diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index b3e30251d..619c178d6 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ indent_size = 4
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 insert_final_newline = true
 
-[*.vue]
-indent_style = space
-indent_size = 2
-
 [*.md]
 trim_trailing_whitespace = false
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e22f9e737..1ed81c981 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@
     "velocity-animate": "^1.4.0",
     "visibilityjs": "^1.2.4",
     "viz.js": "^1.4.1",
-    "vue": "^2.1.6",
-    "vue-loader": "^10.0.2",
     "winston": "^2.3.0",
     "xss": "^0.3.3"
   },
@@ -164,7 +162,6 @@
     "script-loader": "^0.7.0",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.1.6",
     "webpack": "^1.14.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/public/js/components/HelloWorld.vue b/public/js/components/HelloWorld.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e3007fa..000000000
--- a/public/js/components/HelloWorld.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <h1>{{ message }}</h1>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-export default {
-  name: 'HelloWorld',
-
-  data() {
-    return {
-      message: 'Hello Vue'
-    }
-  }
-}
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-h1 {
-  color: blue;
-}
-</style>
diff --git a/public/js/cover.js b/public/js/cover.js
index 79b168d92..830564e87 100644
--- a/public/js/cover.js
+++ b/public/js/cover.js
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
 import List from 'list.js';
 import S from 'string';
 
-import Cover from './views/Cover';
-import Vue from 'vue';
-
-new Vue({
-    el: '#cover-app',
-    render: (h) => h(Cover)
-})
-
 const options = {
     valueNames: ['id', 'text', 'timestamp', 'fromNow', 'time', 'tags', 'pinned'],
     item: '<li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4">\
diff --git a/public/js/views/Cover.vue b/public/js/views/Cover.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 767d087f8..000000000
--- a/public/js/views/Cover.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <hello-world />
-</template>
-
-<script>
-import HelloWorld from '../components/HelloWorld';
-
-export default {
-  name: 'Cover',
-
-  components: {
-    HelloWorld
-  }
-}
-</script>
diff --git a/public/views/index.ejs b/public/views/index.ejs
index d258857c8..b94daf5b5 100644
--- a/public/views/index.ejs
+++ b/public/views/index.ejs
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
     <div class="site-wrapper">
         <div class="site-wrapper-inner">
             <div class="cover-container">
-                <div id="cover-app"></div>
-
                 <div class="masthead clearfix">
                     <div class="inner">
                         <h3 class="masthead-brand"></h3>
diff --git a/webpackBaseConfig.js b/webpackBaseConfig.js
index e618bffd2..210001b1a 100644
--- a/webpackBaseConfig.js
+++ b/webpackBaseConfig.js
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ module.exports = {
             path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
             path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules')
         ],
-        extensions: ["", ".js", ".vue"],
+        extensions: ["", ".js"],
         alias: {
             codemirror: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/codemirror/codemirror.min.js'),
             inlineAttachment: path.join(__dirname, 'public/vendor/inlineAttachment/inline-attachment.js'),
@@ -372,12 +372,6 @@ module.exports = {
         loaders: [{
             test: /\.json$/,
             loader: 'json-loader'
-        }, {
-            test: /\.vue$/,
-            loader: 'vue',
-            options: {
-            // vue-loader options go here
-            }
         }, {
             test: /\.js$/,
             loader: 'babel',