diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryController.coffee
index 189e07b0f5..7d9d347531 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryController.coffee
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ module.exports = HistoryController =
 				req.useProjectHistory = false
 			next()
 
-	ensureProjectHistoryEnabled: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
-		if req.useProjectHistory?
-			next()
-		else
-			logger.log {project_id}, "project history not enabled"
-			res.sendStatus(404)
-
 	proxyToHistoryApi: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId req
 		url = HistoryController.buildHistoryServiceUrl(req.useProjectHistory) + req.url
@@ -48,17 +41,22 @@ module.exports = HistoryController =
 		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId req
 		url = HistoryController.buildHistoryServiceUrl(req.useProjectHistory) + req.url
 		logger.log url: url, "proxying to history api"
-		HistoryController._makeRequest {
+		request {
 			url: url
 			method: req.method
 			json: true
 			headers:
 				"X-User-Id": user_id
-		}, (error, body) ->
+		}, (error, response, body) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
-			HistoryManager.injectUserDetails body, (error, data) ->
-				return next(error) if error?
-				res.json data
+			if 200 <= response.statusCode < 300
+				HistoryManager.injectUserDetails body, (error, data) ->
+					return next(error) if error?
+					res.json data
+			else
+				error = new Error("history api responded with non-success code: #{response.statusCode}")
+				logger.error err: error, user_id: user_id, "error proxying request to history api"
+				next(error)
 
 	buildHistoryServiceUrl: (useProjectHistory) ->
 		# choose a history service, either document-level (trackchanges)
@@ -100,46 +98,3 @@ module.exports = HistoryController =
 				doc_id: doc._id
 			}
 
-	getLabels: (req, res, next) ->
-		project_id = req.params.Project_id
-		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
-		HistoryController._makeRequest {
-			method: "GET"
-			url: "#{settings.apis.project_history.url}/project/#{project_id}/labels"
-			json: true
-		}, (error, labels) ->
-			return next(error) if error?
-			res.json labels
-
-	createLabel: (req, res, next) ->
-		project_id = req.params.Project_id
-		{comment, version} = req.body
-		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
-		HistoryController._makeRequest {
-			method: "POST"
-			url: "#{settings.apis.project_history.url}/project/#{project_id}/user/#{user_id}/labels"
-			json: {comment, version}
-		}, (error, label) ->
-			return next(error) if error?
-			res.json label
-
-	deleteLabel: (req, res, next) ->
-		project_id = req.params.Project_id
-		label_id = req.params.label_id
-		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
-		HistoryController._makeRequest {
-			method: "DELETE"
-			url: "#{settings.apis.project_history.url}/project/#{project_id}/user/#{user_id}/labels/#{label_id}"
-		}, (error) ->
-			return next(error) if error?
-			res.sendStatus 204
-
-	_makeRequest: (options, callback) ->
-		request options, (error, response, body) ->
-			return callback(error) if error?
-			if 200 <= response.statusCode < 300
-				callback(null, body)
-			else
-				error = new Error("history api responded with non-success code: #{response.statusCode}")
-				logger.error err: error, "project-history api responded with non-success code: #{response.statusCode}"
-				callback(error)
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 9ae764781c..72a0ddebc4 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		webRouter.post "/project/:project_id/restore_file", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanWriteProjectContent, HistoryController.restoreFileFromV2
 		privateApiRouter.post "/project/:Project_id/history/resync", AuthenticationController.httpAuth, HistoryController.resyncProjectHistory
 
-		webRouter.get "/project/:Project_id/labels", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, HistoryController.selectHistoryApi, HistoryController.ensureProjectHistoryEnabled, HistoryController.getLabels
-		webRouter.post "/project/:Project_id/labels", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanWriteProjectContent, HistoryController.selectHistoryApi, HistoryController.ensureProjectHistoryEnabled, HistoryController.createLabel
-		webRouter.delete "/project/:Project_id/labels/:label_id", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanWriteProjectContent, HistoryController.selectHistoryApi, HistoryController.ensureProjectHistoryEnabled, HistoryController.deleteLabel
-
 		webRouter.post '/project/:project_id/export/:brand_variation_id', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanAdminProject, ExportsController.exportProject
 		webRouter.get '/project/:project_id/export/:export_id', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanAdminProject, ExportsController.exportStatus
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/LabelsTests.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/LabelsTests.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 8832f2a326..0000000000
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/LabelsTests.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-_ = require 'underscore'
-{expect} = require 'chai'
-{ObjectId} = require 'mongojs'
-request = require './helpers/request'
-
-MockProjectHistoryApi = require './helpers/MockProjectHistoryApi'
-User = require './helpers/User'
-
-describe 'Labels', ->
-	beforeEach (done) ->
-		@owner = new User()
-		@owner.login (error) =>
-			throw error if error?
-			@owner.createProject 'example-project', {template: 'example'}, (error, @project_id) =>
-				throw error if error?
-				done()
-
-	afterEach ->
-		MockProjectHistoryApi.reset()
-
-	it 'getting labels', (done) ->
-		label_id = new ObjectId().toString()
-		comment = 'a label comment'
-		version = 3
-		MockProjectHistoryApi.addLabel @project_id, label_id, comment, version
-
-		@owner.request {
-			method: 'GET'
-			url: "/project/#{@project_id}/labels"
-			json: true
-		}, (error, response, body) =>
-			throw error if error?
-			expect(response.statusCode).to.equal 200
-			expect(body).to.deep.equal [{ label_id, comment, version }]
-			done()
-
-	it 'creating a label', (done) ->
-		comment = 'a label comment'
-		version = 3
-
-		@owner.request {
-			method: 'POST'
-			url: "/project/#{@project_id}/labels"
-			json: {comment, version}
-		}, (error, response, body) =>
-			throw error if error?
-			expect(response.statusCode).to.equal 200
-			{label_id} = body
-			expect(
-				MockProjectHistoryApi.getLabels(@project_id)
-			).to.deep.equal [{label_id, comment, version} ]
-			done()
-
-	it 'deleting a label', (done) ->
-		label_id = new ObjectId().toString()
-		comment = 'a label comment'
-		version = 3
-		MockProjectHistoryApi.addLabel @project_id, label_id, comment, version
-
-		@owner.request {
-			method: 'DELETE'
-			url: "/project/#{@project_id}/labels/#{label_id}"
-			json: true
-		}, (error, response, body) =>
-			throw error if error?
-			expect(response.statusCode).to.equal 204
-			expect(MockProjectHistoryApi.getLabels(@project_id)).to.deep.equal []
-			done()
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockProjectHistoryApi.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockProjectHistoryApi.coffee
index f73b6007a4..b7df202d72 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockProjectHistoryApi.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockProjectHistoryApi.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-_ = require 'lodash'
-express = require 'express'
-bodyParser = require "body-parser"
+express = require("express")
 app = express()
-{ObjectId} = require 'mongojs'
 
 module.exports = MockProjectHistoryApi =
 	docs: {}
@@ -11,30 +8,12 @@ module.exports = MockProjectHistoryApi =
 
 	projectVersions: {}
 
-	labels: {}
-
 	addOldFile: (project_id, version, pathname, content) ->
 		@oldFiles["#{project_id}:#{version}:#{pathname}"] = content
 
 	setProjectVersion: (project_id, version) ->
 		@projectVersions[project_id] = version
 
-	addLabel: (project_id, label_id, comment, version) ->
-		@labels[project_id] ?= {}
-		@labels[project_id][label_id] = {label_id,comment,version}
-
-	deleteLabel: (project_id, label_id) ->
-		delete @labels[project_id][label_id]
-
-	getLabels: (project_id) ->
-		return null unless @labels[project_id]?
-		_.values @labels[project_id]
-
-	reset: () ->
-		@oldFiles = {}
-		@projectVersions = {}
-		@labels = {}
-
 	run: () ->
 		app.post "/project", (req, res, next) =>
 			res.json project: id: 1
@@ -54,34 +33,11 @@ module.exports = MockProjectHistoryApi =
 			else
 				res.send 404
 
-		app.get "/project/:project_id/labels", (req, res, next) =>
-			{project_id} = req.params
-			labels = @getLabels project_id
-			if labels?
-				res.json labels
-			else
-				res.send 404
-
-		app.post "/project/:project_id/user/:user_id/labels", bodyParser.json(), (req, res, next) =>
-			{project_id} = req.params
-			{comment, version} = req.body
-			label_id = new ObjectId().toString()
-			@addLabel project_id, label_id, comment, version
-			res.json {label_id, comment, version}
-
-		app.delete "/project/:project_id/user/:user_id/labels/:label_id", (req, res, next) =>
-			{project_id, label_id} = req.params
-			label = @labels[project_id]?[label_id]
-			if label?
-				@deleteLabel project_id, label_id
-				res.send 204
-			else
-				res.send 404
-
 		app.listen 3054, (error) ->
 			throw error if error?
 		.on "error", (error) ->
 			console.error "error starting MockProjectHistoryApi:", error.message
 			process.exit(1)
 
+
 MockProjectHistoryApi.run()