diff --git a/public/stylesheets/rtl.css b/public/stylesheets/rtl.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 0040c86ee..000000000
--- a/public/stylesheets/rtl.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,269 +0,0 @@
-body {
-  direction: rtl;
-  text-align: right; }
-.rtl{
-    direction: rtl;
-}
-.ltr{
-    direction: ltr;
-}
-#user_menu {
-  left: 0;
-  right: auto; }
-
-.diaspora_header_logo {
-  float: right;
-  margin-left: 1em;
-  margin-right: 0; }
-
-#global_search {
-  float: right; }
-
-#notification_badge, #message_inbox_badge {
-  margin: 0 10px 0 -5px; }
-
-#nav_badges {
-  left: auto;
-  right: 460px;
-  margin-right: -20px; }
-
-#notification_dropdown {
-  left: auto;
-  right: 507px; }
-
-#view_all_notifications {
-  float: left;
-  margin-right: 0;
-  margin-left: 3px; }
-
-#notification_badge, #message_inbox_badge {
-  margin: 0 10px 0 -5px; }
-
-#notification_badge a, #message_inbox_badge a {
-  right: 0; }
-
-.append-2 {
-  padding-left: 80px;
-  padding-right: 0px;
-  float: right; }
-
-footer ul#footer_nav {
-  float: left; }
-
-.right {
-  left: 0;
-  right: auto; }
-
-.rightBar .right {
-  margin-right: 70px; }
-
-.stream .avatar {
-  float: right; }
-
-.stream_element .content {
-  padding-right: 60px;
-  padding-left: 0; }
-
-#publisher_textarea_wrapper textarea {
-  direction: rtl;
-  left: auto;
-}
-
-#publisher_textarea_wrapper #file-upload, #publisher_textarea_wrapper #hide_publisher, #facebox .close {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 0;
-  margin-left: 3px; }
-
-#publisher .options_and_submit .public_toggle {
-  text-align: left; }
-
-#publisher #click_to_share img {
-  right: 0;
-  left: auto; }
-
-#publisher #click_to_share span {
-  margin-right: 12px;
-  margin-left: 0; }
-
-#publisher_textarea_wrapper #photodropzone {
-  right: 5px;
-  left: auto; }
-
-#publisher_textarea_wrapper #photodropzone li .circle {
-  left: -7px;
-  right: auto; }
-
-#publisher_textarea_wrapper #photodropzone li .x {
-  left: -1px;
-  right: auto; }
-
-#webSocketContainer {
-  left: auto !important;
-  right: -100px; }
-
-header ul#user_menu {
-  padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px;
-  right: auto;
-  margin: -2px 0 0 -5px; }
-
-header ul#user_menu .avatar {
-  left: auto;
-  right: 2px; }
-
-header ul#user_menu a {
-  padding-left: 15px; }
-
-header ul#user_menu .right {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 5px; }
-
-#sort_by {
-  float: left; }
-
-.stream_element .right {
-  left: 12px;
-  right: auto; }
-
-ul.as-selections li {
-  float: right; }
-
-ul.as-selections li.as-selection-item a.as-close {
-  float: left;
-  margin: 0 0 0 3px; }
-
-ul.as-selections li.as-selection-item {
-  padding: 3px 6px 3px 0; }
-
-#profile_photo_upload img {
-  left: auto;
-  right: 0; }
-
-#profile_photo_upload {
-  padding-left: 0;
-  padding-right: 120px; }
-
-form p.checkbox_select label {
-  right: 20px;
-  left: auto; }
-
-.prepend-5 {
-  float: right;
-  padding-right: 200px;
-  padding-left: 0; }
-
-#update_profile_form h4 textarea[placeholder] {
-  right: -9999px;
-  left: auto; }
-
-.prepend-8 {
-  padding-right: 320px;
-  padding-left: 0; }
-
-.span-2 {
-  float: right;
-  text-align: right;
-  margin-left: 0;
-  margin-right: 10px; }
-
-#facebox_header h3, #facebox_header h4 {
-  text-align: right; }
-
-textarea.comment_box {
-  left: auto;
-  right: -9999px; }
-
-label {
-  right: 0.48em;
-  left: auto; }
-
-ul#settings_nav {
-  right: 198px;
-  left: auto; }
-
-ul, ol {
-  margin: 0 0 1.5em 1.5em;
-  padding-right: 3.333em; }
-
-ul#settings_nav > li {
-  margin-left: 1em;
-  margin-right: 0; }
-
-.column, .span-1, .span-2, .span-3, .span-4, .span-5, .span-6, .span-7, .span-8, .span-9, .span-10, .span-11, .span-12, .span-13, .span-14, .span-15, .span-16, .span-17, .span-18, .span-19, .span-20, .span-21, .span-22, .span-23, .span-24 {
-  float: right;
-  margin-left: 10px;
-  margin-right: 0; }
-
-.last {
-  margin-left: 0; }
-
-ul.comments li .content, ul.show_comments li .content, div.likes li .content, div.dislikes li .content {
-  padding-left: 10px;
-  padding-right: 36px; }
-
-ul.comments li form p, ul.show_comments li form p, div.likes li form p, div.dislikes li form p {
-  left: auto;
-  right: 35px; }
-
-ul.comments li.posted .controls .delete {
-  float: left; }
-
-.stream .stream_element time {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 20px; }
-
-.aspect_list .name {
-  right: 1em;
-  left: auto; }
-
-.aspect_list ul > li .right {
-  left: 1em;
-  right: auto; }
-
-.share_with .add_aspect .right {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 1em; }
-
-.share_with .done .right {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 1em; }
-
-.share_with .add_aspect p {
-  padding-right: 1em;
-  padding-left: 0; }
-
-#facebox {
-  text-align: right; }
-
-.stream_element.conversation .message_count {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 10px; }
-
-.stream_element.conversation .timestamp {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 10px; }
-
-ul.left_nav .contact_count, ul.left_nav .edit {
-  float: left; }
-ul.left_nav ul.sub_nav li{
-    width: auto;
-    direction: ltr;
-}
-
-.conversation_participants .right, .stream .new_message .right {
-  right: auto;
-  left: 0; }
-
-.prepend-9 {
-  padding-left: 0;
-  padding-right: 361px; }
-
-.stream_container {
-  border-left: 0;
-  border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; }
-
-.stream .new_message .right input[type=reset] {
-  float: left;
-  margin-right: 10px; }
-
-div.content span.rtl {
-  display: block; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/rtl.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/rtl.sass
index 6547d8570..867225603 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/rtl.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/rtl.sass
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ footer ul#footer_nav
 
 #publisher_textarea_wrapper textarea
   :left auto
-  :right -9999px
 
 #publisher_textarea_wrapper #file-upload, #publisher_textarea_wrapper #hide_publisher, #facebox .close 
   :right auto