diff --git a/kalite/distributed/cherrypyserver.py b/kalite/distributed/cherrypyserver.py
index da8f247fb2..2075db70f1 100644
--- a/kalite/distributed/cherrypyserver.py
+++ b/kalite/distributed/cherrypyserver.py
@@ -163,15 +163,6 @@ def start(self):
         )
         cherrypy.tree.mount(static_handler, settings.STATIC_URL)
 
-        # Serve the static files
-        static_handler = cherrypy.tools.staticdir.handler(
-            section="/",
-            dir=os.path.split(settings.CONTENT_DATA_PATH)[1],
-            root=os.path.abspath(os.path.split(settings.CONTENT_DATA_PATH)[0]),
-            content_types=WELL_KNOWN_CONTENT_TYPES,
-        )
-        cherrypy.tree.mount(static_handler, settings.CONTENT_DATA_URL)
-
         # Serve the static admin media. From django's internal (django.core.servers.basehttp)
         admin_static_dir = os.path.join(django.__path__[0], 'contrib', 'admin', 'static')
         admin_static_handler = cherrypy.tools.staticdir.handler(
diff --git a/kalite/distributed/middleware.py b/kalite/distributed/middleware.py
index b220513a27..0916fcac7c 100644
--- a/kalite/distributed/middleware.py
+++ b/kalite/distributed/middleware.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def process_request(self, request):
                 not request.path.startswith("/api/") and
                 not request.path.startswith("/securesync/api/user/status") and
                 not request.path.startswith("/securesync/api/user/login") and
-                not request.path.startswith(settings.CONTENT_DATA_URL) and
                 not request.path.startswith(settings.STATIC_URL) and
                 not request.GET.get('login', '') == 'True'
         ):
diff --git a/kalite/distributed/urls.py b/kalite/distributed/urls.py
index c50cb59d21..ede060c8b9 100644
--- a/kalite/distributed/urls.py
+++ b/kalite/distributed/urls.py
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
     url(r'^%s(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.CONTENT_URL[1:], 'django.views.static.serve', {
         'document_root': settings.CONTENT_ROOT,
     }),
-    url(r'^%s(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.CONTENT_DATA_URL[1:], 'django.views.static.serve', {
-        'document_root': settings.CONTENT_DATA_PATH,
-    }),
     url(r'^%s(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.MEDIA_URL[1:], 'django.views.static.serve', {
         'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT,
     }),
diff --git a/kalite/settings/base.py b/kalite/settings/base.py
index 9f12f58dc6..3a777bae21 100644
--- a/kalite/settings/base.py
+++ b/kalite/settings/base.py
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@
 
 CONTENT_DATA_PATH = getattr(local_settings, "CONTENT_DATA_PATH", _data_path_channels)
 
-CONTENT_DATA_URL = getattr(local_settings, "CONTENT_DATA_URL", "/data/")
-
 ###################################################
 # USER DATA
 ###################################################
diff --git a/kalite/topic_tools/settings.py b/kalite/topic_tools/settings.py
index c40d2260c2..f8600aa1dd 100644
--- a/kalite/topic_tools/settings.py
+++ b/kalite/topic_tools/settings.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 CHANNEL = getattr(settings, "CHANNEL", "khan")
 
-CHANNEL_DATA_PATH = os.path.join(settings.CONTENT_DATA_PATH, CHANNEL)
-
 KHAN_EXERCISES_DIRPATH = os.path.join(settings.STATIC_ROOT, "js", "distributed", "perseus", "ke")
 
 TOPIC_RECOMMENDATION_DEPTH = 3