diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index d9121aa5..8aef5f40 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,4 @@ def site_sidebar?
     can?(:manage, Spotlight::Site.instance) || can?(:create, Spotlight::Exhibit)
   end
 
-  # site_title pulls from the db if configured through the UI.
-  #   otherwise use the val from the blacklight locale file.
-  #   We need this because application_name helper changes to include exhibit titles
-  def header_title
-    site_title || t("blacklight.application_name")
-  end
-
-  def current_year
-    Date.today.year
-  end
 end