diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 1d7dad7df..affb08f15 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
 
   before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:show, :iframe, :oembed, :interactions]
   before_filter :set_format_if_malformed_from_status_net, :only => :show
-  before_filter :find_post, :only => [:show, :next, :previous, :interactions]
+  before_filter :find_post, :only => [:show, :interactions]
 
   before_filter -> { @css_framework = :bootstrap }
 
@@ -48,24 +48,6 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def next
-    next_post = Post.visible_from_author(@post.author, current_user).newer(@post)
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html{ redirect_to post_path(next_post) }
-      format.json{ render :json => PostPresenter.new(next_post, current_user)}
-    end
-  end
-
-  def previous
-    previous_post = Post.visible_from_author(@post.author, current_user).older(@post)
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html{ redirect_to post_path(previous_post) }
-      format.json{ render :json => PostPresenter.new(previous_post, current_user)}
-    end
-  end
-
   def interactions
     respond_with(PostInteractionPresenter.new(@post, current_user))
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
index 691d37c8d..20b2d8a1c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -167,58 +167,4 @@ describe PostsController do
       StatusMessage.exists?(message.id).should be_true
     end
   end
-
-  describe "#next" do
-    before do
-      sign_in alice
-      Post.stub(:find_by_guid_or_id_with_user).and_return(mock_model(Post, :author => 4))
-      Post.stub_chain(:visible_from_author, :newer).and_return(next_post)
-    end
-
-    let(:next_post){ mock_model(StatusMessage, :id => 34)}
-
-    context "GET .json" do
-      let(:mock_presenter) { mock(:as_json => {:title => "the unbearable lightness of being"}) }
-
-      it "should return a show presenter the next post" do
-        PostPresenter.should_receive(:new).with(next_post, alice).and_return(mock_presenter)
-        get :next, :id => 14, :format => :json
-        response.body.should == {:title => "the unbearable lightness of being"}.to_json
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "GET .html" do
-      it "should redirect to the next post" do
-        get :next, :id => 14
-        response.should redirect_to(post_path(next_post))
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "previous" do
-    before do
-      sign_in alice
-      Post.stub(:find_by_guid_or_id_with_user).and_return(mock_model(Post, :author => 4))
-      Post.stub_chain(:visible_from_author, :older).and_return(previous_post)
-    end
-
-    let(:previous_post){ mock_model(StatusMessage, :id => 11)}
-
-    context "GET .json" do
-      let(:mock_presenter) { mock(:as_json => {:title => "existential crises"})}
-
-      it "should return a show presenter the next post" do
-        PostPresenter.should_receive(:new).with(previous_post, alice).and_return(mock_presenter)
-        get :previous, :id => 14, :format => :json
-        response.body.should == {:title => "existential crises"}.to_json
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "GET .html" do
-      it "should redirect to the next post" do
-        get :previous, :id => 14
-        response.should redirect_to(post_path(previous_post))
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end