diff --git a/app/models/reshare.rb b/app/models/reshare.rb
index 338f389e6..902311b07 100644
--- a/app/models/reshare.rb
+++ b/app/models/reshare.rb
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ class Reshare < Post
     self.root ? root.photos : []
   end
 
-  def frame_name
-    self.root ? root.frame_name : nil
-  end
-
   def receive(recipient, sender)
     local_reshare = Reshare.where(:guid => self.guid).first
     if local_reshare && local_reshare.root.author_id == recipient.person.id
diff --git a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
index 74a9953d3..fa179250a 100644
--- a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class PostPresenter
         :open_graph_cache => @post.open_graph_cache.try(:as_api_response, :backbone),
         :mentioned_people => @post.mentioned_people.as_api_response(:backbone),
         :photos => @post.photos.map {|p| p.as_api_response(:backbone)},
-        :frame_name => @post.frame_name || template_name,
         :root => root,
         :title => title,
         :address => @post.address,
@@ -51,10 +50,6 @@ class PostPresenter
     @post.text.present? ? post_page_title(@post) : I18n.translate('posts.presenter.title', :name => @post.author_name)
   end
 
-  def template_name #kill me, lol, I should be client side
-    @template_name ||= TemplatePicker.new(@post).template_name
-  end
-
   def root
     PostPresenter.new(@post.absolute_root, current_user).as_json if @post.respond_to?(:absolute_root) && @post.absolute_root.present?
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/load_libraries.rb b/config/initializers/load_libraries.rb
index e66da1d87..327616125 100644
--- a/config/initializers/load_libraries.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/load_libraries.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ require 'pubsubhubbub'
 require 'salmon'
 require 'statistics'
 require 'stream'
-require 'template_picker'
 require 'webfinger'
 require 'webfinger_profile'
diff --git a/lib/template_picker.rb b/lib/template_picker.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd9a7269..000000000
--- a/lib/template_picker.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-class TemplatePicker
-  attr_accessor :post
-
-  TEMPLATES = %w{ status_with_photo_backdrop
-                  note
-                  photo_backdrop
-                  status
-                }
-
-  def initialize(post)
-    self.post = post
-  end
-
-  def template_name
-    TEMPLATES.each do |template|
-      return TemplatePicker.jsonify_name(template) if self.send("#{template}?".to_sym)
-    end
-
-    'status' #default
-  end
-
-  def status_with_photo_backdrop?
-    status? && photo_backdrop?
-  end
-
-  def note?
-    self.status? && post.text(:plain_text => true).length > 200
-  end
-
-  def photo_backdrop?
-    false # No backdrop, ever.
-  end
-
-  def status?
-    post.text?
-  end
-
-  def self.jsonified_templates
-    TEMPLATES.map{|x| jsonify_name(x)}
-  end
-
-  def self.jsonify_name(name)
-    name.gsub('_', '-')
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/template_picker_spec.rb b/spec/lib/template_picker_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ae5e41a..000000000
--- a/spec/lib/template_picker_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe TemplatePicker do
-  before do
-    @post_stubs = {:type => 'StatusMessage', :photos => stub(:size => 2), 
-                   :o_embed_cache => stub(:present? => true), 
-                   :text? => true, :text => stub(:length => 400)
-                  }
-  end
-
-  let(:post) {
-    stub(@post_stubs)
-  }
-
-  it 'has a post' do
-    t = TemplatePicker.new(post)
-    t.post.should_not be_nil
-  end
-
-  describe '#template_name' do
-    it 'returns the coolest template if the post has lots of cool stuff' do
-      TemplatePicker.new(post).template_name.should_not be_nil
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#status_with_photo_backdrop?' do
-    it 'is false even if the post contains a single photo and text' do
-      @post_stubs.merge!(:photos => stub(:size => 1))
-      TemplatePicker.new(post).should_not be_status_with_photo_backdrop
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#note?' do
-    it 'is true if the post contains text more than 300 characters long' do
-      TemplatePicker.new(post).should be_note
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#photo_backdrop?' do
-    it 'is false even if the post contains only one photo' do
-      @post_stubs.merge!(:photos => stub(:size => 1))
-      TemplatePicker.new(post).should_not be_photo_backdrop
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  describe '#status?' do
-    it 'is true if the post contains text' do
-      TemplatePicker.new(post).should be_status
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'factories' do
-    # No photo_backdrop for now.
-    (TemplatePicker::TEMPLATES - ['status_with_photo_backdrop', 'photo_backdrop']).each do |template|
-      describe "#{template} factory" do
-        it 'works' do
-          post = FactoryGirl.build(template.to_sym, :author => alice.person)
-          template_name = TemplatePicker.new(post).template_name.gsub('-', '_')
-          template_name.should == template
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-end