diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
index f8d90756b2..d301ddabbc 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 					return callback(err)
 				req.sessionStore.generate(req)
 				for key, value of oldSession
-					req.session[key] = value
+					req.session[key] = value unless key == '__tmp'
 				# copy to the old `session.user` location, for backward-comptability
 				req.session.user = req.session.passport.user
 				req.session.save (err) ->
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Email/EmailBuilder.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Email/EmailBuilder.coffee
index e2e8311286..3326f8522b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Email/EmailBuilder.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Email/EmailBuilder.coffee
@@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ The #{settings.appName} Team - #{settings.siteUrl}
 
 templates = {}
 
+templates.accountMergeToOverleafAddress = CTAEmailTemplate({
+	subject: () -> "Confirm Account Merge - #{settings.appName}"
+	title: () -> "Confirm Account Merge"
+	message: () ->
+		"""
+			To merge your ShareLaTeX and Overleaf accounts, click the button below.
+			If you think you have received this message in error,
+			please contact us at https://www.overleaf.com/contact
+		"""
+	ctaText: () -> "Confirm Account Merge"
+	ctaURL: (opts) -> opts.tokenLinkUrl
+	secondaryMessage: (opts) ->
+		"If the button does not appear, open this link in your browser: #{opts.tokenLinkUrl}"
+})
+
+templates.accountMergeToSharelatexAddress = templates.accountMergeToOverleafAddress
+
 templates.registered = CTAEmailTemplate({
 	subject: () -> "Activate your #{settings.appName} Account"
 	message: (opts) -> """
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index b196c56870..b02db419e4 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		webRouter.get  '/logout', UserController.logout
 		webRouter.get  '/restricted', AuthorizationMiddlewear.restricted
 
+
 		if Features.hasFeature('registration')
 			webRouter.get '/register', UserPagesController.registerPage
 			AuthenticationController.addEndpointToLoginWhitelist '/register'
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/main/account-merge-checker.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/main/account-merge-checker.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index caeb3011ca..0000000000
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/main/account-merge-checker.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-define [
-	"base"
-], (App) ->
-	App.controller "AccountMergeCheckerController", ($scope) ->
-		$scope.hasOlAccount = null