diff --git a/src/cors.rs b/src/cors.rs
index c17e28e..9b0c802 100644
--- a/src/cors.rs
+++ b/src/cors.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::matcher::AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher;
 use gotham::{
 	handler::HandlerFuture,
 	helpers::http::response::create_empty_response,
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ use gotham::{
 	},
 	middleware::Middleware,
 	pipeline::chain::PipelineHandleChain,
-	router::builder::*,
+	router::{builder::*, route::matcher::AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher},
 	state::{FromState, State}
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ab08c98..92bf691 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ mod cors;
 #[cfg(feature = "cors")]
 pub use cors::{handle_cors, CorsConfig, CorsRoute, Origin};
 
-pub mod matcher;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
 mod openapi;
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
diff --git a/src/matcher/access_control_request_method.rs b/src/matcher/access_control_request_method.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7668e37..0000000
--- a/src/matcher/access_control_request_method.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-use gotham::{
-	hyper::{
-		header::{HeaderMap, ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD},
-		Method, StatusCode
-	},
-	router::{non_match::RouteNonMatch, route::matcher::RouteMatcher},
-	state::{FromState, State}
-};
-
-/// A route matcher that checks whether the value of the `Access-Control-Request-Method` header matches the defined value.
-///
-/// Usage:
-///
-/// ```rust
-/// # use gotham::{helpers::http::response::create_empty_response,
-/// #   hyper::{header::ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_METHODS, Method, StatusCode},
-/// #   router::builder::*
-/// # };
-/// # use gotham_restful::matcher::AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher;
-/// let matcher = AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher::new(Method::PUT);
-///
-/// # build_simple_router(|route| {
-/// // use the matcher for your request
-/// route.options("/foo").extend_route_matcher(matcher).to(|state| {
-/// 	// we know that this is a CORS preflight for a PUT request
-/// 	let mut res = create_empty_response(&state, StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
-/// 	res.headers_mut().insert(ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_METHODS, "PUT".parse().unwrap());
-/// 	(state, res)
-/// 	});
-/// # });
-/// ```
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher {
-	method: Method
-}
-
-impl AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher {
-	/// Construct a new matcher that matches if the `Access-Control-Request-Method` header matches `method`.
-	/// Note that during matching the method is normalized according to the fetch specification, that is,
-	/// byte-uppercased. This means that when using a custom `method` instead of a predefined one, make sure
-	/// it is uppercased or this matcher will never succeed.
-	pub fn new(method: Method) -> Self {
-		Self { method }
-	}
-}
-
-impl RouteMatcher for AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher {
-	fn is_match(&self, state: &State) -> Result<(), RouteNonMatch> {
-		// according to the fetch specification, methods should be normalized by byte-uppercase
-		// https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-method
-		match HeaderMap::borrow_from(state)
-			.get(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD)
-			.and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
-			.and_then(|str| str.to_ascii_uppercase().parse::<Method>().ok())
-		{
-			Some(m) if m == self.method => Ok(()),
-			_ => Err(RouteNonMatch::new(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-	use super::*;
-
-	fn with_state<F>(accept: Option<&str>, block: F)
-	where
-		F: FnOnce(&mut State) -> ()
-	{
-		State::with_new(|state| {
-			let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-			if let Some(acc) = accept {
-				headers.insert(ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, acc.parse().unwrap());
-			}
-			state.put(headers);
-			block(state);
-		});
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	fn no_acrm_header() {
-		let matcher = AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher::new(Method::PUT);
-		with_state(None, |state| assert!(matcher.is_match(&state).is_err()));
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	fn correct_acrm_header() {
-		let matcher = AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher::new(Method::PUT);
-		with_state(Some("PUT"), |state| assert!(matcher.is_match(&state).is_ok()));
-		with_state(Some("put"), |state| assert!(matcher.is_match(&state).is_ok()));
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	fn incorrect_acrm_header() {
-		let matcher = AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher::new(Method::PUT);
-		with_state(Some("DELETE"), |state| assert!(matcher.is_match(&state).is_err()));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/matcher/mod.rs b/src/matcher/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 153bdfe..0000000
--- a/src/matcher/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "cors")]
-mod access_control_request_method;
-#[cfg(feature = "cors")]
-pub use access_control_request_method::AccessControlRequestMethodMatcher;