diff --git a/muckrock/assets/js/crowdsource.js b/muckrock/assets/js/crowdsource.js
index 468e6a65e..41e945a96 100644
--- a/muckrock/assets/js/crowdsource.js
+++ b/muckrock/assets/js/crowdsource.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 **
 */
 
-import Embedo from 'embedo';
 
 $(document).ready(function(){
   var formBuilder = $("#build-wrap").formBuilder({
@@ -96,8 +95,6 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     flag = null,
     search = "";
 
-  var embedo = new Embedo();
-
   function handleUpdateResponses(data) {
     var response, values, dataValues, dataUrlP, oEmbed, flagged, galleried, tags;
     var responses = $("section.assignment-responses");
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         dataUrlP = `<p>Data:
           <a href="${data.results[i].data}">${data.results[i].data}</a>
           </p>`;
-        oEmbed = `<div class="embedo" data-url="${data.results[i].data}"></div>`;
+        oEmbed = `<div class="embed" data-url="${data.results[i].data}"></div>`;
       } else {
         dataUrlP = "";
         oEmbed = "";
@@ -173,8 +170,16 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
       });
     });
     if ($("#data-inline").prop("checked")) {
-      $(".embedo").each(function(){
-        embedo.load(this, $(this).data('url'));
+      $(".embed").each(function(){
+        var embed = $(this);
+        $.ajax({
+          url: "/assignment/oembed/",
+          type: "GET",
+          data: {"url": $(this).data('url')},
+          success: function(data) {
+            embed.html(data);
+          }
+        });
       });
     }
 
@@ -233,8 +238,16 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
   $("#data-inline").change(function() {
     if ($(this).prop("checked")) {
-      $(".embedo").each(function(){
-        embedo.load(this, $(this).data('url'));
+      $(".embed").each(function(){
+        var embed = $(this);
+        $.ajax({
+          url: "/assignment/oembed/",
+          type: "GET",
+          data: {"url": $(this).data('url')},
+          success: function(data) {
+            embed.html(data);
+          }
+        });
       });
     }
   });
diff --git a/muckrock/assets/js/muckrock.js b/muckrock/assets/js/muckrock.js
index 07d9d62f9..6a801258b 100644
--- a/muckrock/assets/js/muckrock.js
+++ b/muckrock/assets/js/muckrock.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import 'jquery-ui/widget';
 import 'jquery-ui/sortable';
 import 'formBuilder';
 import 'tooltipster';
-import 'embedo';
 import '../vendor/formset';
 import '../vendor/loupe';
 import '../vendor/quicksearch';
diff --git a/muckrock/assets/scss/view/_crowdsource.scss b/muckrock/assets/scss/view/_crowdsource.scss
index 93f4fc394..355a72d9d 100644
--- a/muckrock/assets/scss/view/_crowdsource.scss
+++ b/muckrock/assets/scss/view/_crowdsource.scss
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   .textbox__section {
     flex: 1 1 50%;
   }
-  .embedo {
+  .embed {
     flex: 1 1 50%;
   }
 }
diff --git a/muckrock/crowdsource/urls.py b/muckrock/crowdsource/urls.py
index e793047c0..547ca028b 100644
--- a/muckrock/crowdsource/urls.py
+++ b/muckrock/crowdsource/urls.py
@@ -55,4 +55,9 @@
         views.CrowdsourceCreateView.as_view(),
         name='crowdsource-create',
     ),
+    url(
+        r'^oembed/$',
+        views.oembed,
+        name='crowdsource-oembed',
+    ),
 ]
diff --git a/muckrock/crowdsource/views.py b/muckrock/crowdsource/views.py
index 38cc22684..36bdcadc4 100644
--- a/muckrock/crowdsource/views.py
+++ b/muckrock/crowdsource/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import PermissionRequiredMixin
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.http import Http404, StreamingHttpResponse
+from django.http import (
+    Http404,
+    HttpResponse,
+    HttpResponseBadRequest,
+    StreamingHttpResponse,
+)
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.text import slugify
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@
 )
 from muckrock.crowdsource.models import (
     Crowdsource,
+    CrowdsourceData,
     CrowdsourceResponse,
     CrowdsourceValue,
 )
@@ -510,3 +516,12 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
             )
         messages.success(self.request, msg)
         return redirect(crowdsource)
+
+
+def oembed(request):
+    """AJAX view to get oembed data"""
+    if 'url' in request.GET:
+        data = CrowdsourceData(url=request.GET['url'])
+        return HttpResponse(data.embed())
+    else:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5da27f5a8..8adde9c91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "autonumeric": "^1.9.43",
     "axios": "^0.13.1",
-    "embedo": "^1.7.3",
     "fine-uploader": "5.14.1",
     "formBuilder": "^2.9.8",
     "jquery-ui": "1.10.x",