The only place where it is used is in the tablePage class. Is that the one you want to remove?
Also used in /activiti-rest/src/main/resources/webscripts/org/activiti/rest/api/management/table-data.get.json.ftl
"sort": "${tablePage.sort!"ID_"}", "order": "<#if tablePage.order == "DESCENDING">desc<#else>asc</#if>"
The only place where it is used is in the tablePage class. Is that the one you want to remove?