diff --git a/socorro/middleware/middleware_app.py b/socorro/middleware/middleware_app.py
index f392d4af34..5d38f48975 100755
--- a/socorro/middleware/middleware_app.py
+++ b/socorro/middleware/middleware_app.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     (r'/field/(.*)', 'field.Field'),
     (r'/gccrashes/(.*)', 'gccrashes.GCCrashes'),
     (r'/graphics_devices/(.*)', 'graphics_devices.GraphicsDevices'),
-    (r'/platforms/(.*)', 'platforms.Platforms'),
     (r'/priorityjobs/(.*)', 'priorityjobs.Priorityjobs'),
     (r'/products/build_types/(.*)', 'product_build_types.ProductBuildTypes'),
     (r'/products/(.*)', 'products.Products'),  # deprecated
diff --git a/socorro/unittest/middleware/test_middleware_app.py b/socorro/unittest/middleware/test_middleware_app.py
index ef30e67050..19b559da88 100644
--- a/socorro/unittest/middleware/test_middleware_app.py
+++ b/socorro/unittest/middleware/test_middleware_app.py
@@ -807,17 +807,6 @@ def test_field(self):
                 'product': None
             })
 
-    def test_platforms(self):
-        config_manager = self._setup_config_manager()
-
-        with config_manager.context() as config:
-            app = middleware_app.MiddlewareApp(config)
-            app.main()
-            server = middleware_app.application
-
-            response = self.get(server, '/platforms/')
-            eq_(response.data, {'hits': [], 'total': 0})
-
     def test_priorityjobs(self):
         config_manager = self._setup_config_manager()
 
diff --git a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/models.py b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/models.py
index 198e31c10c..2023f93d53 100644
--- a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/models.py
+++ b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/models.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from socorro.external.es.base import ElasticsearchConfig
 from socorro.external.postgresql.crashstorage import PostgreSQLCrashStorage
 from socorro.app import socorro_app
+import socorro.external.postgresql.platforms
 import socorro.external.postgresql.bugs
 import socorro.external.postgresql.products
 import socorro.external.postgresql.graphics_report
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ def get(self):
 
 class Platforms(SocorroMiddleware):
 
-    URL_PREFIX = '/platforms/'
+    implementation = socorro.external.postgresql.platforms.Platforms
 
     API_WHITELIST = (
         'code',
@@ -897,6 +898,10 @@ class Platforms(SocorroMiddleware):
     )
 
     def get(self):
+        # XXX (peterbe, Mar 2016): Oh I wish we had stats on how many people
+        # are using /api/Platforms/. If we knew we could be brave about
+        # removing this legacy hack.
+
         # When we first exposed this model it would just return a plain
         # list. It was hardcoded. To avoid deprecating things for people
         # we continue this trandition by only returning the hits directly
diff --git a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_models.py b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_models.py
index 6c1092b61d..15457c3330 100644
--- a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1333,13 +1333,11 @@ def mocked_get(url, params, **options):
                     channel='nightly')
         eq_(r['total'], 2)
 
-    @mock.patch('requests.get')
-    def test_platforms(self, rget):
+    def test_platforms(self):
         api = models.Platforms()
 
-        def mocked_get(url, **options):
-            assert '/platforms/' in url
-            return Response({
+        def mocked_get(**options):
+            return {
                 "hits": [
                     {
                         "code": "win",
@@ -1351,9 +1349,10 @@ def mocked_get(url, **options):
                     }
                 ],
                 "total": 2
-            })
+            }
+
+        models.Platforms.implementation().get.side_effect = mocked_get
 
-        rget.side_effect = mocked_get
         r = api.get()
         eq_(len(r), 2)
         assert 'Windows' in settings.DISPLAY_OS_NAMES
diff --git a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_views.py b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_views.py
index c9d5d1ccbe..5791ca51b6 100644
--- a/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/webapp-django/crashstats/crashstats/tests/test_views.py
@@ -318,30 +318,35 @@ def setUp(self, rget):
                 'The tests requires that you use LocMemCache when running'
             )
 
+        def mocked_platforms_get(**options):
+            return {
+                "hits": [
+                    {
+                        'code': 'win',
+                        'name': 'Windows',
+                    },
+                    {
+                        'code': 'mac',
+                        'name': 'Mac OS X',
+                    },
+                    {
+                        'code': 'lin',
+                        'name': 'Linux',
+                    }
+                ],
+                "total": 6
+            }
+
+        models.Platforms.implementation().get.side_effect = (
+            mocked_platforms_get
+        )
+
         # we do this here so that the current/versions thing
         # is cached since that's going to be called later
         # in every view more or less
         def mocked_get(url, params, **options):
             now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
             yesterday = now - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
-            if '/platforms/' in url:
-                return Response({
-                    "hits": [
-                        {
-                            'code': 'win',
-                            'name': 'Windows',
-                        },
-                        {
-                            'code': 'mac',
-                            'name': 'Mac OS X',
-                        },
-                        {
-                            'code': 'lin',
-                            'name': 'Linux',
-                        }
-                    ],
-                    "total": 6
-                })
             if 'products/' in url:
                 return Response("""
                     {"products": [