diff --git a/pinry/static/js/helpers.js b/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
index 2e18ce9..f22ad4c 100644
--- a/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
+++ b/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ $.ajaxSetup({
     }
 });
 
-
-function renderTemplate(templateId, context) {
-    var template = Handlebars.compile($(templateId).html());
-    return template(context);
-}
-
-
 function cleanTags(tags) {
     if (typeof tags === 'string' && tags.length > 0) {
         tags = tags.split(/[\s,]+/);
diff --git a/pinry/templates/base.html b/pinry/templates/base.html
index b873ba8..76136e0 100644
--- a/pinry/templates/base.html
+++ b/pinry/templates/base.html
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
         <script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
         <script src="https://unpkg.com/jquery@2.2.4/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
         <script src="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap@3.3.6/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
-        <script src="https://unpkg.com/handlebars@4.0.6/dist/handlebars.min.js"></script>
         <script src="https://unpkg.com/dropzone@4.3.0/dist/min/dropzone.min.js"></script>
         {% compress js %}
             <script src="{% static "js/helpers.js" %}"></script>