diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f416f12a9..c4d942c0c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ gem "devise", "~> 4.3"
 gem "govuk_elements_rails", "~> 3.1"
 gem "govuk_template", "~> 0.23"
 
+# Use High Voltage for static pages
+gem "high_voltage"
+
 group :development, :test do
   # Call "byebug" anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem "byebug"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 24c4eaadf..b6768951a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ GEM
       sass (>= 3.2.0)
     govuk_template (0.23.0)
       rails (>= 3.1)
+    high_voltage (3.0.0)
     i18n (0.9.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     jbuilder (2.7.0)
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   factory_bot_rails
   govuk_elements_rails (~> 3.1)
   govuk_template (~> 0.23)
+  high_voltage
   jbuilder (~> 2.0)
   jquery-rails
   mongoid (~> 5.2)
diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e2392ce9a..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-class PagesController < ApplicationController
-  def show
-    if valid_page?
-      render template: "pages/#{params[:page]}"
-    else
-      render file: "public/404.html", status: :not_found
-    end
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def valid_page?
-    File.exist?(Pathname.new(Rails.root + "app/views/pages/#{params[:page]}.html.erb"))
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
index 96df667a1..a7ce69698 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <%= t(".support_text") %>
   </p>
   <ul>
-    <li class="inline"><%= link_to 'Privacy', "/pages/privacy",  target: "_blank" %></li>
-    <li class="inline"><%= link_to 'Cookies', "/pages/cookies",  target: "_blank" %></li>
+    <li class="inline"><%= link_to 'Privacy', page_path("privacy"),  target: "_blank" %></li>
+    <li class="inline"><%= link_to 'Cookies', page_path("cookies"),  target: "_blank" %></li>
   </ul>
 </div>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 10c16a9e6..f6b230976 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@
 
   resources :registrations
 
-  get "/pages/:page" => "pages#show"
-
   root "registrations#index"
 end