diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index a6c2fd6a..92a9db00 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query'),
     defaults = require('./search_defaults'),
     textParser = require('./text_parser'),
-    check = require('check-types'),
-    geolib = require('geolib');
+    check = require('check-types');
+
 var placeTypes = require('../helper/placeTypes');
 
 // region_a is also an admin field. addressit tries to detect
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@ function generateQuery( clean ){
     });
   }
 
-  // focus viewport
-  if( check.number(clean['focus.viewport.min_lat']) &&
-      check.number(clean['focus.viewport.max_lat']) &&
-      check.number(clean['focus.viewport.min_lon']) &&
-      check.number(clean['focus.viewport.max_lon']) ) {
-    // calculate the centroid from the viewport box
-    vs.set({
-      'focus:point:lat': clean['focus.viewport.min_lat'] + ( clean['focus.viewport.max_lat'] - clean['focus.viewport.min_lat'] ) / 2,
-      'focus:point:lon': clean['focus.viewport.min_lon'] + ( clean['focus.viewport.max_lon'] - clean['focus.viewport.min_lon'] ) / 2
-      //, 'focus:scale': calculateDiagonalDistance(clean) + 'km'
-    });
-  }
-
   // boundary rect
   if( check.number(clean['boundary.rect.min_lat']) &&
       check.number(clean['boundary.rect.max_lat']) &&
@@ -134,16 +121,4 @@ function generateQuery( clean ){
   return query.render( vs );
 }
 
-// return diagonal distance in km, with min=1
-function calculateDiagonalDistance(clean) {
-  var diagonalDistance = geolib.getDistance(
-    { latitude: clean['focus.viewport.min_lat'], longitude: clean['focus.viewport.min_lon'] },
-    { latitude: clean['focus.viewport.max_lat'], longitude: clean['focus.viewport.max_lon'] },
-    1000
-  ) / 1000;
-
-  return Math.max(diagonalDistance, 1);
-
-}
-
 module.exports = generateQuery;
diff --git a/sanitiser/_geo_search.js b/sanitiser/_geo_search.js
index 8aef9b7f..ae820fbf 100644
--- a/sanitiser/_geo_search.js
+++ b/sanitiser/_geo_search.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 var check = require('check-types');
 var geo_common = require ('./_geo_common');
+
 var LAT_LON_IS_REQUIRED = false;
 var RECT_IS_REQUIRED = false;
 var CIRCLE_IS_REQUIRED = false;
-var VIEWPORT_IS_REQUIRED = false;
 
 // validate inputs, convert types and apply defaults
 module.exports = function sanitize( raw, clean ){
@@ -11,22 +11,10 @@ module.exports = function sanitize( raw, clean ){
   // error & warning messages
   var messages = { errors: [], warnings: [] };
 
-  // disallow specifying both focus.point and focus.viewport
-  if ( ( raw['focus.viewport.min_lat'] ||
-         raw['focus.viewport.max_lat'] ||
-         raw['focus.viewport.min_lon'] ||
-         raw['focus.viewport.max_lon'] )  &&
-       ( raw['focus.point.lat'] ||
-         raw['focus.point.lon'] ) ) {
-    messages.errors.push( 'focus.point and focus.viewport can\'t both be set' );
-    return messages;
-  }
-
   try {
     geo_common.sanitize_point( 'focus.point', clean, raw, LAT_LON_IS_REQUIRED );
     geo_common.sanitize_rect( 'boundary.rect', clean, raw, RECT_IS_REQUIRED );
     geo_common.sanitize_circle( 'boundary.circle', clean, raw, CIRCLE_IS_REQUIRED );
-    geo_common.sanitize_rect( 'focus.viewport', clean, raw, VIEWPORT_IS_REQUIRED );
   }
   catch (err) {
     messages.errors.push( err.message );
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search.js b/test/unit/query/search.js
index 29c8a06e..4ff414c0 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search.js
@@ -73,42 +73,6 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
     t.end();
   });
 
-  test('search search + viewport', function(t) {
-    var query = generate({
-      text: 'test', querySize: 10,
-      'focus.viewport.min_lat': 28.49136,
-      'focus.viewport.max_lat': 30.49136,
-      'focus.viewport.min_lon': -87.50622,
-      'focus.viewport.max_lon': -77.50622,
-      layers: ['test']
-    });
-
-    var compiled = JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( query ) );
-    var expected = require('../fixture/search_linguistic_viewport');
-
-    t.deepEqual(compiled, expected, 'search_linguistic_viewport');
-    t.end();
-  });
-
-  // viewport scale sizing currently disabled.
-  // ref: https://github.com/pelias/api/pull/388
-  // test('search with viewport diagonal < 1km should set scale to 1km', function(t) {
-  //   var query = generate({
-  //     text: 'test', querySize: 10,
-  //     'focus.viewport.min_lat': 28.49135,
-  //     'focus.viewport.max_lat': 28.49137,
-  //     'focus.viewport.min_lon': -87.50622,
-  //     'focus.viewport.max_lon': -87.50624,
-  //     layers: ['test']
-  //   });
-  //
-  //   var compiled = JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( query ) );
-  //   var expected = require('../fixture/search_linguistic_viewport_min_diagonal');
-  //
-  //   t.deepEqual(compiled, expected, 'valid search query');
-  //   t.end();
-  // });
-
   test('search search + focus on null island', function(t) {
     var query = generate({
       text: 'test', querySize: 10,
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
index 53bdb6af..70c4400f 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
@@ -206,75 +206,6 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_bounding_rect = function(test, common) {
   });
 };
 
-module.exports.tests.sanitize_viewport = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid viewport', function(t) {
-    var req = {
-      query: {
-        text: 'test',
-        'focus.viewport.min_lat': '37',
-        'focus.viewport.max_lat': '38',
-        'focus.viewport.min_lon': '-123',
-        'focus.viewport.max_lon': '-122'
-      }
-    };
-    sanitize(req, function() {
-      t.equal(req.errors[0], undefined, 'no error');
-      t.equal(req.clean['focus.viewport.min_lat'], parseFloat(req.query['focus.viewport.min_lat']), 'correct min_lat in clean');
-      t.equal(req.clean['focus.viewport.max_lat'], parseFloat(req.query['focus.viewport.max_lat']), 'correct max_lat in clean');
-      t.equal(req.clean['focus.viewport.min_lon'], parseFloat(req.query['focus.viewport.min_lon']), 'correct min_lon in clean');
-      t.equal(req.clean['focus.viewport.max_lon'], parseFloat(req.query['focus.viewport.max_lon']), 'correct max_lon in clean');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('error returned if focus.point and focus.viewpoint specified', function(t) {
-    var req = {
-      query: {
-        text: 'test',
-        'focus.point.lat': '10',
-        'focus.point.lon': '15',
-        'focus.viewport.min_lat': '37',
-        'focus.viewport.max_lat': '38',
-        'focus.viewport.min_lon': '-123',
-        'focus.viewport.max_lon': '-122'
-      }
-    };
-
-    sanitize(req, function() {
-      t.equal(req.errors[0], 'focus.point and focus.viewport can\'t both be set', 'no error');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.min_lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.max_lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.min_lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.max_lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.point.lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.point.lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('error returned if focus.point and focus.viewpoint partially specified', function(t) {
-    var req = {
-      query: {
-        text: 'test',
-        'focus.point.lat': '10',
-        'focus.viewport.min_lat': '37',
-        'focus.viewport.max_lon': '-122'
-      }
-    };
-
-    sanitize(req, function() {
-      t.equal(req.errors[0], 'focus.point and focus.viewport can\'t both be set', 'no error');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.min_lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.max_lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.min_lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.viewport.max_lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.point.lat'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.notOk(req.clean.hasOwnProperty('focus.point.lon'), 'clean should be empty');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-};
-
 module.exports.tests.sanitize_size = function(test, common) {
   test('invalid size value', function(t) {
     var req = { query: { size: 'a', text: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0 } };