diff --git a/openedx/features/course_experience/templates/course_experience/course-outline-fragment.html b/openedx/features/course_experience/templates/course_experience/course-outline-fragment.html
index fb28689b78..c03a87af5e 100644
--- a/openedx/features/course_experience/templates/course_experience/course-outline-fragment.html
+++ b/openedx/features/course_experience/templates/course_experience/course-outline-fragment.html
@@ -121,37 +121,6 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
                 </li>
             % endfor
         </ol>
-    % else:
-        <div class="well depth-0 message-area">
-            <div class="copy-large">
-                <span class="icon fa fa-calendar-o" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-                <%
-                course_started = course.start.date() <= date.today()
-                %>
-
-                % if course.start_date_is_still_default:
-                    ${_("This course has not started yet.")}
-                % elif course_started:
-                    ${_("We're still working on course content.")}
-                % else:
-                    ${Text(_("This course has not started yet, and will launch on {launch_date_html}.")).format(
-                        launch_date_html=HTML(
-                            '<span'
-                            '    class="localized-datetime start-date"'
-                            '    data-datetime="{start_date}"'
-                            '    data-format="shortDate"'
-                            '    data-timezone="{user_timezone}"'
-                            '    data-language="{user_language}"'
-                            '></span>'
-                        ).format(
-                            start_date=course.start,
-                            user_timezone=user_timezone,
-                            user_language=user_language,
-                        ),
-                    )}
-                % endif
-            </div>
-        </div>
     % endif
 </main>
 
diff --git a/openedx/features/course_experience/tests/views/test_course_outline.py b/openedx/features/course_experience/tests/views/test_course_outline.py
index 70d03609d1..f9fdbd11f2 100644
--- a/openedx/features/course_experience/tests/views/test_course_outline.py
+++ b/openedx/features/course_experience/tests/views/test_course_outline.py
@@ -334,33 +334,3 @@ class TestCourseOutlinePreview(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'Future Chapter')
-
-
-@ddt.ddt
-class TestEmptyCourseOutlinePage(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
-    """
-    Test the new course outline view.
-    """
-    FUTURE_DAY = 'future_day'
-    PAST_DAY = 'past_day'
-    DATES = {
-        'default_start_date': DEFAULT_START_DATE,
-        FUTURE_DAY: datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=30),
-        PAST_DAY: datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=30),
-    }
-
-    @ddt.data(
-        (FUTURE_DAY, 'This course has not started yet, and will launch on'),
-        (PAST_DAY, "We're still working on course content."),
-        ('default_start_date', 'This course has not started yet.'),
-    )
-    @ddt.unpack
-    def test_empty_course_rendering(self, start_date_name, expected_text):
-        course = CourseFactory.create(start=self.DATES[start_date_name])
-        test_user = UserFactory(password=TEST_PASSWORD)
-        CourseEnrollment.enroll(test_user, course.id)
-        self.client.login(username=test_user.username, password=TEST_PASSWORD)
-        url = course_home_url(course)
-        response = self.client.get(url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertContains(response, escape(expected_text))