diff --git a/platform/platform.android.ts b/platform/platform.android.ts
index e5c5c0eb2..15e09bf0a 100644
--- a/platform/platform.android.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.android.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
     private static _sdkVersion: string;
     private static _deviceType: string;
     private static _uuid: string;
-    private static _userAgent: string;
     private static _language: string;
 
     static get os(): string {
@@ -84,15 +83,6 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
         return device._uuid;
     }
 
-    static get userAgent(): string {
-        if (!device._userAgent) {
-            var context = application.android.context;
-            device._userAgent = new android.webkit.WebView(context).getSettings().getUserAgentString();
-        }
-        
-        return device._userAgent;
-    }
-
     static get language(): string {
         if (!device._language) {
             var context = application.android.context;
diff --git a/platform/platform.d.ts b/platform/platform.d.ts
index 539c841be..2b48a6e1b 100644
--- a/platform/platform.d.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.d.ts
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ declare module "platform" {
          */
          static uuid: string;
 
-        /**
-         * Gets the user agent string as it would be reported by the
-         * device built-in web browser control
-         */
-        static userAgent: string;
-
         /**
          * Gets the preferred language. For example "en" or "en_US"
          */
diff --git a/platform/platform.ios.ts b/platform/platform.ios.ts
index 957d2d81e..44e1ff22e 100644
--- a/platform/platform.ios.ts
+++ b/platform/platform.ios.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
     private static _osVersion: string;
     private static _sdkVersion: string;
     private static _deviceType: string;
-    private static _userAgent: string;
     private static _language: string;
 
     static get manufacturer(): string {
@@ -77,14 +76,6 @@ export class device implements definition.device {
         return app_uuid;
     }
 
-    static get userAgent(): string {
-        if (!device._userAgent) {
-            device._userAgent = new UIWebView().stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString('navigator.userAgent');
-        }
-        
-        return device._userAgent;
-    }
-
     static get language(): string {
         if (!device._language) {
             var languages = NSLocale.preferredLanguages();