriate permissions for the view, include
-                # appropriate metadata about the fields that should be supplied.
-                serializer = self.get_serializer()
-                actions[method] = serializer.metadata()
-
-        if actions:
-            ret['actions'] = actions
-
-        return ret
-
 
 # Concrete view classes that provide method handlers
 # by composing the mixin classes with the base view.