diff --git a/config/app_config.yml.example b/config/app_config.yml.example
index e16e285cd..5d2617fd6 100644
--- a/config/app_config.yml.example
+++ b/config/app_config.yml.example
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ default:
   cloudfiles_api_key:  'abc123'
   invites_off: false
 
-  #cloudfiles bucket and CDN for photo uploads
-  #cloudfiles_bucket: 'example_bucket'
-  #cloudfiles_cdn_url: 'http://xxxxxx.cdn.rackspacecloud.com'
-
 development:
 
 test:
diff --git a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
index 1181559a3..0451db212 100644
--- a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
@@ -8,19 +8,6 @@ CarrierWave.configure do |config|
     config.s3_access_key_id = ENV['S3_KEY']
     config.s3_secret_access_key = ENV['S3_SECRET']
     config.s3_bucket = ENV['S3_BUCKET']
-    config.cache_dir = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/uploads"
-  elsif ENV['CLOUDFILES_USERNAME'] && ENV['CLOUDFILES_KEY'] && ENV['CLOUDFILES_BUCKET']
-    config.storage = :cloud_files
-    config.cloud_files_username = ENV['CLOUDFILES_USERNAME']
-    config.cloud_files_api_key = ENV['CLOUDFILES_KEY']
-    config.cloud_files_container = ENV['CLOUDFILES_BUCKET']
-
-    # providing the CDN url means carrierwave does not have to resolve it
-    # on every upload request.
-    if ENV['CLOUDFILES_CDN_URL']
-      config.cloud_files_cdn_host = ENV['CLOUDFILES_CDN_URL']
-    end
-
     config.cache_dir = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/uploads"
   else
     config.storage = :file