diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/discussion_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/discussion_module.py
index 500297bf2a..a92b112ef1 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/discussion_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/discussion_module.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ from xmodule.x_module import XModule
 from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
 
 import comment_client
-import dateutil
-from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
-from datehelper import time_ago_in_words
 
 import json
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
index bf263ffaa1..fd9e18103f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response, render_to_string
 from courseware.courses import get_course_with_access
 
-from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
-from datehelper import time_ago_in_words
-
 from urllib import urlencode
 from django_comment_client.permissions import check_permissions_by_view
 from django_comment_client.utils import merge_dict, extract, strip_none
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_content.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_content.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1489f5997c..0000000000
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_content.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<%! from django_comment_client.helpers import url_for_tags, url_for_user %>
-<%! from datehelper import time_ago_in_words %>
-<%! from dateutil.parser import parse %>
-<%! from django_comment_client.helpers import close_thread_text, \
-                                              url_for_tags, \
-                                              url_for_user, \
-                                              pluralize
-%>
-
-<div class="discussion-content">
-  <div class="discussion-content-wrapper">
-    <div class="discussion-votes">
-      <a class="discussion-vote discussion-vote-up" href="javascript:void(0)">&#9650;</a>
-      <div class="discussion-votes-point">${content['votes']['point']}</div>
-      <a class="discussion-vote discussion-vote-down" href="javascript:void(0)">&#9660;</a>
-    </div>
-    <div class="discussion-right-wrapper">
-      <ul class="admin-actions">
-        % if content['type'] == 'comment':
-          <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="admin-endorse">Endorse</a></li>
-        % endif
-        <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="admin-edit">Edit</a></li>
-        <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="admin-delete">Delete</a></li>
-        % if content['type'] == "thread":
-          <li><a class="admin-openclose" href="javascript:void(0);">${close_thread_text(content)}</a></li>
-        % endif
-      </ul>
-      % if content['type'] == "thread":
-        <a class="thread-title" name="${content['id']}" href="javascript:void(0)">${(content.get('highlighted_title') or content['title']) | h}</a>
-        <div class="thread-raw-title" style="display: none">${content['title']}</div>
-      % endif
-      <div class="discussion-content-view">
-        <a name="${content['id']}" style="width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0; border: none;"></a>
-        <div class="content-body">${(content.get('highlighted_body') or content['body']) | h}</div>
-        <div class="content-raw-body" style="display: none">${content['body'] | h}</div>
-        % if content['type'] == "thread":
-          <div class="thread-tags">
-            % for tag in content['tags']:
-              <a class="thread-tag" href="${url_for_tags(content['course_id'], [tag])}">${tag | h}</a>
-            % endfor
-          </div>
-          <div class="thread-raw-tags" style="display: none">${",".join(content['tags']) | h}</div>
-        % endif
-        <div class="info">
-          <div class="comment-time">
-            ${time_ago_in_words(parse(content['updated_at']))} ago by
-            % if content['anonymous']:
-              anonymous
-            % else:
-              <a href="${url_for_user(content['course_id'], content['user_id'])}">${content['username']}</a>
-            % endif
-          </div>
-          <div class="comment-count">
-            % if content.get('comments_count', -1) >= 0:
-              % if discussion_type == 'user':
-                <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="discussion-show-comments first-time">Show all comments (${content['comments_count']} total)</a>
-              % else:
-                <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="discussion-show-comments">Show ${content['comments_count']} ${pluralize('comment', content['comments_count'])}</a>
-              % endif
-            % endif
-          </div>
-          <ul class="discussion-actions">
-            <li><a class="discussion-link discussion-reply discussion-reply-${content['type']}" href="javascript:void(0)">Reply</a></li>
-            <li><div class="follow-wrapper"></div></li>
-            <li><a class="discussion-link discussion-permanent-link" href="javascript:void(0)">Permanent Link</a></li>
-          </ul>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>