diff --git a/react/reducers/channel.js b/react/reducers/channel.js
index 30dd0166..a3b811c0 100644
--- a/react/reducers/channel.js
+++ b/react/reducers/channel.js
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ const initialState = {
   },
 };
 
-/*
-Reducers describe how the application's state changes in response to actions
-*/
-
 export default function (state = initialState, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     case actions.CHANNEL_UPDATE:
diff --git a/react/reducers/publish.js b/react/reducers/publish.js
index e964fcec..c23e6e2b 100644
--- a/react/reducers/publish.js
+++ b/react/reducers/publish.js
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ const initialState = {
   },
 };
 
-/*
-Reducers describe how the application's state changes in response to actions
-*/
-
 export default function (state = initialState, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     case actions.FILE_SELECTED:
diff --git a/react/reducers/show.js b/react/reducers/show.js
index 4ed3f0d3..6a1b32df 100644
--- a/react/reducers/show.js
+++ b/react/reducers/show.js
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ const initialState = {
   assetList      : {},  // same schema as showAsset
 };
 
-/*
-Reducers describe how the application's state changes in response to actions
-*/
-
 export default function (state = initialState, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     // handle request
diff --git a/views/partials/asset.handlebars b/views/partials/asset.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index fefe944f..00000000
--- a/views/partials/asset.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<div id="asset-display-component">
-    <div id="asset-status">
-        <div id="searching-message" hidden="true">
-            <p>Sit tight, we're searching the LBRY blockchain for your asset!</p>
-            {{> progressBar}}
-            <p>Curious what magic is happening here? <a class="link--primary" target="blank" href="https://lbry.io/faq/what-is-lbry">Learn more.</a></p>
-        </div>
-        <div id="failure-message" hidden="true">
-            <p>Unfortunately, we couldn't download your asset from LBRY.  You can help us out by sharing the below error message in the <a class="link--primary" href="https://discord.gg/YjYbwhS" target="_blank">LBRY discord</a>.</p>
-            <i><p id="error-message"></p></i>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="asset-holder" hidden="true">
-        {{#ifConditional claimInfo.contentType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
-            {{> video}}
-        {{else}}
-            {{> image}}
-        {{/ifConditional}}
-        <div>
-            <a id="asset-boilerpate" class="link--primary fine-print" href="/{{claimInfo.claimId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}">hosted via Spee&lt;h</a>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-
-    const asset = new Asset();
-    asset.data['src'] = '/{{claimInfo.claimId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}.{{claimInfo.fileExt}}';
-    asset.data['claimName'] = '{{claimInfo.name}}';
-    asset.data['claimId'] = '{{claimInfo.claimId}}';
-    asset.data['fileExt'] = '{{claimInfo.fileExt}}';
-    asset.data['contentType'] = '{{claimInfo.contentType}}';
-    console.log('asset data:', asset.data);
-    asset.checkFileAndRenderAsset();
-
-</script>
diff --git a/views/partials/image.handlebars b/views/partials/image.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index 1091a2e5..00000000
--- a/views/partials/image.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<img id="image-asset" class="asset"/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views/partials/video.handlebars b/views/partials/video.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index d968c652..00000000
--- a/views/partials/video.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-<video id="video-asset" class="asset" controls poster="{{claimInfo.thumbnail}}">
-    <source>
-    <!--fallback-->
-    Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.
-</video>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-    showFunctions.addPlayPauseToVideo();
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views/popular.handlebars b/views/popular.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3072c2..00000000
--- a/views/popular.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{{> navBar}}
-<div class="row row--padded">
-    <div class="grid">
-        {{#each trendingAssets}}
-            {{> gridItem}}
-        {{/each}}
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<script src="/assets/vendors/masonry/masonry.pkgd.min.js"></script>
-<script src="/assets/vendors/imagesloaded/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"></script>
-<script>
-    // init masonry with element
-    var grid = document.querySelector('.grid');
-    var msnry;
-
-    imagesLoaded( grid, function() {
-        msnry = new Masonry( grid, {
-            itemSelector: '.grid-item',
-            columnWidth: 3,
-            percentPosition: true
-        });
-    });
-</script>
diff --git a/views/showLite.handlebars b/views/showLite.handlebars
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b5ee78..00000000
--- a/views/showLite.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center">
-    {{> asset }}
-</div>
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