diff --git a/core/modules/startup/startup.js b/core/modules/startup/startup.js
index d4f02efaf..7ea46f94b 100755
--- a/core/modules/startup/startup.js
+++ b/core/modules/startup/startup.js
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@ exports.startup = function() {
 	}
 	// Initialise version
 	$tw.version = $tw.utils.extractVersionInfo();
-	// Set up the performance framework
-	$tw.perf = new $tw.Performance($tw.wiki.getTiddlerText(PERFORMANCE_INSTRUMENTATION_CONFIG_TITLE,"no") === "yes");
-	// Create a root widget for attaching event handlers. By using it as the parentWidget for another widget tree, one can reuse the event handlers
-	$tw.rootWidget = new widget.widget({
-		type: "widget",
-		children: []
-	},{
-		wiki: $tw.wiki,
-		document: $tw.browser ? document : $tw.fakeDocument
-	});
 	// Kick off the language manager and switcher
 	$tw.language = new $tw.Language();
 	$tw.languageSwitcher = new $tw.PluginSwitcher({