diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/HttpClientExampleSpec.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/HttpClientExampleSpec.scala
index 69075c8d5f..cdfceb3e93 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/HttpClientExampleSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/HttpClientExampleSpec.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package docs.http.scaladsl
 
 import akka.actor.{ ActorLogging, ActorSystem }
+import akka.stream.{ ActorMaterializerSettings }
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import org.scalatest.{ Matchers, WordSpec }
 
@@ -78,15 +79,17 @@ class HttpClientExampleSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
     import akka.actor.Actor
     import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
     import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
-    import akka.stream.scaladsl.ImplicitMaterializer
+    import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
+    import akka.stream.ActorMaterializerSettings
 
     class Myself extends Actor
-      with ImplicitMaterializer
       with ActorLogging {
 
       import akka.pattern.pipe
       import context.dispatcher
 
+      final implicit val materializer: ActorMaterializer = ActorMaterializer(ActorMaterializerSettings(context.system))
+
       val http = Http(context.system)
 
       override def preStart() = {
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/http/client-side/request-level.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/http/client-side/request-level.rst
index c322058ff7..5061b124bc 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/http/client-side/request-level.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/http/client-side/request-level.rst
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ to the Actor as a message.
 .. includecode:: ../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/HttpClientExampleSpec.scala
    :include: single-request-in-actor-example
 
-An ``ActorMaterializer`` instance needed for Http to perfom its duties can be obtained using the ``ImplicitMaterializer``
-helper trait.
-
 Example
 -------
 
diff --git a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializerSpec.scala b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializerSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 458584e777..0000000000
--- a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializerSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-package akka.stream.scaladsl
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, Props }
-import akka.stream.ActorMaterializerSettings
-import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec
-import akka.testkit._
-import akka.pattern.pipe
-
-object ImplicitMaterializerSpec {
-  class SomeActor(input: List[String]) extends Actor with ImplicitMaterializer {
-
-    override def materializerSettings = ActorMaterializerSettings(context.system)
-      .withInputBuffer(initialSize = 2, maxSize = 16)
-
-    val flow = Source(input).map(_.toUpperCase())
-
-    def receive = {
-      case "run" ⇒
-        // run takes an implicit ActorMaterializer parameter, which is provided by ImplicitMaterializer
-        import context.dispatcher
-        flow.runFold("")(_ + _) pipeTo sender()
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class ImplicitMaterializerSpec extends AkkaSpec with ImplicitSender {
-  import ImplicitMaterializerSpec._
-
-  "An ImplicitMaterializer" must {
-
-    "provide implicit ActorMaterializer" in {
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props(classOf[SomeActor], List("a", "b", "c")).withDispatcher("akka.test.stream-dispatcher"))
-      actor ! "run"
-      expectMsg("ABC")
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializer.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b53cc02bf..0000000000
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitMaterializer.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-package akka.stream.scaladsl
-
-import akka.actor.Actor
-import akka.stream.ActorMaterializerSettings
-import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
-
-/**
- * Mix this trait into your [[akka.actor.Actor]] if you need an implicit
- * [[akka.stream.Materializer]] in scope.
- *
- * Subclass may override [[#materializerSettings]] to define custom
- * [[akka.stream.ActorMaterializerSettings]] for the `Materializer`.
- */
-trait ImplicitMaterializer { this: Actor ⇒
-
-  /**
-   * Subclass may override this to define custom
-   * [[akka.stream.ActorMaterializerSettings]] for the `Materializer`.
-   */
-  def materializerSettings: ActorMaterializerSettings = ActorMaterializerSettings(context.system)
-
-  final implicit val materializer: ActorMaterializer = ActorMaterializer(Some(materializerSettings))
-}
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/package.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/package.scala
index f76ea0b218..1e42d15522 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/package.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/package.scala
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ package akka.stream
  * by those methods that materialize the Flow into a series of
  * [[org.reactivestreams.Processor]] instances. The returned reactive stream
  * is fully started and active.
- *
- * Use [[ImplicitMaterializer]] to define an implicit [[akka.stream.Materializer]]
- * inside an [[akka.actor.Actor]].
  */
 package object scaladsl {
 }