diff --git a/src/mapml/layers/MapMLLayer.js b/src/mapml/layers/MapMLLayer.js
index 603fcf200..8bed812ab 100644
--- a/src/mapml/layers/MapMLLayer.js
+++ b/src/mapml/layers/MapMLLayer.js
@@ -926,21 +926,7 @@ export var MapMLLayer = L.Layer.extend({
 
                 inputs.push(inp);
                 includesZoom = includesZoom || inp.hasAttribute("type") && inp.getAttribute("type").toLowerCase() === "zoom";
-                if (inp.hasAttribute('shard')) {
-                  var id = inp.getAttribute('list');
-                  inp.servers = [];
-                  var servers = serverExtent.querySelectorAll('map-datalist#'+id + ' > map-option');
-                  if (servers.length === 0 && inp.hasAttribute('value')) {
-                    servers = inp.getAttribute('value').split('');
-                  }
-                  for (var s=0;s < servers.length;s++) {
-                    if (servers[s].getAttribute) {
-                      inp.servers.push(servers[s].getAttribute('value'));
-                    } else {
-                      inp.servers.push(servers[s]);
-                    }
-                  }
-                } else if (inp.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'map-select') {
+                if (inp.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'map-select') {
                   // use a throwaway div to parse the input from MapML into HTML
                   var div =document.createElement("div");
                   div.insertAdjacentHTML("afterbegin",inp.outerHTML);
diff --git a/src/mapml/layers/TemplatedTileLayer.js b/src/mapml/layers/TemplatedTileLayer.js
index 14c178ab2..a0a9ccabb 100644
--- a/src/mapml/layers/TemplatedTileLayer.js
+++ b/src/mapml/layers/TemplatedTileLayer.js
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ export var TemplatedTileLayer = L.TileLayer.extend({
       L.setOptions(this, options);
       this._setUpTileTemplateVars(template);
 
-      if (template.tile.subdomains) {
-        L.setOptions(this, L.extend(this.options, {subdomains: template.tile.subdomains}));
-      }
       this._template = template;
       this._initContainer();
       // call the parent constructor with the template tref value, per the 
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@ export var TemplatedTileLayer = L.TileLayer.extend({
         obj[this._template.pcrs.easting.right] = this._tileMatrixToPCRSPosition(coords, 'top-right').x;
         obj[this._template.pcrs.northing.top] = this._tileMatrixToPCRSPosition(coords, 'top-left').y;
         obj[this._template.pcrs.northing.bottom] = this._tileMatrixToPCRSPosition(coords, 'bottom-left').y;
-        obj[this._template.tile.server] = this._getSubdomain(coords);
         for (var v in this._template.tile) {
             if (["row","col","zoom","left","right","top","bottom"].indexOf(v) < 0) {
                 obj[v] = this._template.tile[v];
@@ -268,7 +264,6 @@ export var TemplatedTileLayer = L.TileLayer.extend({
             axis = inputs[i].getAttribute("axis"), 
             name = inputs[i].getAttribute("name"), 
             position = inputs[i].getAttribute("position"),
-            shard = (type === "hidden" && inputs[i].hasAttribute("shard")),
             select = (inputs[i].tagName.toLowerCase() === "map-select"),
             value = inputs[i].getAttribute("value"),
             min = inputs[i].getAttribute("min"),
@@ -374,9 +369,6 @@ export var TemplatedTileLayer = L.TileLayer.extend({
              zoom.max = Number.parseInt(max,10);
            }
            template.zoom = zoom;
-        } else if (shard) {
-          template.tile.server = name;
-          template.tile.subdomains = inputs[i].servers.slice();
         } else if (select) {
             /*jshint -W104 */
           const parsedselect = inputs[i].htmlselect;
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/osm.mapml b/test/e2e/data/osm.mapml
index 0126a32a3..6a6794fbe 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/osm.mapml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/osm.mapml
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@
   <map-body>
     <map-extent units="OSMTILE" >
       <map-input name="z" type="zoom"  value="18" min="0" max="18"></map-input>
-      <map-input name="s" type="hidden" shard="true" list="servers"></map-input>
-      <map-datalist id="servers">
-        <map-option value="a"></map-option>
-        <map-option value="b"></map-option>
-        <map-option value="c"></map-option>
-      </map-datalist>
       <map-input name="x" type="location" units="tilematrix" axis="column" min="0"  max="262144" ></map-input>
       <map-input name="y" type="location" units="tilematrix" axis="row" min="0"  max="262144" ></map-input>
-      <map-link rel="tile" tref="http://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" ></map-link>
+      <map-link rel="tile" tref="http://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" ></map-link>
     </map-extent>
   </map-body>
 </mapml-> 
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/tiles/cbmt/osm-changeProjection.mapml b/test/e2e/data/tiles/cbmt/osm-changeProjection.mapml
index e8602c6b8..0cb181f02 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/tiles/cbmt/osm-changeProjection.mapml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/tiles/cbmt/osm-changeProjection.mapml
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@
   <map-body>
   <map-extent units="OSMTILE">
     <map-input name="z" type="zoom" min="9" max="18"></map-input>
-    <map-input name="s" type="hidden" shard="true" list="servers"></map-input>
-    <map-datalist id="servers">
-      <map-option value="a"></map-option>
-      <map-option value="b"></map-option>
-      <map-option value="c"></map-option>
-    </map-datalist>
     <map-input name="x" type="location" units="tilematrix" axis="column"></map-input>
     <map-input name="y" type="location" units="tilematrix" axis="row"></map-input>
-    <map-link rel="tile" tref="https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"></map-link>
+    <map-link rel="tile" tref="https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"></map-link>
   </map-extent>
   </map-body>
 </mapml->