diff --git a/src/applications/paste/xaction/PhabricatorPasteContentTransaction.php b/src/applications/paste/xaction/PhabricatorPasteContentTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/paste/xaction/PhabricatorPasteContentTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/paste/xaction/PhabricatorPasteContentTransaction.php
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
   const TRANSACTIONTYPE = 'paste.create';
 
-  private $fileName;
-
   public function generateOldValue($object) {
     return $object->getFilePHID();
   }
@@ -32,26 +30,6 @@
     return array($error);
   }
 
-  public function willApplyTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
-    // Find the most user-friendly filename we can by examining the title of
-    // the paste and the pending transactions. We'll use this if we create a
-    // new file to store raw content later.
-
-    $name = $object->getTitle();
-    if (!strlen($name)) {
-      $name = 'paste.raw';
-    }
-
-    $type_title = PhabricatorPasteTitleTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE;
-    foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
-      if ($xaction->getTransactionType() == $type_title) {
-        $name = $xaction->getNewValue();
-      }
-    }
-
-    $this->fileName = $name;
-  }
-
   public function generateNewValue($object, $value) {
     // If this transaction does not really change the paste content, return
     // the current file PHID so this transaction no-ops.
@@ -66,16 +44,16 @@
     $editor = $this->getEditor();
     $actor = $editor->getActor();
 
-    $file = $this->newFileForPaste($actor, $this->fileName, $value);
+    $file = $this->newFileForPaste($actor, $value);
 
     return $file->getPHID();
   }
 
-  private  function newFileForPaste(PhabricatorUser $actor, $name, $data) {
+  private function newFileForPaste(PhabricatorUser $actor, $data) {
     return PhabricatorFile::newFromFileData(
       $data,
       array(
-        'name' => $name,
+        'name' => 'raw.txt',
         'mime-type' => 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
         'authorPHID' => $actor->getPHID(),
         'viewPolicy' => PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_NOONE,
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
@@ -1026,8 +1026,6 @@
     $xactions = $this->filterTransactions($object, $xactions);
 
     if (!$is_preview) {
-      $this->willApplyTransactions($object, $xactions);
-
       $this->hasRequiredMFA = true;
       if ($this->getShouldRequireMFA()) {
         $this->requireMFA($object, $xactions);
@@ -4374,19 +4372,6 @@
     return idx($types, $type);
   }
 
-  private function willApplyTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
-    foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
-      $type = $xaction->getTransactionType();
-
-      $xtype = $this->getModularTransactionType($type);
-      if (!$xtype) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      $xtype->willApplyTransactions($object, $xactions);
-    }
-  }
-
   public function getCreateObjectTitle($author, $object) {
     return pht('%s created this object.', $author);
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@
       ->generateNewValue($object, $this->getNewValue());
   }
 
-  final public function willApplyTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
-    return $this->getTransactionImplementation()
-      ->willApplyTransactions($object, $xactions);
-  }
-
   final public function applyInternalEffects($object) {
     return $this->getTransactionImplementation()
       ->applyInternalEffects($object);
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
     return array();
   }
 
-  public function willApplyTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
     return;
   }