diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 9d604c9a0..8d58d2138 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Changelog
   (Fix regression introduced in https://github.com/euphorie/Euphorie/pull/692)
   [ale-rt]
 
+- Remove an obsolete traverser that was shadowing the plone.restapi traverser
+  [ale-rt]
+
 - Delete guest account after sessions have been transferred
   Ref: scrum-2155
 
diff --git a/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/configure.zcml b/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/configure.zcml
index 164d8fab9..47236ea5a 100644
--- a/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
     xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
     >
 
-  <adapter
-      factory=".site.SitePublishTraverser"
-      provides="zope.publisher.interfaces.IPublishTraverse"
-      />
-
   <browser:page
       name="nuplone-view"
       for="Products.CMFPlone.interfaces.IPloneSiteRoot"
diff --git a/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/site.py b/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/site.py
index 1f7775faf..b322438ff 100644
--- a/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/site.py
+++ b/src/euphorie/deployment/browser/site.py
@@ -14,18 +14,14 @@
 from plone.memoize.instance import memoize
 from plone.memoize.view import memoize_contextless
 from plone.protect.interfaces import IDisableCSRFProtection
-from plonetheme.nuplone.skin.interfaces import NuPloneSkin
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
-from Products.CMFPlone.interfaces import IPloneSiteRoot
 from Products.Five import BrowserView
 from Products.membrane.interfaces.user import IMembraneUser
 from sqlalchemy import and_
 from sqlalchemy import sql
 from time import time
-from zope.component import adapter
 from zope.deprecation import deprecate
 from zope.interface import alsoProvides
-from ZPublisher.BaseRequest import DefaultPublishTraverse
 
 import logging
 
@@ -46,19 +42,6 @@ def __call__(self):
         return self.request.response.redirect("%s/sectors/" % portal.absolute_url())
 
 
-@adapter(IPloneSiteRoot, NuPloneSkin)
-class SitePublishTraverser(DefaultPublishTraverse):
-    """Publish traverser to manage access to the CMS API.
-
-    This traverser marks the request with IClientSkinLayer. We can not
-    use BeforeTraverseEvent since in Zope 2 that is only fired for site
-    objects.
-    """
-
-    def publishTraverse(self, request, name):
-        return super().publishTraverse(request, name)
-
-
 class EuphorieRefreshResourcesTimestamp(BrowserView):
     @property
     @memoize_contextless