diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html b/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
index 0855ebcf59..b6d4dd0b92 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
          ng-controller="PaneController as modelPaneTree"
          ng-class="modelPaneTree.visible() ? 'pane-tree-showing' : 'pane-tree-hidden'">
         <mct-split-pane class='abs contents'
-                        anchor='left' alias="leftSide">
+                        anchor='left'>
             <div class='split-pane-component treeview pane left'>
                 <div class="abs holder l-flex-col holder-treeview-elements">
                     <mct-representation key="'create-button'"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                      ng-controller="InspectorPaneController as modelPaneInspect"
                      ng-class="modelPaneInspect.visible() ? 'pane-inspect-showing' : 'pane-inspect-hidden'">
 
-                    <mct-split-pane class='l-object-and-inspector contents abs' anchor='right' alias="rightSide">
+                    <mct-split-pane class='l-object-and-inspector contents abs' anchor='right'>
                         <div class='split-pane-component t-object pane primary-pane left'>
                             <mct-representation mct-object="navigatedObject"
                                                 key="navigatedObject.getCapability('status').get('editing') ? 'edit-object' : 'browse-object'"
@@ -87,3 +87,4 @@
     </div>
     <mct-include key="'bottombar'"></mct-include>
 </div>
+
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitPane.js b/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitPane.js
index ff4969ea6c..35625da413 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitPane.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitPane.js
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ define(
          * @constructor
          */
         function MCTSplitPane($parse, $log, $interval) {
-            var splitPaneNumber = 1;
             function controller($scope, $element, $attrs) {
                 var anchorKey = $attrs.anchor || DEFAULT_ANCHOR,
                     anchor,
@@ -149,10 +148,8 @@ define(
 
                 // Enforce minimum/maximum positions
                 function enforceExtrema() {
-                    // Check for user preference on splitPane width
-                    var userWidthPreference = window.localStorage[$attrs.alias];
                     position = Math.max(position, 0);
-                    position = Math.min(position,(userWidthPreference || getSize($element[0])));
+                    position = Math.min(position, getSize($element[0]));
                 }
 
                 // Getter-setter for the pixel offset of the splitter,
@@ -168,13 +165,7 @@ define(
                         if (positionParsed.assign && position !== prior) {
                             positionParsed.assign($scope, position);
                         }
-
-                        if ($attrs.alias) {
-                            var myStorage = window.localStorage;
-                            myStorage.setItem($attrs.alias, value);
-                        }
                     }
-
                     return position;
                 }
 
@@ -228,7 +219,9 @@ define(
                 controller: ['$scope', '$element', '$attrs', controller]
             };
         }
+
         return MCTSplitPane;
 
     }
 );
+
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitter.js b/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitter.js
index a0c467891c..63acb90824 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitter.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/general/src/directives/MCTSplitter.js
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ define(
 
     }
 );
+