diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
index ca0b452560709..2ea634428376a 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@ public function deleteUnexistingFiles()
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php',
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/ParseException.php',
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Exception/RuntimeException.php',
+			'/administrator/components/com_tags/helpers/tags.php',
 		);
 
 		// TODO There is an issue while deleting folders using the ftp mode
@@ -1404,6 +1405,7 @@ public function deleteUnexistingFiles()
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony/Component/Yaml',
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony/Component',
 			'/libraries/vendor/symfony/yaml/Symfony',
+			'/administrator/components/com_tags/helpers',
 		);
 
 		jimport('joomla.filesystem.file');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/controller.php b/administrator/components/com_tags/controller.php
index 0da5111783704..4a3508a8d9c2d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/controller.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/controller.php
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ class TagsController extends JControllerLegacy
 	 */
 	public function display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false)
 	{
-		require_once JPATH_COMPONENT . '/helpers/tags.php';
-
 		$view   = $this->input->get('view', 'tags');
 		$layout = $this->input->get('layout', 'default');
 		$id     = $this->input->getInt('id');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/helpers/tags.php b/administrator/components/com_tags/helpers/tags.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 61e0cd39135ea..0000000000000
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/helpers/tags.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @package     Joomla.Administrator
- * @subpackage  com_tags
- *
- * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2015 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
- */
-
-defined('_JEXEC') or die;
-
-/**
- * Tags helper.
- *
- * @since  3.1
- */
-class TagsHelper extends JHelperContent
-{
-	/**
-	 * Configure the Submenu links.
-	 *
-	 * @param   string  $extension  The extension.
-	 *
-	 * @return  void
-	 *
-	 * @since   3.1
-	 */
-	public static function addSubmenu($extension)
-	{
-		$parts     = explode('.', $extension);
-		$component = $parts[0];
-
-		// Avoid nonsense situation.
-		if ($component == 'tags')
-		{
-			JHtmlSidebar::addEntry(
-				JText::_('COM_TAGS'),
-				'index.php?option=com_tags&view=tags',
-				$extension == 'tags'
-			);
-
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Try to find the component helper.
-		$file = JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_tags/helpers/tags.php');
-
-		if (file_exists($file))
-		{
-			require_once $file;
-
-			$cName = 'TagsHelper';
-
-			if (class_exists($cName))
-			{
-				if (is_callable(array($cName, 'addSubmenu')))
-				{
-					$lang = JFactory::getLanguage();
-
-					// Loading language file from administrator/language directory then administrator/components/<extension>/language
-					$lang->load($component, JPATH_BASE, null, false, true)
-					||	$lang->load($component, JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/' . $component), null, false, true);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/tags.xml b/administrator/components/com_tags/tags.xml
index e6699f9749af8..e037086234b17 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/tags.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/tags.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 			<filename>config.xml</filename>
 			<filename>controller.php</filename>
 			<folder>controllers</folder>
-			<folder>helpers</folder>
 			<folder>models</folder>
 			<folder>views</folder>
 		</files>
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
index 1bad651f90c5f..b549a447eba1f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 	 */
 	protected function addToolbar()
 	{
-		$user   = JFactory::getUser();
-		$userId = $user->get('id');
-
+		$user       = JFactory::getUser();
+		$userId     = $user->get('id');
 		$isNew      = ($this->item->id == 0);
 		$checkedOut = !($this->item->checked_out == 0 || $this->item->checked_out == $userId);
 
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 		$lang->load('com_tags', JPATH_BASE, null, false, true)
 		|| $lang->load('com_tags', JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_tags', null, false, true);
 
-		// Load the tags helper.
-		require_once JPATH_COMPONENT . '/helpers/tags.php';
-
 		// Get the results for each action.
 		$canDo = $this->canDo;
 		$title = JText::_('COM_TAGS_BASE_' . ($isNew ? 'ADD' : 'EDIT') . '_TITLE');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tags/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tags/view.html.php
index a2d93850197b3..c33f4be2df3d6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tags/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/views/tags/view.html.php
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		TagsHelper::addSubmenu('tags');
-
 		// Preprocess the list of items to find ordering divisions.
 		foreach ($this->items as &$item)
 		{
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 		if ($this->getLayout() !== 'modal')
 		{
 			$this->addToolbar();
-			$this->sidebar = JHtmlSidebar::render();
 		}
 		parent::display($tpl);
 	}