diff --git a/include/features.php b/include/features.php
index 978d7af8a..40adf1d41 100644
--- a/include/features.php
+++ b/include/features.php
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ function get_features() {
 			array('multi_profiles', t('Multiple Profiles'),			t('Ability to create multiple profiles')),
 			array('webpages',       t('Web Pages'),                 t('Provide managed web pages on your channel')),
 			array('private_notes',  t('Private Notes'),             t('Enables a tool to store notes and reminders')),
-			array('prettyphoto',       t('Enhanced Photo Albums'),                 t('Enable photo album with enhanced features')),
+// prettyphoto has licensing issues and will no longer be provided in core - 
+// in any event this setting should probably be a theme option or plugin 
+//			array('prettyphoto',       t('Enhanced Photo Albums'),                 t('Enable photo album with enhanced features')),
 			//FIXME - needs a description, but how the hell do we explain this to normals?
 			array('sendzid',		t('Extended Identity Sharing'),	t(' ')),
 			array('expert',       t('Expert Mode'),                 t('Enable Expert Mode to provide advanced configuration options')),
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 3c724ddc2..85d3f50b0 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -817,25 +817,24 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 				
 				$ext = $phototypes[$rr['type']];
 
-				if($a->get_template_engine() === 'internal') {
-					$imgalt_e = template_escape($rr['filename']);
-					$desc_e = template_escape($rr['description']);
-				}
-				else {
-					$imgalt_e = $rr['filename'];
-					$desc_e = $rr['description'];
-				}
+				$imgalt_e = $rr['filename'];
+				$desc_e = $rr['description'];
 
+
+// prettyphoto has potential license issues, so we can no longer include it in core
+// The following lines would need to be modified so that they are provided in theme specific files
+// instead of core modules for themes that wish to make use of prettyphoto. I would suggest
+// the feature as a per-theme display option and putting the rel line inside a template. 
         
-				if(feature_enabled($a->data['channel']['channel_id'],'prettyphoto')){
-				      $imagelink = ($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource_id'] . '.' . $ext );
-				      $rel=("prettyPhoto[pp_gal]");
-				}
-				else {
+//				if(feature_enabled($a->data['channel']['channel_id'],'prettyphoto')){
+//				      $imagelink = ($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource_id'] . '.' . $ext );
+//				      $rel=("prettyPhoto[pp_gal]");
+//				}
+//				else {
 				      $imagelink = ($a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['channel']['channel_address'] . '/image/' . $rr['resource_id']
 				      . (($_GET['order'] === 'posted') ? '?f=&order=posted' : ''));
 				      $rel=("photo");
-				}
+//				}
       
 				$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
 					'$id' => $rr['id'],
diff --git a/view/tpl/photo_album.tpl b/view/tpl/photo_album.tpl
index c170d47a3..a63bff78c 100755
--- a/view/tpl/photo_album.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/photo_album.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{include file="prettyphoto.tpl"}}
 <div class="photo-album-image-wrapper{{$twist}}" id="photo-album-image-wrapper-{{$id}}">
 	<a href="{{$photolink}}" class="photo-album-photo-link" id="photo-album-photo-link-{{$id}}" title="{{$phototitle}}" rel="{{$rel}}">
 		<img src="{{$imgsrc}}" alt="{{$imgalt}}" title="{{$phototitle}}" class="photo-album-photo lframe resize" id="photo-album-photo-{{$id}}" />
diff --git a/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl b/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
index c3b697776..e56fd5b57 100755
--- a/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{{include file="prettyphoto.tpl"}}
-
 <div id="live-display"></div>
 <h3><a href="{{$album.0}}">{{$album.1}}</a></h3>
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/prettyphoto.tpl b/view/tpl/prettyphoto.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d047e620..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/prettyphoto.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
-  $(document).ready(function(){
-    $("a[rel^='prettyPhoto']").prettyPhoto();
-  });
-</script>
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/webpagelist.tpl b/view/tpl/webpagelist.tpl
index 437e93348..c19836a28 100644
--- a/view/tpl/webpagelist.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/webpagelist.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{{include file="prettyphoto.tpl"}}
-
 {{if $pages}}
 
 	   <div id="pagelist-content-wrapper" class="generic-content-wrapper">
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@
 					<div class="page-list-item">
 					{{if $edit}}<a href="{{$baseurl}}/{{$item.url}}" title="{{$edit}}"><i class="icon-pencil design-icons design-edit-icon"></i></a> {{/if}}
 					{{if $view}}<a href="page/{{$channel}}/{{$item.title}}" title="{{$view}}"><i class="icon-external-link design-icons design-view-icon"></i></a> {{/if}}
-					{{if $preview}}<a href="page/{{$channel}}/{{$item.title}}?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%" rel="xprettyPhoto[iframesx]" title="{{$preview}}"><i class="icon-eye-open design-icons design-preview-icon"></i></a> {{/if}}
+					{{if $preview}}<a href="page/{{$channel}}/{{$item.title}}?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%" title="{{$preview}}" class="webpage-preview" ><i class="icon-eye-open design-icons design-preview-icon"></i></a> {{/if}}
 					{{$item.title}}
 					</div>
 				{{/foreach}}