diff --git a/cheetah/Servlet.py b/cheetah/Servlet.py
index e122aca0..70e83152 100644
--- a/cheetah/Servlet.py
+++ b/cheetah/Servlet.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 '''
 Provides an abstract Servlet baseclass for Cheetah's Template class
 '''
@@ -5,79 +6,16 @@
 import sys
 import os.path
 
-isWebwareInstalled = False
-try:
-    try:
-        from ds.appserver.Servlet import Servlet as BaseServlet
-    except:
-        from WebKit.Servlet import Servlet as BaseServlet
-    isWebwareInstalled = True
-
-    if not issubclass(BaseServlet, object):
-        class NewStyleBaseServlet(BaseServlet, object):
-            pass
-        BaseServlet = NewStyleBaseServlet
-except:
-    class BaseServlet(object): 
-        _reusable = 1
-        _threadSafe = 0
-    
-        def awake(self, transaction):
-            pass
-            
-        def sleep(self, transaction):
-            pass
-
-        def shutdown(self):
-            pass
-
-##################################################
-## CLASSES
-
-class Servlet(BaseServlet):
-    
-    """This class is an abstract baseclass for Cheetah.Template.Template.
-
-    It wraps WebKit.Servlet and provides a few extra convenience methods that
-    are also found in WebKit.Page.  It doesn't do any of the HTTP method
-    resolution that is done in WebKit.HTTPServlet
+class Servlet(object):
     """
-    
+        This class is an abstract baseclass for Cheetah.Template.Template.
+    """
+
     transaction = None
     application = None
     request = None
     session = None
-    
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(Servlet, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-       
-        # this default will be changed by the .awake() method
-        self._CHEETAH__isControlledByWebKit = False 
-        
-    ## methods called by Webware during the request-response
-        
-    def awake(self, transaction):
-        super(Servlet, self).awake(transaction)
-        
-        # a hack to signify that the servlet is being run directly from WebKit
-        self._CHEETAH__isControlledByWebKit = True
-        
-        self.transaction = transaction        
-        #self.application = transaction.application
-        self.response = response = transaction.response
-        self.request = transaction.request
 
-        # Temporary hack to accomodate bug in
-        # WebKit.Servlet.Servlet.serverSidePath: it uses 
-        # self._request even though this attribute does not exist.
-        # This attribute WILL disappear in the future.
-        self._request = transaction.request()
-
-        
-        self.session = transaction.session
-        self.write = response().write
-        #self.writeln = response.writeln
-        
     def respond(self, trans=None):
         raise NotImplementedError("""\
 couldn't find the template's main method.  If you are using #extends
@@ -88,7 +26,7 @@ def sleep(self, transaction):
         super(Servlet, self).sleep(transaction)
         self.session = None
         self.request  = None
-        self._request  = None        
+        self._request  = None
         self.response = None
         self.transaction = None
 
@@ -99,10 +37,8 @@ def serverSidePath(self, path=None,
                        normpath=os.path.normpath,
                        abspath=os.path.abspath
                        ):
-        
-        if self._CHEETAH__isControlledByWebKit:
-            return super(Servlet, self).serverSidePath(path)
-        elif path:
+
+        if path:
             return normpath(abspath(path.replace("\\", '/')))
         elif hasattr(self, '_filePath') and self._filePath:
             return normpath(abspath(self._filePath))