diff --git a/includes/content.inc b/includes/content.inc
index b57047904d5e60b83f8df412d01e73995dd80ad3..a55f7ec5e897b346f05a7a0d7041d3fc9485eda1 100644
--- a/includes/content.inc
+++ b/includes/content.inc
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ function ctools_content_configure_form_defaults($form, &$form_state) {
       '#default_value' => isset($conf['override_title_text']) ? $conf['override_title_text'] : '',
       '#size' => 35,
       '#id' => 'override-title-textfield',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('override-title-checkbox' => array(1)),
       '#dependency_type' => 'disable',
     );
diff --git a/page_manager/page_manager.admin.inc b/page_manager/page_manager.admin.inc
index cdf40086f84070af58cad541646ea6632ada1c0d..85608f77f0afd97e7db016be4a87f20d3526fda7 100644
--- a/page_manager/page_manager.admin.inc
+++ b/page_manager/page_manager.admin.inc
@@ -1414,7 +1414,6 @@ function page_manager_handler_add_form($form, $form_state, $features = array())
 
       if ($plugin != 'default') {
         $form['features'][$plugin][$feature_id] += array(
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array('edit-handler' => array($plugin)),
         );
       }
diff --git a/page_manager/plugins/task_handlers/http_response.inc b/page_manager/plugins/task_handlers/http_response.inc
index 72c98cad30d01008a5e75e0a17d8a3b0c1e440ca..ba549b49d0db5d0b1c305ba6be5c9405f63f2739 100644
--- a/page_manager/plugins/task_handlers/http_response.inc
+++ b/page_manager/plugins/task_handlers/http_response.inc
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ function page_manager_http_response_edit_settings($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Redirect destination'),
     '#default_value' => $conf['destination'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-code' => array(301)),
     '#description' => t('Enter the path to redirect to. You may use keyword substitutions from contexts. You can use external urls (http://www.example.com/foo) or internal urls (node/1).'),
   );
diff --git a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/page.admin.inc b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/page.admin.inc
index d4b67deb9fc851119ed3950761d6b9dbcafc7c2b..cf3330157bc67d52435c71350cdebdf9346ad240 100644
--- a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/page.admin.inc
+++ b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/page.admin.inc
@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $menu['title'],
     '#description' => t('If set to normal or tab, enter the text to use for the menu item.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('normal', 'tab', 'default tab', 'action')),
   );
 
@@ -713,7 +712,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
       '#options' => menu_get_menus(),
       '#default_value' => $menu['name'],
       '#description' => t('Insert item into an available menu.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('normal')),
     );
   }
@@ -731,7 +729,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => isset($menu['weight']) ? $menu['weight'] : 0,
     '#description' => t('The lower the weight the higher/further left it will appear.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('normal', 'tab', 'default tab', 'action')),
   );
 
@@ -743,7 +740,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
     '#options' => array('none' => t('No menu entry'), 'normal' => t('Normal menu item'), 'tab' => t('Menu tab')),
     '#default_value' => $menu['parent']['type'],
     '#description' => t('When providing a menu item as a default tab, Drupal needs to know what the parent menu item of that tab will be. Sometimes the parent will already exist, but other times you will need to have one created. The path of a parent item will always be the same path with the last part left off. i.e, if the path to this view is <em>foo/bar/baz</em>, the parent path would be <em>foo/bar</em>.'),
-    '#process' => array('form_process_radios', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('default tab')),
   );
   $form['menu']['parent']['title'] = array(
@@ -751,7 +747,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $menu['parent']['title'],
     '#description' => t('If creating a parent menu item, enter the title of the item.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('default tab'), 'radio:menu[parent][type]' => array('normal', 'tab')),
     '#dependency_count' => 2,
   );
@@ -763,7 +758,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
       '#options' => menu_get_menus(),
       '#default_value' => $menu['parent']['name'],
       '#description' => t('Insert item into an available menu.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('default tab'), 'radio:menu[parent][type]' => array('normal')),
       '#dependency_count' => 2,
     );
@@ -780,7 +774,6 @@ function page_manager_page_form_menu($form, &$form_state) {
     '#default_value' => $menu['parent']['weight'],
     '#size' => 5,
     '#description' => t('If the parent menu item is a tab, enter the weight of the tab. The lower the number, the more to the left it will be.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('default tab'), 'radio:menu[parent][type]' => array('tab')),
     '#dependency_count' => 2,
   );
diff --git a/plugins/access/term.inc b/plugins/access/term.inc
index 2b39ff46f9e5511bf6a4302b2b837ee569be7359..043f421a170e29769a9d25965e51bf5546213634 100644
--- a/plugins/access/term.inc
+++ b/plugins/access/term.inc
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ function ctools_term_ctools_access_settings($form, &$form_state, $conf) {
     $form['settings'][$vocabulary->vid] = array(
       '#title' => t('Terms'),
       '#description' => t('Select a term or terms from @vocabulary.', array('@vocabulary' => $vocabulary->name)), //. $description,
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('ctools-select-vid' => array($vocabulary->vid)),
       '#default_value' => !empty($conf[$vid]) ? $conf[$vid] : '',
       '#multiple' => TRUE,
diff --git a/plugins/access/term_has_parent.inc b/plugins/access/term_has_parent.inc
index 9fd4c6d879c654938162dea04719e07964846cd6..2c86d1cf12335ceb75dfa9efd65d8ea62628e2df 100644
--- a/plugins/access/term_has_parent.inc
+++ b/plugins/access/term_has_parent.inc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function ctools_term_has_parent_ctools_access_settings($form, &$form_state, $con
   if (!isset($conf['vid'])) {
     $conf['vid'] = 0;
   }
-  
+
   $form['settings']['vid'] = array(
     '#title' => t('Vocabulary'),
     '#type' => 'select',
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ function ctools_term_has_parent_ctools_access_settings($form, &$form_state, $con
     $form['settings'][$vid] = array(
       '#title' => t('Terms'),
       '#description' => t('Select a term or terms from @vocabulary.', array('@vocabulary' => $vocabulary->name)),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('ctools-select-vid' => array($vocabulary->vid)),
       '#default_value' => !empty($conf[$vid]) ? $conf[$vid] : '',
       '#size' => 10,
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ function ctools_term_has_parent_ctools_access_check($conf, $context) {
     return FALSE;
   }
   $vid = $conf['vid'];
-  
+
   // we'll start looking up the hierarchy from our context term id.
   $current_term = $context->data->tid;
 
@@ -113,29 +112,29 @@ function ctools_term_has_parent_ctools_access_check($conf, $context) {
     // select parent as term_parent to avoid PHP5 complications with the parent keyword
     //@todo: Find a way to reduce the number of queries required for really deep hierarchies.
     $term = db_query("SELECT parent AS term_parent, tid AS tid FROM {taxonomy_term_hierarchy} th WHERE th.tid = :tid", array(':tid'=>$current_term))->fetchObject();
-  
+
     // if no term is found, get out of the loop
     if (!$term || empty($term->tid)) {
       break;
     }
-    
+
     // check the term selected, if the user asked it to.
     if (!empty($conf['include_self']) && in_array($term->tid, $conf[$vid])) {
       return TRUE;
     }
-    
+
     // did we find the parent TID we were looking for?
     if (in_array($term->term_parent, $conf[$vid])) {
       // YES, we're done!
       return TRUE;
     }
     // Nope, we didn't find it.
-    
+
     // If this is the top of the hierarchy, stop scanning.
     if ($term->term_parent==0) {
       break;
     }
-    
+
     // update the parent, and keep scanning.
     $current_term = $term->term_parent;
   }
diff --git a/plugins/content_types/custom/custom.inc b/plugins/content_types/custom/custom.inc
index 937653057872a162730ffca014fddfc94b6b47f5..6a705ac90feb47e37d790bbde65642a5dea30e00 100644
--- a/plugins/content_types/custom/custom.inc
+++ b/plugins/content_types/custom/custom.inc
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ function ctools_custom_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Machine name'),
     '#description' => t('The machine readable name of this content. It must be unique, and it must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores. Once created, you will not be able to change this value!'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-reusable' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ function ctools_custom_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Category'),
     '#description' => t('What category this content should appear in. If left blank the category will be "Miscellaneous".'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-reusable' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -337,7 +335,6 @@ function ctools_custom_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Administrative description'),
     '#description' => t('A description of what this content is, does or is for, for administrative use.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-reusable' => array(1)),
   );
   return $form;
diff --git a/plugins/content_types/node_context/node_terms.inc b/plugins/content_types/node_context/node_terms.inc
index 3ea1fcd09cd32e01d7f61ce6a11a17e823b55da1..e2e73919b4d8a04d4e97c5707fa79312f06b1d33 100644
--- a/plugins/content_types/node_context/node_terms.inc
+++ b/plugins/content_types/node_context/node_terms.inc
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ function ctools_node_terms_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#default_value' => $conf['link'],
     '#description' => t('Check here to make the terms link to the term paths.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:term_format' => array('inline-delimited', 'ul')),
     '#prefix' => '<div class="clearfix">',
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ function ctools_node_terms_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Term delimiter'),
     '#default_value' => $conf['term_delimiter'],
     '#size' => 10,
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:term_format' => array('inline-delimited')),
   );
   return $form;
diff --git a/plugins/content_types/search/search_form.inc b/plugins/content_types/search/search_form.inc
index 6fd9e4186baa299461c4f9d11be751e31d569984..2ab1fa7b4e0d378a6d249f6b662423e363d7186c 100644
--- a/plugins/content_types/search/search_form.inc
+++ b/plugins/content_types/search/search_form.inc
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ function ctools_search_form_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
   $form['path'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $conf['path'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-path-type' => array('custom')),
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
   );
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ function ctools_search_form_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
   $form['prompt'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $conf['prompt'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-prompt' => array(1)),
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
   );
diff --git a/plugins/content_types/search/search_result.inc b/plugins/content_types/search/search_result.inc
index f491a75c4b506bf3dc12a0ee795e6ceeccb376af..918b6fe03a73fa503bca71df7294b930857b32ed 100644
--- a/plugins/content_types/search/search_result.inc
+++ b/plugins/content_types/search/search_result.inc
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Title'),
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $conf['empty_title'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-empty' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('No result text'),
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#default_value' => $conf['empty'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-empty' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'hidden',
     '#id' => 'edit-empty-format',
     '#prefix' => '<div><fieldset id="edit-empty-format" class="collapsed collapsible"><legend>' . t('Input format') . '</legend>',
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-empty' => array(1)),
   );
   // Yes, lots of gymnastics to make this fieldset work with dependencies.
@@ -154,7 +151,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Title'),
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#default_value' => $conf['no_key_title'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-no-key' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -162,7 +158,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('No keywords text'),
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#default_value' => $conf['no_key'],
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-no-key' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -170,7 +165,6 @@ function ctools_search_result_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'hidden',
     '#id' => 'edit-no-key-format',
     '#prefix' => '<div><fieldset id="edit-no-key-format" class="collapsed collapsible"><legend>' . t('Input format') . '</legend>',
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('edit-override-no-key' => array(1)),
   );
   // Yes, lots of gymnastics to make this fieldset work with dependencies.
diff --git a/plugins/contexts/term.inc b/plugins/contexts/term.inc
index 3c791d29ecfd391d98a1231dbee44b1e71a6a8f0..1d6d48e6fa5cb9330e4d93aaec22f7aa2d513048 100644
--- a/plugins/contexts/term.inc
+++ b/plugins/contexts/term.inc
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ function ctools_context_term_settings_form($form, &$form_state) {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#description' => t('Select a term from @vocabulary.', array('@vocabulary' => $vocabulary->name)) . $description,
       '#autocomplete_path' => 'taxonomy/autocomplete/' . $vocabulary->vid,
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('ctools-select-vid' => array($vocabulary->vid)),
     );
 
diff --git a/plugins/contexts/user.inc b/plugins/contexts/user.inc
index 710415611cdda53c6abbd5e8ddec03d73105df8a..638d146fba7a25dcb465b369697169c1e1df3128 100644
--- a/plugins/contexts/user.inc
+++ b/plugins/contexts/user.inc
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ function ctools_context_user_settings_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#maxlength' => 512,
     '#autocomplete_path' => 'user/autocomplete',
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:type' => array('select')),
   );
 
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ function ctools_context_user_settings_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#default_value' => FALSE,
     '#title' => t('Reset identifier to username'),
     '#description' => t('If checked, the identifier will be reset to the user name of the selected user.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('radio:context[context_settings][type]' => array('select')),
   );
 
diff --git a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
index c3e476f50983a983b831102aff8bf64d5a4a7127..9c60b9ede2a3a418bbac925d29fa3c8125305559 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ function views_content_views_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Use pager'),
     '#default_value' => $conf['use_pager'],
     '#id' => 'use-pager-checkbox',
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('override-pager-checkbox' => array(1)),
   );
   $form['pager_settings']['pager_id'] = array(
@@ -344,7 +343,6 @@ function views_content_views_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Pager ID'),
     '#size' => 4,
     '#id' => 'use-pager-textfield',
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('override-pager-checkbox' => array(1), 'use-pager-checkbox' => array(1)),
     '#dependency_count' => 2,
     '#suffix' => '</div>',
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ function views_content_views_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#default_value' => $conf['nodes_per_page'],
     '#size' => 4,
     '#title' => t('Num posts'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('override-pager-checkbox' => array(1)),
   );
 
@@ -365,7 +362,6 @@ function views_content_views_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Offset'),
     '#size' => 4,
     '#description' => t('The number of items to skip and not display.'),
-    '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     '#dependency' => array('override-pager-checkbox' => array(1)),
   );
 
diff --git a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_row.inc b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_row.inc
index 91c51b39a2d102d169c72127274948cf30edc1e8..827d36035ad3658f1d14da897b2d99ba166a305f 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_row.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_row.inc
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ function views_content_views_row_edit($form, &$form_state) {
       '#default_value' => $conf['fields'],
       '#prefix' => '<div id="edit-fields-wrapper"><div id="edit-fields">',
       '#suffix' => '</div></div>',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process', 'form_process_radios'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-use-fields' => array(TRUE)),
     );
   }
diff --git a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context.inc b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context.inc
index 5a3638b5419d981976bad9557c79b9a7884f70d4..2f084e3ccc1eeb93edfe23cd8aa98d13b7e51867 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context.inc
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context extends views_plugin_display {
             '#description' => t('If "From context" is selected, which type of context to use.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['context'],
             '#options' => ctools_context_get_all_converters(),
-            '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('context')),
           );
 
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_ctools_context extends views_plugin_display {
             '#title' => t('Context is optional'),
             '#description' => t('This context need not be present for the pane to function. If you plan to use this, ensure that the argument handler can handle empty values gracefully.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['context_optional'],
-            '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('context')),
           );
         }
diff --git a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
index 6e36a8a28f0f45c47445e076364c1ed0a7c5d8b6..e4082922a52296f78cb07ec29be456cf952fc812 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
             '#description' => t('If "From context" is selected, which type of context to use.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['context'],
             '#options' => ctools_context_get_all_converters(),
-            '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('context')),
           );
 
@@ -281,7 +280,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
             '#title' => t('Context is optional'),
             '#description' => t('This context need not be present for the pane to function. If you plan to use this, ensure that the argument handler can handle empty values gracefully.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['context_optional'],
-            '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('context')),
           );
 
@@ -291,7 +289,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
             '#description' => t('If "From panel argument" is selected, which panel argument to use.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['panel'],
             '#options' => array(0 => t('First'), 1 => t('Second'), 2 => t('Third'), 3 => t('Fourth'), 4 => t('Fifth'), 5 => t('Sixth')),
-            '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('panel')),
           );
 
@@ -300,7 +297,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
             '#title' => t('Fixed argument'),
             '#description' => t('If "Fixed" is selected, what to use as an argument.'),
             '#default_value' => $argument['fixed'],
-            '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('fixed')),
           );
 
@@ -309,7 +305,6 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
             '#title' => t('Label'),
             '#description' => t('If this argument is presented to the panels user, what label to apply to it.'),
             '#default_value' => empty($argument['label']) ? $argument['name'] : $argument['label'],
-            '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array($type_id => array('user')),
           );
         }