diff --git a/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/emails/activation_email.txt b/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/emails/activation_email.txt
index 3ef73edbea..ba479728b4 100644
--- a/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/emails/activation_email.txt
+++ b/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/emails/activation_email.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<%namespace file="../main.html" import="stanford_theme_enabled" />
 <%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 ${_("Thank you for signing up for {platform_name}.").format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME)}
 
diff --git a/themes/red-theme/lms/templates/header.html b/themes/red-theme/lms/templates/header.html
index 3ae75b0a21..4409475a46 100755
--- a/themes/red-theme/lms/templates/header.html
+++ b/themes/red-theme/lms/templates/header.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## mako
 <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%namespace file='main.html' import="login_query, stanford_theme_enabled"/>
+<%namespace file='main.html' import="login_query"/>
 <%!
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _