diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/all.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/all.js.coffee
index 02ef4042d5..246600bb3a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/all.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/all.js.coffee
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #= require angular-rails-templates
 #= require_tree ../templates
 #
-#= require angular-backstretch.js
 #= require angular-flash.min.js
 #
 #= require moment/min/moment.min.js
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/application_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/application_spec.js
index 3759a72033..6f5831dace 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/application_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/application_spec.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 //= require angular-animate
 //= require angular-mocks
 //= require angular-cookies
-//= require angular-backstretch.js
 //= require angularjs-file-upload
 //= require lodash.underscore.js
 //= require angular-flash.min.js
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/angular-backstretch.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/angular-backstretch.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 80e14aa4fb..0000000000
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/angular-backstretch.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-angular.module('backstretch', []);
-angular.module('backstretch')
-	.directive('backstretch', function () {
-		return {
-			restrict: 'A',
-			link: function (scope, element, attr) {
-				element.backstretch(attr.backgroundUrl);
-			}
-		}
-	});