diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc b/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
index f4c40ea1312be9e34ec4734fcff783f0f8d5d926..59c0471a874b4333e0ad1ee401ca29579f6ce5db 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#size' => 20,
       '#default_value' => $this->options['exception']['title'],
       '#description' => t('Override the view and other argument titles. Use "%1" for the first argument, "%2" for the second, etc.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-exception-title-enable' => array('1'),
       ),
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#title_display' => 'invisible',
       '#default_value' => $this->options['title'],
       '#description' => t('Override the view and other argument titles. Use "%1" for the first argument, "%2" for the second, etc.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-title-enable' => array('1'),
       ),
@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#title_display' => 'invisible',
       '#default_value' => $this->options['breadcrumb'],
       '#description' => t('Enter a breadcrumb name you would like to use. See "Title" for percent substitutions.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-breadcrumb-enable' => array('1'),
       ),
@@ -308,7 +305,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'select',
       '#title' => t('Validator'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['validate']['type'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-specify-validation' => array('1'),
       ),
@@ -345,7 +341,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
               '#suffix' => '</div>',
               '#type' => 'item',
               '#input' => TRUE, // trick it into checking input to make #process run
-              '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
               '#dependency' => array(
                 'edit-options-specify-validation' => array('1'),
                 'edit-options-validate-type' => array($id),
@@ -368,7 +363,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#title' => t('Action to take if filter value does not validate'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['validate']['fail'],
       '#options' => $validate_options,
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-specify-validation' => array('1'),
       ),
@@ -502,7 +496,7 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#id' => 'edit-options-default-argument-type',
       '#title' => t('Type'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['default_argument_type'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
+
       '#dependency' => array('radio:options[default_action]' => array('default')),
       // Views custom key, moves this element to the appropriate container
       // under the radio button.
@@ -522,8 +516,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
             '#suffix' => '</div>',
             '#id' => 'edit-options-argument-default-options-' . $id,
             '#type' => 'item',
-            '#input' => TRUE, // trick it into checking input to make #process run
-            '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array(
               'radio:options[default_action]' => array('default'),
               'edit-options-default-argument-type' => array($id)
@@ -565,7 +557,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#title' => t('Sort order'),
       '#options' => array('asc' => t('Ascending'), 'desc' => t('Descending')),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['summary']['sort_order'],
-      '#process' => array('form_process_radios', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:options[default_action]' => array('summary')),
     );
     $form['summary']['number_of_records'] = array(
@@ -576,7 +567,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
         0 => $this->get_sort_name(),
         1 => t('Number of records')
       ),
-      '#process' => array('form_process_radios', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:options[default_action]' => array('summary')),
     );
 
@@ -585,7 +575,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
       '#title' => t('Format'),
       '#options' => $format_options,
       '#default_value' => $this->options['summary']['format'],
-      '#process' => array('form_process_radios', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:options[default_action]' => array('summary')),
     );
 
@@ -601,7 +590,6 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
           '#id' => 'edit-options-summary-options-' . $id,
           '#type' => 'item',
           '#input' => TRUE, // trick it into checking input to make #process run
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array(
             'radio:options[default_action]' => array('summary'),
             'radio:options[summary][format]' => array($id),
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_argument_string.inc b/handlers/views_handler_argument_string.inc
index a615661d9475ba2bf75ec5bbd224945541e157dd..a45ae4e39b4328b643608677359e9defb98f29c7 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_argument_string.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_argument_string.inc
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class views_handler_argument_string extends views_handler_argument {
       '#title' => t('Character limit'),
       '#description' => t('How many characters of the filter value to filter against. If set to 1, all fields starting with the first letter in the filter value would be matched.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['limit'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-options-glossary' => array(TRUE)),
       '#fieldset' => 'more',
     );
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
index 0e532541addb4d1b60ba7ab28f84a6b031d876b7..80412e5acc38f515436ca0588764442e8d80657a 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
@@ -315,14 +315,20 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       ),
     );
     $options['element_type'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_type_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['element_class'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_class_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
 
     $options['element_label_type'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_label_type_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['element_label_class'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_label_class_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['element_label_colon'] = array('default' => TRUE);
 
     $options['element_wrapper_type'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_wrapper_type_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['element_wrapper_class'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['element_wrapper_class_enable'] = array('default' => FALSE);
 
     $options['element_default_classes'] = array('default' => TRUE);
 
@@ -344,6 +350,7 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Wrap field in HTML'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_type_enable'],
     );
     $form['element_type'] = array(
       '#title' => t('HTML element'),
@@ -352,7 +359,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_type'],
       '#description' => t('Choose the HTML element to wrap around this field, e.g. H1, H2, etc.'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -362,10 +368,10 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Create a CSS class'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_class_enable'],
     );
 
     $form['element_class'] = array(
@@ -374,7 +380,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_class'],
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-class-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -392,7 +397,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Label'),
       '#default_value' => $label,
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-custom-label' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -402,7 +406,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Place a colon after the label'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_label_colon'],
-      '#process' => array_merge(element_info_property('checkbox', '#process', array()), array('ctools_dependent_process')),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-custom-label' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Wrap label in HTML'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_label_type_enable'],
     );
 
     $form['element_label_type'] = array(
@@ -421,7 +425,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_label_type'],
       '#description' => t('Choose the HTML element to wrap around this label, e.g. H1, H2, etc.'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-label-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -431,10 +434,10 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Create a CSS class'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-label-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_label_class_enable'],
     );
 
     $form['element_label_class'] = array(
@@ -443,7 +446,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_label_class'],
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-label-class-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Wrap field and label in HTML'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_wrapper_type_enable'],
     );
 
     $form['element_wrapper_type'] = array(
@@ -462,7 +465,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_wrapper_type'],
       '#description' => t('Choose the HTML element to wrap around this field and label, e.g. H1, H2, etc.'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-wrapper-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -472,10 +474,10 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Create a CSS class'),
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-wrapper-type-enable' => array(1)
       ),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['element_wrapper_class_enable'],
     );
 
     $form['element_wrapper_class'] = array(
@@ -484,7 +486,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#default_value' => $this->options['element_wrapper_class'],
       '#fieldset' => 'style_settings',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-options-element-wrapper-class-enable' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -533,7 +534,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textarea',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['text'],
         '#description' => t('The text to display for this field. You may include HTML. You may enter data from this view as per the "Replacement patterns" below.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-alter-text' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['path'],
         '#description' => t('The Drupal path or absolute URL for this link. You may enter data from this view as per the "Replacement patterns" below.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -560,7 +559,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'checkbox',
         '#title' => t('Use absolute path'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['absolute'],
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -570,7 +568,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#title' => t('External server URL'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['external'],
         '#description' => t("Links to an external server using a full URL: e.g. 'http://www.example.com' or 'www.example.com'."),
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -581,7 +578,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['link_class'],
         '#description' => t('The CSS class to apply to the link.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -591,7 +587,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['alt'],
         '#description' => t('Text to place as "alt" text which most browsers display as a tooltip when hovering over the link.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -601,7 +596,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['rel'],
         '#description' => t('Include Rel attribute for use in lightbox2 or other javascript utility.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -611,7 +605,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['prefix'],
         '#description' => t('Any text to display before this link. You may include HTML.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -621,7 +614,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['suffix'],
         '#description' => t('Any text to display after this link. You may include HTML.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -631,7 +623,6 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_handler {
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['target'],
         '#description' => t("Target of the link, such as _blank, _parent or an iframe's name. This field is rarely used."),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -683,7 +674,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#type' => 'hidden',
         '#id' => 'views-tokens-help',
         '#prefix' => '<div><fieldset id="views-tokens-help"><legend>' . t('Replacement patterns') . '</legend>' . $output . '</fieldset></div>',
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1),
           'edit-options-alter-alter-text' => array(1),
@@ -702,7 +692,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['max_length'],
         '#description' => t('The maximum number of characters this field can be.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-trim' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -713,7 +702,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#title' => t('Trim only on a word boundary'),
         '#description' => t('If checked, this field be trimmed only on a word boundary. This is guaranteed to be the maximum characters stated or less. If there are no word boundaries this could trim a field to nothing.'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['word_boundary'],
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-trim' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -724,7 +712,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#title' => t('Add an ellipsis'),
         '#description' => t('If checked, a "..." will be added if a field was trimmed.'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['ellipsis'],
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-trim' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -735,7 +722,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#title' => t('Field can contain HTML'),
         '#description' => t('If checked, HTML corrector will be run to ensure tags are properly closed after trimming.'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['html'],
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-trim' => array(1)
         ),
@@ -746,7 +732,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#title' => t('Strip HTML tags'),
         '#description' => t('If checked, all HTML tags will be stripped.'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['strip_tags'],
-        '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
       );
       $form['alter']['preserve_tags'] = array(
         '#type' => 'textfield',
@@ -756,7 +741,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-alter-strip-tags' => array(1),
         ),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       );
 
       $form['alter']['nl2br'] = array(
@@ -764,7 +748,6 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
         '#title' => t('Convert newlines to HTML &lt;br&gt; tags'),
         '#description' => t('If checked, all newlines chars (e.g. \n) are converted into HTML &lt;br&gt; tags.'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['nl2br'],
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
index 720a9731f257e87808f9e6cbffa73a0aea8ae072..bd0db1d8aa18e471397ae4ca27ff65db821bdfa2 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class views_handler_field_counter extends views_handler_field {
       '#title' => t('Starting value'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['counter_start'],
       '#description' => t('Specify the number the counter should start at.'),
-      //'#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#size' => 2,
     );
 
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_date.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_date.inc
index 574b3c55c6246c133794e64a0e4052ff9d807aba..d9dd10b82e48c907051a03784aafb9fb4717bd0d 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_date.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_date.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class views_handler_field_date extends views_handler_field {
       '#title' => t('Custom date format'),
       '#description' => t('If "Custom", see <a href="http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php" target="_blank">the PHP docs</a> for date formats. If "Time ago" this is the the number of different units to display, which defaults to two.'),
       '#default_value' => isset($this->options['custom_date_format']) ? $this->options['custom_date_format'] : '',
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-options-date-format' => array('custom', 'raw time ago', 'time ago', 'raw time span', 'time span', 'raw time span', 'inverse time span', 'time span')),
     );
 
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
index 6a6629cb80a639624ddbf92ead2616ea4fefd2ca..5a990003e48337e7a8829f5e0ad8ab438803ac27 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class views_handler_field_numeric extends views_handler_field {
         '#title' => t('Precision'),
         '#default_value' => $this->options['precision'],
         '#description' => t('Specify how many digits to print after the decimal point.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array('edit-options-set-precision' => array(TRUE)),
         '#size' => 2,
       );
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ class views_handler_field_numeric extends views_handler_field {
       '#title' => t('Singular form'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['format_plural_singular'],
       '#description' => t('Text to use for the singular form.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-options-format-plural' => array(TRUE)),
     );
     $form['format_plural_plural'] = array(
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ class views_handler_field_numeric extends views_handler_field {
       '#title' => t('Plural form'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['format_plural_plural'],
       '#description' => t('Text to use for the plural form, @count will be replaced with the value.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-options-format-plural' => array(TRUE)),
     );
     $form['prefix'] = array(
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_prerender_list.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_prerender_list.inc
index e591a182419fc3a18ada96f9ae97a735556228d3..9cc719c5ec91b96ef5516f89374757d556c79901 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_prerender_list.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_prerender_list.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class views_handler_field_prerender_list extends views_handler_field {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Separator'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['separator'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('radio:options[type]' => array('separator')),
     );
     parent::options_form($form, $form_state);
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_serialized.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_serialized.inc
index 4ddbbbde1596a9a9bf77fbc31f356139311f7a9b..e5daa6ede62e6cb198b2d0a227be2f14abfce82d 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_serialized.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_serialized.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 class views_handler_field_serialized extends views_handler_field {
-  
+
   function option_definition() {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
     $options['format'] = array('default' => 'unserialized');
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class views_handler_field_serialized extends views_handler_field {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Which key should be displayed'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['key'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-options-format' => array('key')),
     );
   }
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
index ef52754a7778f0d1ea65fc7bd778c9024b052160..af44d19734b4fa626465e4c8f6ace95d2f2c3374 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ class views_handler_filter extends views_handler {
         '#title' => t('Operator identifier'),
         '#size' => 40,
         '#description' => t('This will appear in the URL after the ? to identify this operator.'),
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array(
           'edit-options-expose-use-operator' => array(1)
         ),
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_in_operator.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_in_operator.inc
index a0073008314091804dfaaf74f14172b1aac25b93..1d08e6aea77fbe611622211d60f254e3b4ac2c43 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_in_operator.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_in_operator.inc
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ class views_handler_filter_in_operator extends views_handler_filter {
           $form['value']['#prefix'] = '<div id="edit-options-value-wrapper">';
           $form['value']['#suffix'] = '</div>';
         }
-        $process[] = 'ctools_dependent_process';
         $form['value']['#dependency'] = array($source => $this->operator_values(1));
       }
       if (!empty($process)) {
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_numeric.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_numeric.inc
index 9ee47d7e69c95a9f3229aded39e9483c3bf7303e..e28116c1b100978067f89b4f3676d34898f34a24 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_numeric.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_numeric.inc
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ class views_handler_filter_numeric extends views_handler_filter {
         '#title' => empty($form_state['exposed']) ? t('Value') : '',
         '#size' => 30,
         '#default_value' => $this->value['value'],
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array($source => $this->operator_values(1)),
       );
       if (!empty($form_state['exposed']) && !isset($form_state['input'][$identifier]['value'])) {
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@ class views_handler_filter_numeric extends views_handler_filter {
       );
       if ($which == 'all') {
         $dependency = array(
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array($source => $this->operator_values(2)),
         );
         $form['value']['min'] += $dependency;
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
index 5adcd9eb2d10ad24bf0a35c3d557e3af6c32fb9b..79baf91b6dc802b2dad432d5c43e619869d8477a 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ class views_handler_filter_string extends views_handler_filter {
 
       if ($which == 'all') {
         $form['value'] += array(
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array($source => $this->operator_values(1)),
         );
       }
diff --git a/help/api-upgrading.html b/help/api-upgrading.html
index 071cc9f4ebca9b7d9127267570067feeadd2f7b9..1a2540dfac5257120eda66a301856cedf1264527 100644
--- a/help/api-upgrading.html
+++ b/help/api-upgrading.html
@@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ Everyone who used it can extend from views_handler_sort, too.
 
 <h3>Ctools dependency</h3>
 Views requires ctools now, so it can use the dependency system of ctools.
-The only thing you have to do is to replace
-<pre>
-'#process' => array('views_process_dependency')
-</pre>
-with
-<pre>
-'#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
-</pre>
+The only thing you have to do is to remove views_process_dependency.
 
 <h3>Changed add_where api</h3>
 If your field is a plain sql field:
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_argument_default_php.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_argument_default_php.inc
index 607b16e4b986df713baee8bc73415dbcd5c7eeb7..699dae73e7ae29d9a4f3bae00cfa2e863bfb8235 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_argument_default_php.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_argument_default_php.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class views_plugin_argument_default_php extends views_plugin_argument_default {
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#title' => t('PHP contextual filter code'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['code'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#description' => t('Enter PHP code that returns a value to use for this filter. Do not use &lt;?php ?&gt;. You must return only a single value for just this filter.'),
     );
 
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_display_feed.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_display_feed.inc
index 885a9b7a53f840fe4f5b30c1704380c15f7de8b2..7eb99ae0665788e9eb28567bfe0d80d76eb2479d 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_display_feed.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_display_feed.inc
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_feed extends views_plugin_display_page {
           '#default_value' => $this->get_option('sitename_title'),
         );
         $form['title'] = $title;
-        $form['title']['#process'] = array('ctools_dependent_process');
         $form['title']['#dependency'] = array('edit-sitename-title' => array(FALSE));
         break;
       case 'displays':
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_display_page.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_display_page.inc
index f80864a619596d055bbaf517194c60cbefb52039..3e0d49b708f5b24c2ef7ce9491dbbcbf9706ad6b 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_display_page.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_display_page.inc
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#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')),
         );
         $form['menu']['description'] = array(
@@ -343,7 +342,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#type' => 'textfield',
           '#default_value' => $menu['description'],
           '#description' => t("If set to normal or tab, enter the text to use for the menu item's description."),
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('normal', 'tab', 'default tab')),
         );
 
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
             '#options' => menu_get_menus(),
             '#default_value' => $menu['name'],
             '#description' => t('Insert item into an available menu.'), //
-            '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array('radio:menu[type]' => array('normal')),
           );
         }
@@ -374,7 +371,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#type' => 'textfield',
           '#default_value' => isset($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')),
         );
         break;
@@ -408,7 +404,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#type' => 'textfield',
           '#default_value' => $tab_options['title'],
           '#description' => t('If creating a parent menu item, enter the title of the item.'),
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array('radio:tab_options[type]' => array('normal', 'tab')),
         );
         $form['tab_options']['description'] = array(
@@ -416,7 +411,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#type' => 'textfield',
           '#default_value' => $tab_options['description'],
           '#description' => t('If creating a parent menu item, enter the description of the item.'),
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array('radio:tab_options[type]' => array('normal', 'tab')),
         );
         // Only display the menu selector if menu module is enabled.
@@ -427,7 +421,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
             '#options' => menu_get_menus(),
             '#default_value' => $tab_options['name'],
             '#description' => t('Insert item into an available menu.'),
-            '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
             '#dependency' => array('radio:tab_options[type]' => array('normal')),
           );
         }
@@ -447,7 +440,6 @@ class views_plugin_display_page extends views_plugin_display {
           '#default_value' => $tab_options['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:tab_options[type]' => array('tab')),
         );
         break;
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_exposed_form.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_exposed_form.inc
index b4be8cfff165fc98773c1498a4af422c18c92623..6a04a9e3152c5f910fc3041e0b213f3d496b0d2c 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_exposed_form.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_exposed_form.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class views_plugin_exposed_form extends views_plugin {
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-exposed-form-options-reset-button' => array(1)
       ),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
     );
 
     $form['exposed_sorts_label'] = array(
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_pager_full.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_pager_full.inc
index 54e8f038a718e68584f3b03b0a0de22daf1b6c06..a0a448ff453c2c5cb7d9811931c91258335095c9 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_pager_full.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_pager_full.inc
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class views_plugin_pager_full extends views_plugin_pager {
       '#required' => TRUE,
       '#description' => t('Label to use in the exposed items per page form element.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['expose']['items_per_page_label'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-pager-options-expose-items-per-page' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ class views_plugin_pager_full extends views_plugin_pager {
       '#required' => TRUE,
       '#description' => t('Set between which values the user can choose when determining the items per page. Separated by comma.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['expose']['items_per_page_options'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-pager-options-expose-items-per-page' => array(1)
       ),
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ class views_plugin_pager_full extends views_plugin_pager {
       '#title' => t('All items label'),
       '#description' => t('Which label will be used to display all items'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['expose']['items_per_page_options_all_label'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-items-per-page-options-all' => array(1),
       ),
@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@ class views_plugin_pager_full extends views_plugin_pager {
       '#required' => TRUE,
       '#description' => t('Label to use in the exposed offset form element.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['expose']['offset_label'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array(
         'edit-pager-options-expose-offset' => array(1)
       ),
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_style_rss.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_style_rss.inc
index 23112167ec0d6c29647969b02c05a5a16cbd710d..0a0598e2b3b8f510dbb81b3517121ae00a15a203 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_style_rss.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_style_rss.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class views_plugin_style_rss extends views_plugin_style {
       '#title' => t('RSS description'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['description'],
       '#description' => t('This will appear in the RSS feed itself.'),
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-style-options-override' => array(FALSE)),
     );
   }
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_style_summary.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_style_summary.inc
index a6aad46aec04b78c467b3135635b876e1063621d..527dd3b42d0b1397fc06701b1f3526845d49eca8 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_style_summary.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_style_summary.inc
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class views_plugin_style_summary extends views_plugin_style {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Items to display'),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['items_per_page'],
-      '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
       '#dependency' => array('edit-style-options-override' => array(TRUE)),
     );
   }
diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
index 76b5b7d8e099c8793ca2170c31d9d3c3459ae260..9d8d9d4fcef3601190470f412a213e02e50bd227 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
@@ -203,14 +203,12 @@ class views_plugin_style_table extends views_plugin_style {
         $form['info'][$field]['sortable'] = array(
           '#type' => 'checkbox',
           '#default_value' => !empty($this->options['info'][$field]['sortable']),
-          '#process' => array('form_process_checkbox', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array($id => array($field)),
         );
         $form['info'][$field]['default_sort_order'] = array(
           '#type' => 'select',
           '#options' => array('asc' => t('Ascending'), 'desc' => t('Descending')),
           '#default_value' => !empty($this->options['info'][$field]['default_sort_order']) ? $this->options['info'][$field]['default_sort_order'] : 'asc',
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency_count' => 2,
           '#dependency' => array($id => array($field), 'edit-style-options-info-' . $safe . '-sortable' => array(1)),
         );
@@ -224,7 +222,6 @@ class views_plugin_style_table extends views_plugin_style {
           // because 'radio' doesn't fully support '#id' =(
           '#attributes' => array('id' => $radio_id),
           '#default_value' => $default,
-          '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
           '#dependency' => array($id => array($field)),
         );
       }
@@ -237,14 +234,12 @@ class views_plugin_style_table extends views_plugin_style {
           'views-align-center' => t('Center'),
           'views-align-right' => t('Right'),
           ),
-        '#process' => array('form_process_select', 'ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array($id => array($field)),
       );
       $form['info'][$field]['separator'] = array(
         '#type' => 'textfield',
         '#size' => 10,
         '#default_value' => isset($this->options['info'][$field]['separator']) ? $this->options['info'][$field]['separator'] : '',
-        '#process' => array('ctools_dependent_process'),
         '#dependency' => array($id => array($field)),
       );