diff --git a/.rails_footnotes b/.rails_footnotes
deleted file mode 100644
index 1019a70..0000000
--- a/.rails_footnotes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#this code temporarily disables notes for all controllers
-# Footnotes::Filter.notes = []
-
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f256ecc..214c06a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "letter_opener"
-  gem "rails-footnotes"
   gem "annotate", :git => "https://github.com/ctran/annotate_models.git"
   gem 'rack-mini-profiler'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b2a0011..c2d60d7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 3.2.8)
       bundler (~> 1.0)
       railties (= 3.2.8)
-    rails-footnotes (3.7.8)
-      rails (>= 3.0.0)
     railties (3.2.8)
       actionpack (= 3.2.8)
       activesupport (= 3.2.8)
@@ -417,7 +415,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pygments.rb!
   rack-mini-profiler
   rails (= 3.2.8)
-  rails-footnotes
   raphael-rails (= 1.5.2)
   redcarpet (~> 2.1.1)
   resque (~> 1.20.0)
diff --git a/config/initializers/rails_footnotes.rb b/config/initializers/rails_footnotes.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index afe6f3a..0000000
--- a/config/initializers/rails_footnotes.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#if defined?(Footnotes) && Rails.env.development?
-  #Footnotes.run! # first of all
-#end
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