diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html
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index beee18a4ca..0000000000
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
-<%! from datehelper import time_ago_in_words %>
-<%! from dateutil.parser import parse %>
-<%! import urllib %>
-
-<%def name="render_thread(course_id, thread, show_comments=False)">
-  <div class="thread" _id="${thread['id']}">
-    ${render_content(thread, "thread", show_comments=show_comments)}
-    % if show_comments:
-      ${render_comments(thread['children'])}
-    % endif
-  </div>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_comments(comments)">
-  <div class="comments">
-    % for comment in comments:
-      <div class="comment" _id="${comment['id']}">
-        ${render_content(comment, "comment")}
-        <div class="comments">
-          ${render_comments(comment['children'])}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    % endfor
-  </div>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_content(content, type, **kwargs)">
-  <div class="discussion-content">
-    <div class="discussion-content-wrapper clearfix">
-      ${render_vote(content)}
-      <div class="discussion-right-wrapper clearfix">
-        ${render_title(content, type, **kwargs)}
-        <div class="discussion-content-view">
-          <div class="content-body ${type}-body">${content['body'] | h}</div>
-          <div class="content-raw-body ${type}-raw-body" style="display: none">${content['body'] | h}</div>
-          ${render_tags(content, type, **kwargs)}
-          ${render_bottom_bar(content, type, **kwargs)}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_title(content, type, **kwargs)">
-  <%
-    if type == "thread":
-      if kwargs.get('show_comments', False):
-        url_for_thread = ""
-      else:
-        url_for_thread = reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.single_thread', args=[course_id, content['commentable_id'], content['id']])
-  %>
-  % if type == "thread":
-    <a class="thread-title" name="${content['id']}" href="${url_for_thread}">${content['title'] | h}</a>
-  % endif
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_tags(content, type, **kwargs)">
-  <%
-    def url_for_tags(tags):
-      return reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.search', args=[course_id]) + '?' + urllib.urlencode({'tags': ",".join(tags)})
-  %>
-  % if type == "thread":
-    <div class="thread-tags">
-      % for tag in content['tags']:
-        <a class="thread-tag" href="${url_for_tags([tag])}">${tag | h}</a>
-      % endfor
-    </div>
-    <div class="thread-raw-tags" style="display: none">${",".join(content['tags']) | h}</div>
-  % endif
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_bottom_bar(content, type, **kwargs)">
-  <div class="info">
-    ${render_info(content)}
-    ${render_link("discussion-link discussion-reply", "Reply")}
-    ${render_link("discussion-link discussion-edit", "Edit")}
-  </div>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_info(content)">
-  <div class="comment-time">
-    ${time_ago_in_words(parse(content['updated_at']))} ago by
-    % if content['anonymous']:
-      anonymous
-    % else:
-      user No.${content['user_id']}
-    % endif
-  </div>
-  <div class="comment-count">
-    % if content.get('comments_count', -1) >= 0:
-      ${content['comments_count']} comment(s)
-    % endif
-  </div>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_link(cls, html)">
-  <a class="${cls}" href="javascript:void(0)">${html}</a>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_vote(content)">
-  <div class="discussion-votes">
-    ${render_link("discussion-vote discussion-vote-up", "&#x2C4;")}
-    ${content['votes']['point']}
-    ${render_link("discussion-vote discussion-vote-down", "&#x2C5;")}
-  </div>
-</%def>