diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 008b9d7cae..edcda84f24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ clsi
 filestore
 track-changes
 docstore
-tags
 chat
 spelling
 real-time
@@ -23,4 +22,4 @@ tmp
 db.sqlite
 
 .DS_Store
-.vagrant
\ No newline at end of file
+.vagrant
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b1463d23c..0edb0a6b8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If you are upgrading from a previous version of Overleaf, please see the [Releas
 
 This repository does not contain any code. It acts a wrapper and toolkit for managing the many different Overleaf  services. These each run as their own Node.js process and have their own Github repository. These are all downloaded and set up when you run `grunt install`
 
-| Service | Description | 
+| Service | Description |
 | ------- | ----------- |
 | **[web](https://github.com/overleaf/web)** | The front facing web server that serves all the HTML pages, CSS and JavaScript to the client. Also contains a lot of logic around creating and editing projects, and account management. |
 | **[document-updater](https://github.com/overleaf/document-updater)** | Processes updates that come in from the editor when users modify documents. Ensures that the updates are applied in the right order, and that only one operation is modifying the document at a time. Also caches the documents in redis for very fast but persistent modifications. |
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ This repository does not contain any code. It acts a wrapper and toolkit for man
 | **[filestore](https://github.com/overleaf/filestore)** | An API for performing CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations on binary files (like images) stored in Overleaf. |
 | **[track-changes](https://github.com/overleaf/track-changes)** | An API for compressing and storing the updates applied to a document, and then rendering a diff of the changes between any two time points. |
 | **[chat](https://github.com/overleaf/chat)** | The backend API for storing and fetching chat messages. |
-| **[tags](https://github.com/overleaf/tags)** | The backend API for managing project tags (folders). |
 | **[spelling](https://github.com/overleaf/spelling)** | An API for running server-side spelling checking on Overleaf documents. |
 
 ## Overleaf Docker Image
diff --git a/runit/tags-sharelatex/run b/runit/tags-sharelatex/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 62fe058ad9..0000000000
--- a/runit/tags-sharelatex/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-export SHARELATEX_CONFIG=/etc/sharelatex/settings.coffee
-
-NODE_PARAMS=""
-if [ "$DEBUG_NODE" == "true" ]; then
-    echo "running debug - tags"
-    NODE_PARAMS="--inspect=0.0.0.0:30120"
-fi
-
-exec /sbin/setuser www-data /usr/bin/node $NODE_PARAMS /var/www/sharelatex/tags/app.js >> /var/log/sharelatex/tags.log 2>&1
diff --git a/services.js b/services.js
index 654148bc52..84fd7622f5 100644
--- a/services.js
+++ b/services.js
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ module.exports =
 	name: "chat",
 	repo: "https://github.com/sharelatex/chat-sharelatex.git",
 	version: "master"
-}, {
-	name: "tags",
-	repo: "https://github.com/sharelatex/tags-sharelatex.git",
-	version: "master"
 }, {
 	name: "spelling",
 	repo: "https://github.com/sharelatex/spelling-sharelatex.git",