diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
index 9fb304a66be0c..c65593e8bcb75 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/index.html
@@ -210,23 +210,6 @@
     <div id="page">
       <div id="sidebar">
         <ul id="sidebar-items">
-          <li>
-            <form id="search" action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get" onSubmit="prepend();">
-              <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />
-              <input type="text" id="search-text" name="q" value="site:rubyonrails.org " />
-              <input type="submit" value="Search" /> the Rails site
-            </form>
-          </li>
-
-          <li>
-            <h3>Join the community</h3>
-            <ul class="links">
-              <li><a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a></li>
-              <li><a href="http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/">Official weblog</a></li>
-              <li><a href="http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/">Wiki</a></li>
-            </ul>
-          </li>
-
           <li>
             <h3>Browse the documentation</h3>
             <ul class="links">