diff --git a/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx b/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
index 57f9630c2..ed3c5f7bf 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import SendCreditsPage from "page/sendCredits";
 import ShowPage from "page/show";
 import PublishPage from "page/publish";
 import DiscoverPage from "page/discover";
-import DeveloperPage from "page/developer.js";
 import RewardsPage from "page/rewards";
 import FileListDownloaded from "page/fileListDownloaded";
 import FileListPublished from "page/fileListPublished";
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ const Router = props => {
     auth: <AuthPage params={params} />,
     backup: <BackupPage params={params} />,
     channel: <ChannelPage params={params} />,
-    developer: <DeveloperPage params={params} />,
     discover: <DiscoverPage params={params} />,
     downloaded: <FileListDownloaded params={params} />,
     help: <HelpPage params={params} />,
diff --git a/ui/js/page/developer.js b/ui/js/page/developer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 34005b3e3..000000000
--- a/ui/js/page/developer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import lbry from "../lbry.js";
-import React from "react";
-import FormField from "component/formField";
-import Link from "../component/link";
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const { ipcRenderer } = require("electron");
-
-class DeveloperPage extends React.PureComponent {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-
-    this.state = {
-      upgradePath: "",
-    };
-  }
-
-  handleUpgradeFileChange(event) {
-    this.setState({
-      upgradePath: event.target.value,
-    });
-  }
-
-  handleForceUpgradeClick() {
-    let upgradeSent = false;
-    if (!this.state.upgradePath) {
-      alert(__("Please select a file to upgrade from"));
-    } else {
-      try {
-        const stats = fs.lstatSync(this.state.upgradePath);
-        if (stats.isFile()) {
-          console.log("Starting upgrade using " + this.state.upgradePath);
-          ipcRenderer.send("upgrade", this.state.upgradePath);
-          upgradeSent = true;
-        }
-      } catch (e) {}
-      if (!upgradeSent) {
-        alert(
-          'Failed to start upgrade. Is "' +
-            this.state.upgradePath +
-            '" a valid path to the upgrade?'
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <main>
-        <section className="card">
-          <div className="form-row">
-            <FormField
-              name="file"
-              ref="file"
-              type="file"
-              onChange={event => {
-                this.handleUpgradeFileChange();
-              }}
-            />
-            &nbsp;
-            <Link
-              label={__("Force Upgrade")}
-              button="alt"
-              onClick={event => {
-                this.handleForceUpgradeClick();
-              }}
-            />
-          </div>
-        </section>
-      </main>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export default DeveloperPage;
diff --git a/ui/js/reducers/settings.js b/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
index 7a3248d4e..784b6aa8f 100644
--- a/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
+++ b/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ reducers[types.CLIENT_SETTING_CHANGED] = function(state, action) {
 
   clientSettings[key] = value;
 
+  //this technically probably shouldn't happen here, and should be fixed when we're no longer using localStorage at all for persistent app state
   localStorage.setItem("setting_" + key, JSON.stringify(value));
 
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
diff --git a/ui/scss/all.scss b/ui/scss/all.scss
index 69656fa41..513b650d1 100644
--- a/ui/scss/all.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/all.scss
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@
 @import "component/_video.scss";
 @import "component/_pagination.scss";
 @import "component/_markdown-editor.scss";
-@import "page/_developer.scss";
 @import "page/_show.scss";
diff --git a/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss b/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a3a118d6..000000000
--- a/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-.developer-page__custom-lighthouse-servers {
-  font: 0.8em monospace;
-  width: 30em;
-  height: 10em;
-}
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