diff --git a/.env.default b/.env.default
index cbda645..eafb378 100644
--- a/.env.default
+++ b/.env.default
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
 AWS_MAX_Z_TILE_STORAGE=
 DEPLOYMENT_KEY=
-AIRTABLE_API_KEY=
-AIRTABLE_USER_ID=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 033cd36..a2db6e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ Below is a description of each of the keys.
 | AWS_BUCKET_NAME | Name of the AWS S3 bucket storing the tiles of the soils layers |
 | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID | Access key ID of the AWS server storing the tiles of the soils layers |
 | AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY | Secret access key of the AWS server storing the tiles of the soils layers |
-| AWS_MAX_Z_TILE_STORAGE | Maximum zoom at which tiles generated on-the-fly will be saved in the AWS S3 bucket |
-| AIRTABLE_API_KEY | Secret access key for [Airtable](https://airtable.com/) |
-| AIRTABLE_USER_ID | Airtable User ID |
-
+| AWS_MAX_Z_TILE_STORAGE | Maximum zoom at which tiles generated on-the-fly will be saved in the AWS S3 bucket 
 
 ## Deployment
 
diff --git a/components/explore/component.js b/components/explore/component.js
index a29f6ab..d0c3350 100644
--- a/components/explore/component.js
+++ b/components/explore/component.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import InfoModal from './info-modal';
 import InteractiveFeaturePopup from './interactive-feature-popup';
 import DrawBoard from './draw-board';
 import MapContainer from './map-container';
-import UserModal from 'components/user-modal';
 
 import './style.scss';
 
@@ -78,14 +77,6 @@ const Explore = ({
   const [interactiveFeatures, setInteractiveFeatures] = useState(null);
   const [showTour, setShowTour] = useState(false);
 
-  // User recruitment modal. This modal should appear just the first time the user
-  // visits the map section
-  const [userModalOpen, setUserModalOpen] = useState(isModalShown());
-
-  const handleModalClose = () => {
-    setUserModalOpen(false);
-  };
-
   // When the user clicks the popup's button that triggers its close, the map also receives the
   // event and it opens a new popup right after
   // This is a bug of react-map-gl's library
@@ -232,7 +223,6 @@ const Explore = ({
       className="c-explore"
       style={isDesktop ? { backgroundColor: BASEMAPS[basemap].backgroundColor } : undefined}
     >
-      <UserModal open={userModalOpen} onClose={handleModalClose} />
       {isDesktop && (
         <>
           {showTour && <Tour />}
diff --git a/components/explore/tour/component.js b/components/explore/tour/component.js
index a9bfe15..0de566e 100644
--- a/components/explore/tour/component.js
+++ b/components/explore/tour/component.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const ExploreTour = props => {
         previousShowTour.current = showTour;
       }
     }
-  }, [previousShowTour.current, showTour, props, stepIndex, setOpened, updateShowTour]);
+  }, [showTour, props, stepIndex, setOpened, updateShowTour]);
 
   const onChange = useCallback(
     ({ action, type }) => {
diff --git a/components/user-modal/component.js b/components/user-modal/component.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ac1726..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/component.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-
-import Modal from 'components/modal';
-
-import { createUserEntry, updateUserEntry } from 'utils/airtable';
-
-import Step1 from './content/step1';
-import Step2 from './content/step2';
-
-import './style.scss';
-
-const UserModal = ({ open, onClose }) => {
-  const [step, setStep] = useState('step1');
-  const [userId, setUserId] = useState(null);
-  const [userData, setUserData] = useState({
-    job_role: '',
-    job_role_description: '',
-    map_usage: '',
-    map_usage_description: '',
-    email: '',
-  });
-  const [userEntryError, setCreateUserEntryError] = useState(null);
-
-  const handleCreateUser = async e => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    try {
-      const user = await createUserEntry({ ...userData });
-      setUserId(user[0].id);
-      setStep('step2');
-    } catch (e) {
-      setCreateUserEntryError(e.message);
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handleUpdateUser = async e => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    try {
-      await updateUserEntry(userId, userData);
-      onClose();
-    } catch (e) {
-      setCreateUserEntryError(e.message);
-    }
-  };
-
-  const userDataUpdate = useCallback(
-    (key, value) => {
-      if (key === 'job_role_description') {
-        setUserData({
-          ...userData,
-          job_role: 'other',
-          [key]: value,
-        });
-      } else if (key === 'map_usage_description') {
-        setUserData({
-          ...userData,
-          map_usage: 'other',
-          [key]: value,
-        });
-      } else setUserData({ ...userData, [key]: value });
-    },
-    [userData]
-  );
-
-  return (
-    <Modal open={open} onClose={onClose} title="User details" className="c-user-modal">
-      {step === 'step1' && (
-        <Step1
-          key="step1"
-          user={userId}
-          userData={userData}
-          handleUserData={userDataUpdate}
-          onClick={handleCreateUser}
-          error={userEntryError}
-        />
-      )}
-      {step === 'step2' && (
-        <Step2
-          key="step2"
-          userData={userData}
-          handleUserData={userDataUpdate}
-          onClick={handleUpdateUser}
-          error={userEntryError}
-        />
-      )}
-    </Modal>
-  );
-};
-
-UserModal.propTypes = {
-  open: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
-  onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-};
-
-export default UserModal;
diff --git a/components/user-modal/content/constants.js b/components/user-modal/content/constants.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ea0ad..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/content/constants.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-export const userTypeOptions = [
-  { label: 'Academic research', slug: 'Academic research' },
-  { label: 'Government (local, regional or traditional)', slug: 'Government' },
-  { label: 'Private sector', slug: 'Private sector' },
-  { label: 'NGO sector', slug: 'NGO sector' },
-  { label: 'Other [please specify]', slug: 'other', value: '' },
-];
-
-export const useTypeOptions = [
-  { label: 'Curiosity', slug: 'Curiosity' },
-  { label: 'Education', slug: 'Education' },
-  { label: 'Research purposes', slug: 'Research purposes' },
-  { label: 'Planning & Land management', slug: 'Planning and land management' },
-  { label: 'Policy-making', slug: 'Policy-making' },
-  { label: 'Impact & Evaluation', slug: 'Impact and evaluation' },
-  { label: 'Other [please specify]', slug: 'other', value: '' },
-];
-
-export default {
-  userTypeOptions,
-  useTypeOptions,
-};
diff --git a/components/user-modal/content/step1.js b/components/user-modal/content/step1.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bd242af..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/content/step1.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-
-import Radio from 'components/forms/radio';
-
-import { userTypeOptions, useTypeOptions } from './constants';
-
-const Step1 = ({ onClick, userData, handleUserData, error }) => (
-  <form onSubmit={e => onClick(e)}>
-    <h1 className="h4 mb-4">Can you tell us a bit about yourself?</h1>
-    <p className="h5 mt-4">
-      In which sector do you work: * (pick the one that brought you to this map)
-    </p>
-    <div className="form-group user-modal-radio-input-container">
-      {userTypeOptions.map(option => (
-        <Fragment key={option.slug}>
-          <Radio
-            key={option.slug}
-            id={`job-role-${option.slug}`}
-            className="mr-4"
-            name="job-role"
-            checked={option.slug === (userData.job_role || userData.job_role_description)}
-            onChange={() => handleUserData('job_role', option.slug)}
-            required
-          >
-            {option.label}
-          </Radio>
-          {option.slug === 'other' && (
-            <>
-              <input
-                type="text"
-                id="job_role_description"
-                name="job_role_description"
-                className="user-modal-text-input"
-                placeholder="insert your profession"
-                aria-label="insert your profession"
-                disabled={option.slug !== 'other'}
-                value={userData.job_role_description}
-                onChange={({ currentTarget }) =>
-                  handleUserData('job_role_description', currentTarget.value)
-                }
-                required={userData.job_role_description === 'other'}
-              />
-            </>
-          )}
-        </Fragment>
-      ))}
-    </div>
-
-    <p className="h5 mt-4">
-      Please tell us what you are using Soils platform for: <sup>*</sup>
-    </p>
-
-    <div className="form-group user-modal-radio-input-container">
-      {useTypeOptions.map(option => (
-        <Fragment key={option.slug}>
-          <Radio
-            key={option.slug}
-            id={`map_usage-${option.slug}`}
-            className="mr-4"
-            name="map-usage"
-            checked={option.slug === userData.map_usage}
-            onChange={() => handleUserData('map_usage', option.slug)}
-            required
-          >
-            {option.label}
-          </Radio>
-          {option.slug === 'other' && (
-            <>
-              <input
-                type="text"
-                id="map_usage_description"
-                name="map_usage_description"
-                className="user-modal-text-input"
-                value={userData.map_usage_description}
-                placeholder="insert your profession"
-                aria-label="insert your profession"
-                disabled={option.slug !== 'other'}
-                onChange={e => handleUserData('map_usage_description', e.currentTarget.value)}
-                required={userData.map_usage === 'other'}
-              />
-            </>
-          )}
-        </Fragment>
-      ))}
-    </div>
-    <div className="container mt-3">
-      <div className="row">
-        <div className="col-sm-12 text-left mb-3">
-          <p className="user-modal-content-note">*required fields</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    {error && (
-      <p className="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
-        Unable to create user entry, please try again.
-      </p>
-    )}
-    <div className="container mt-3">
-      <div className="row">
-        <div className="col-sm-12 text-center mb-3">
-          <button
-            type="submit"
-            className="btn btn-primary btn-fixed-width"
-            disabled={
-              userData.job_role === '' ||
-              (userData.job_role === 'other' && userData.job_role.description === '') ||
-              userData.map_usage === '' ||
-              (userData.map_usage === 'other' && userData.map_usage.description === '')
-            }
-          >
-            Send
-          </button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </form>
-);
-
-Step1.propTypes = {
-  onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  handleUserData: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  userData: PropTypes.shape({
-    job_role: PropTypes.string,
-    job_role_description: PropTypes.string,
-    map_usage: PropTypes.string,
-    map_usage_description: PropTypes.string,
-    email: PropTypes.string,
-  }),
-  user: PropTypes.string,
-  error: PropTypes.string,
-};
-
-Step1.defaultProps = {
-  user: null,
-  error: null,
-};
-
-export default Step1;
diff --git a/components/user-modal/content/step2.js b/components/user-modal/content/step2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 19a7d56..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/content/step2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-
-const Step2 = ({ userData, handleUserData, onClick, error }) => (
-  <form onSubmit={e => !error && onClick(e)}>
-    <h2 className="mb-4 text-center">Thank you!</h2>
-    <div className="text-size-base">
-      <p>Would you like to hep us to improve this map?</p>
-      <p>
-        Feedback is really important to us. If you’d like to provide your opinion, write down your
-        email and we might invite you for a one-to-one chat session.
-      </p>
-    </div>
-    <div className="user-modal-input">
-      <div className="form-group mt-3">
-        <input
-          type="email"
-          id="email"
-          aria-label="insert your email"
-          className="form-control user-modal-text-input"
-          placeholder="insert your email"
-          value={userData.email}
-          onChange={({ currentTarget }) => handleUserData('email', currentTarget.value)}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className="user-modal-content-note text-center">
-        <p>
-          Your email address will be used by Simbiotica SL DBA Vizzuality on behalf of The Nature
-          Conservancy. We will only be using your email address to contact you in order to conduct
-          user research on this website.Your email will not be shared with any thirsd parties. For
-          more information and instructions on exercisong your rights on this data please read our{' '}
-          <a
-            href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/accountability/privacy-policy/"
-            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            target="_blank"
-          >
-            Privacy policy
-          </a>
-        </p>
-      </div>
-
-      {error && (
-        <p className="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
-          Unable to update user entry, please try again.
-        </p>
-      )}
-
-      <div className="container mt-3">
-        <div className="row">
-          <div className="col-sm-12 text-center mb-3">
-            <button type="submit" className="btn btn-primary btn-fixed-width">
-              Done
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </form>
-);
-
-Step2.propTypes = {
-  onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  handleUserData: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  userData: PropTypes.shape({
-    job_role: PropTypes.string,
-    job_role_description: PropTypes.string,
-    map_usage: PropTypes.string,
-    map_usage_description: PropTypes.string,
-    email: PropTypes.string,
-  }),
-  error: PropTypes.string,
-};
-
-Step2.defaultProps = {
-  error: null,
-};
-
-export default Step2;
diff --git a/components/user-modal/index.js b/components/user-modal/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b404d7f..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { default } from './component';
diff --git a/components/user-modal/style.scss b/components/user-modal/style.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e9797a..0000000
--- a/components/user-modal/style.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-@import 'css/settings';
-
-.c-user-modal {
-  max-width: rem(850);
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: center;
-
-  @include media-breakpoint-up(lg, $grid-breakpoints) {
-    padding: rem(50) rem(100);
-  }
-
-  h1,
-  h2 {
-    @include font-size($font-size-xxl);
-    text-align: left;
-  }
-
-  .text-size-base {
-    @include font-size($font-size-base);
-  }
-
-  .user-modal-radio-input-container {
-    max-width: 100%;
-    max-height: 100%;
-    flex-wrap: wrap;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    display: flex;
-
-    @include media-breakpoint-up(sm, $grid-breakpoints) {
-      max-height: 125px;
-    }
-
-    .custom-radio {
-      @include media-breakpoint-up(sm, $grid-breakpoints) {
-        width: 50%;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  .user-modal-text-input {
-    background: transparent;
-    border: none;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $primary;
-    border-radius: 0;
-    padding-left: 0;
-    max-width: 180px;
-  }
-
-  .user-modal-content-note {
-    font-family: $font-family-2;
-    @include font-size($font-size-xxs);
-    font-weight: initial;
-    opacity: 50%;
-
-    p {
-      text-align: justify;
-
-      a {
-        text-decoration: underline;
-        color: $text-color-1;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 7583fad..9278c82 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ AWS_BUCKET_NAME=$AWS_BUCKET_NAME\n\
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID\n\
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\n\
 AWS_MAX_Z_TILE_STORAGE=$AWS_MAX_Z_TILE_STORAGE\n\
-AIRTABLE_API_KEY=$AIRTABLE_API_KEY\n\
-AIRTABLE_USER_ID=$AIRTABLE_USER_ID" >> .env
   echo -e "Initiating yarn build"
 
   yarn build