diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.compact b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.compact
index 3d4af14a60..cc9d8471fd 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.compact
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    from r2.models.subreddit import DefaultSR
    
  %>
-<%namespace file="utils.html" import="plain_link, text_with_js, img_link, separator, logout"/>
+<%namespace file="utils.html" import="plain_link, img_link, separator, logout"/>
 
 <%
     from r2.lib.menus import PageNameNav
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.mobile b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.mobile
index 5460fc8985..7e3213d5c4 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.mobile
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.mobile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    from r2.lib.template_helpers import static
    from r2.models import Sub, FakeSubreddit
 %>
-<%namespace file="utils.html" import="plain_link, text_with_js, img_link, separator"/>
+<%namespace file="utils.html" import="plain_link, img_link, separator"/>
 
 <div id="header">
     <a href="/.mobile"><img id="header-img" src="${static('littlehead.png')}" alt="${c.site.name}" /></a><a href="/reddits.mobile" class="or">other reddits</a>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
index 0e65cd68d3..15e62a388d 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
@@ -182,19 +182,6 @@
 ${unsafe(txt)}
 </%def>
 
-<%def name="text_with_js(txt, _sr_path = False, **kw)">
-<%
-   for key, (text, js) in kw.iteritems():
-      kw[key]=spaceCompress(capture(plain_link, text, "#", 
-                onclick = js, _sr_path=_sr_path))
-   txt = txt % kw
-   txt = txt.replace(" <", "&#32;<").replace("> ", ">&#32;")
-
-%>
-${unsafe(txt)}
-</%def>
-
-
 <%def name="language_tool(name='lang', allow_blank = False, 
                           default_lang = g.lang,
                           show_regions = False,