diff --git a/apps/templates/_home/_hero.html b/apps/templates/_home/_hero.html
index 9b13dc2a..cd6b9d0b 100644
--- a/apps/templates/_home/_hero.html
+++ b/apps/templates/_home/_hero.html
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 <div class="uk-container uk-text-center hero">
     <h1 class="uk-heading-primary" style="color: white; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
         {{ request.site.name }}</h1>
-    <div class="uk-text-large">Read, remark, and research with Readux, 
-        an interactive digital reading platform and research tool.</div>
-    <p class="uk-text-lead" style="color: white; ">{{ page.tagline|richtext }}</p>
+    <div class="uk-text-large">{{ page.tagline|richtext }}</div>
     {% include "snippets/_search_box.html" %}
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/templates/_home/_highlights.html b/apps/templates/_home/_highlights.html
deleted file mode 100644
index ba7a0501..00000000
--- a/apps/templates/_home/_highlights.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<div class="uk-section three-column-section">
-  <div class="uk-container">
-      <h2 class="section-title">What Can I Do with Readux?</h2>
-      <div class="uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid-small uk-grid-match" uk-grid>
-          <div style="padding: 0 3rem;">
-              <div class="uk-card  column">
-                  <div class="blob">
-                      <svg class="icon-placeholder" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="#000000"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M12 2C8.13 2 5 5.13 5 9c0 1.74.56 3.34 1.5 4.65L12 22l5.5-8.35C18.44 12.34 19 10.74 19 9c0-3.87-3.13-7-7-7zm0 9.5c-1.38 0-2.5-1.12-2.5-2.5S10.62 6.5 12 6.5s2.5 1.12 2.5 2.5S13.38 11.5 12 11.5z"/></svg>
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="column-text">
-                      Import materials and organize them into collections
-                  </div>
-              </div>
-          </div>
-          <div style="padding:0 3rem;">
-              <div class="uk-card  column">
-                  <div class="blob">
-                      <svg class="icon-placeholder" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="#000000"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M12 2C8.13 2 5 5.13 5 9c0 1.74.56 3.34 1.5 4.65L12 22l5.5-8.35C18.44 12.34 19 10.74 19 9c0-3.87-3.13-7-7-7zm0 9.5c-1.38 0-2.5-1.12-2.5-2.5S10.62 6.5 12 6.5s2.5 1.12 2.5 2.5S13.38 11.5 12 11.5z"/></svg>
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="column-text">
-                      Conduct research with works and publish digital editions
-                  </div>
-              </div>
-          </div>
-          <div style="padding:0 3rem;">
-              <div class="uk-card  column">
-                  <div class="blob">
-                      <svg class="icon-placeholder" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="#000000"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M12 2C8.13 2 5 5.13 5 9c0 1.74.56 3.34 1.5 4.65L12 22l5.5-8.35C18.44 12.34 19 10.74 19 9c0-3.87-3.13-7-7-7zm0 9.5c-1.38 0-2.5-1.12-2.5-2.5S10.62 6.5 12 6.5s2.5 1.12 2.5 2.5S13.38 11.5 12 11.5z"/></svg>
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="column-text">
-                      Teach with rare materials and have students comment directly on the works
-                  </div>
-              </div>
-          </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html b/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
index 6e67492c..b5f16663 100644
--- a/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
+++ b/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         {% include '_home/_featured_collections.html' %}
       {% endif %}
       {% include '_home/_video.html' %}
-      {% include '_home/_highlights.html' %}
       {% include '_home/_footer.html' %}
   </div>
 </div>