diff --git a/pkg/controller/ingress/controller.go b/pkg/controller/ingress/controller.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8823fdcab..000000000
--- a/pkg/controller/ingress/controller.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package ingress
-
-import (
-	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/controller"
-)
-
-type Controller struct {
-	*controller.Base
-}
-
-func New(ctx controller.Context) (*Controller, error) {
-	ctrl := &Controller{}
-	base := &controller.Base{
-		Context: ctx,
-		Queue:   workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()),
-		Worker:  ctrl.processNextWorkItem,
-	}
-	ctrl.Base = base
-
-	// Start watching for changes to Ingress resources
-	ctrl.AddHandler(ctx.InformerFactory.Extensions().V1beta1().Ingresses().Informer())
-	ctrl.AddHandler(ctx.CertManagerInformerFactory.Certmanager().V1alpha1().Certificates().Informer())
-
-	return ctrl, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Controller) processNextWorkItem() bool {
-	obj, shutdown := c.Queue.Get()
-	if shutdown {
-		return false
-	}
-	defer c.Queue.Done(obj)
-
-	switch v := obj.(type) {
-	case *extensions.Ingress:
-		if err := c.sync(v); err != nil {
-			c.Context.Logger.Errorf("error processing work item: %s", err.Error())
-			c.Queue.AddRateLimited(obj)
-		} else {
-			c.Queue.Forget(obj)
-		}
-	case *v1alpha1.Certificate:
-		// TODO (@munnerz): lookup ingress for this certificate resource, and
-		// add it the the workqueue in order to ensure the ingress and
-		// certificate resource are in sync.
-	default:
-		c.Context.Logger.Errorf("unexpected resource type (%T) in work queue", obj)
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ingress/sync.go b/pkg/controller/ingress/sync.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a291b844..000000000
--- a/pkg/controller/ingress/sync.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package ingress
-
-import (
-	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
-
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager"
-)
-
-func (c *Controller) sync(ing *extensions.Ingress) error {
-	// this ingress doesn't have a tls-acme annotation, so we'll ignore it
-	if ing.Annotations == nil || ing.Annotations[certmanager.AnnotationIngressACMETLS] != "true" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	crtLister := c.Context.CertManagerInformerFactory.Certmanager().V1alpha1().Certificates().Lister()
-
-	// TODO (@munnerz): check if corresponding Certificate resource exists and
-	// is up to date.
-	// If not, create one now.
-
-	return nil
-}