diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index 75a8d8db1c..819f65fca6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from .module_render import toc_for_course, get_module_for_descriptor, get_module
 from courseware.models import StudentModule, StudentModuleHistory
 from course_modes.models import CourseMode
 
-from django_comment_client.utils import get_discussion_title
-
 from student.models import UserTestGroup, CourseEnrollment
 from util.cache import cache, cache_if_anonymous
 from xblock.fragment import Fragment
@@ -39,8 +37,6 @@ from xmodule.modulestore.search import path_to_location
 from xmodule.course_module import CourseDescriptor
 import shoppingcart
 
-import comment_client
-
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
 template_imports = {'urllib': urllib}
@@ -674,29 +670,6 @@ def mktg_course_about(request, course_id):
                               })
 
 
-def render_notifications(request, course, notifications):
-    context = {
-        'notifications': notifications,
-        'get_discussion_title': partial(get_discussion_title, request=request, course=course),
-        'course': course,
-    }
-    return render_to_string('courseware/notifications.html', context)
-
-
-@login_required
-def news(request, course_id):
-    course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'load')
-
-    notifications = comment_client.get_notifications(request.user.id)
-
-    context = {
-        'course': course,
-        'content': render_notifications(request, course, notifications),
-    }
-
-    return render_to_response('courseware/news.html', context)
-
-
 @login_required
 @cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
 def progress(request, course_id, student_id=None):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
index d449f288a4..3e0699f2ef 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ from django.utils.timezone import UTC
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# TODO these should be cached via django's caching rather than in-memory globals
-_FULLMODULES = None
 _DISCUSSIONINFO = defaultdict(dict)
 
 
@@ -62,13 +60,6 @@ def has_forum_access(uname, course_id, rolename):
     return role.users.filter(username=uname).exists()
 
 
-def get_full_modules():
-    global _FULLMODULES
-    if not _FULLMODULES:
-        _FULLMODULES = modulestore().modules
-    return _FULLMODULES
-
-
 def get_discussion_id_map(course):
     """
         return a dict of the form {category: modules}
@@ -77,12 +68,6 @@ def get_discussion_id_map(course):
     return _DISCUSSIONINFO[course.id]['id_map']
 
 
-def get_discussion_title(course, discussion_id):
-    initialize_discussion_info(course)
-    title = _DISCUSSIONINFO[course.id]['id_map'].get(discussion_id, {}).get('title', '(no title)')
-    return title
-
-
 def get_discussion_category_map(course):
     initialize_discussion_info(course)
     return filter_unstarted_categories(_DISCUSSIONINFO[course.id]['category_map'])
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/notifications.html b/lms/templates/courseware/notifications.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 39eaaa14b9..0000000000
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/notifications.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
-
-<%
-def url_for_thread(discussion_id, thread_id):
-  return reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.single_thread', args=[course.id, discussion_id, thread_id])
-%>
-
-<%
-def url_for_comment(discussion_id, thread_id, comment_id):
-  return url_for_thread(discussion_id, thread_id) + "#" + comment_id
-%>
-
-<%
-def url_for_discussion(discussion_id):
-  return reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.forum_form_discussion', args=[course.id, discussion_id])
-%>
-
-<%
-def discussion_title(discussion_id):
-  return get_discussion_title(discussion_id=discussion_id)
-%>
-
-<%
-def url_for_user(user_id): #TODO
-  return "javascript:void(0)"
-%>
-
-
-<div class="notifications">
-  % for notification in notifications:
-    ${render_notification(notification)}
-  % endfor
-</div>
-
-<%def name="render_user_link(notification)">
-  <% info = notification['info'] %>
-  % if notification.get('actor_id', None):
-    <a href="${url_for_user(notification['actor_id'])}">${info['actor_username']}</a>
-  % else:
-    ${_("Anonymous")}
-  % endif
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_thread_link(notification)">
-  <% info = notification['info'] %>
-  <a href="${url_for_thread(info['commentable_id'], info['thread_id'])}">${info['thread_title']}</a>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_comment_link(notification)">
-  <% info = notification['info'] %>
-  <a href="${url_for_comment(info['commentable_id'], info['thread_id'], info['comment_id'])}">${_("comment")}</a>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_discussion_link(notification)">
-  <% info = notification['info'] %>
-  <a href="${url_for_discussion(info['commentable_id'])}">${discussion_title(info['commentable_id'])}</a>
-</%def>
-
-<%def name="render_notification(notification)">
-  <div class="notification">
-    % if notification['notification_type'] == 'post_reply':
-    ${_("{user} posted a {comment} to the thread {thread} in discussion {discussion}").format(
-      user=render_user_link(notification),
-      comment=render_comment_link(notification),
-      thread=render_thread_link(notification),
-      discussion=render_discussion_link(notification),
-    )}
-    % elif notification['notification_type'] == 'post_topic':
-    ${_("{user} posted a new thread {thread} in discussion {discussion}").format(
-      user=render_user_link(notification),
-      thread=render_thread_link(notification),
-      discussion=render_discussion_link(notification),
-    )}
-    % elif notification['notification_type'] == 'at_user':
-      % if notification['info']['content_type'] == 'thread':
-        ${_("{user} mentioned you in the thread {thread} in disucssion {discussion}").format(
-          user=render_user(info),
-          thread=render_thread_link(notification),
-          discussion=render_discussion_link(notification),
-        )}
-      % else:
-        ${_("{user} mentioned you in {comment} to the thread {thread} in discussion {discussion}").format(
-          user=render_user(info),
-          comment=render_comment_link(notification),
-          thread=render_thread_link(notification),
-          discussion=render_discussion_link(notification),
-        )}
-      % endif
-    % endif
-  </div>
-
-</%def>
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index e187cf3ff6..54223cb806 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
     # discussion forums live within courseware, so courseware must be enabled first
     if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_DISCUSSION_SERVICE'):
         urlpatterns += (
-            url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/news$',
-                'courseware.views.news', name="news"),
             url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/discussion/',
                 include('django_comment_client.urls')),
             url(r'^notification_prefs/enable/', 'notification_prefs.views.ajax_enable'),