diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 35b2c4f2d..15f6f3311 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -138,19 +138,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     @tags ||= current_user.followed_tags
   end
 
-  def save_sort_order
-    if params[:sort_order].present?
-      session[:sort_order] = (params[:sort_order] == 'created_at') ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at'
-    elsif session[:sort_order].blank?
-      session[:sort_order] = 'created_at'
-    else
-      session[:sort_order] = (session[:sort_order] == 'created_at') ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at'
-    end
-  end
-
   def default_stream_action(stream_klass)
     authenticate_user!
-    save_sort_order
     @stream = stream_klass.new(current_user, :max_time => max_time, :order => sort_order)
 
     if params[:only_posts]
diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 5ca11fa67..86d2ebc71 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", 'stream', "aspect")
 
 class AspectsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
-  before_filter :save_sort_order, :only => :index
   before_filter :save_selected_aspects, :only => :index
   before_filter :ensure_page, :only => :index
 
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
index 5ef3067a7..8f3788f54 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 #aspect_stream_header
-  #sort_by
-    = t('streams.recently')
-    %span.controls
-      = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'created_at', t('streams.commented_on'), stream.link(:sort_order => 'updated_at'))
-      ·
-      = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'updated_at', t('streams.posted'), stream.link(:sort_order => 'created_at' ))
-
   %h3
     = stream.title
 
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 3d3728fef..3abf5a868 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -845,10 +845,7 @@ en:
       no_applications: "You haven't registered any applications yet."
 
   streams:
-    recently: "recently:"
-    commented_on: "commented on"
-    posted: "posted"
-    community_spotlight_stream: "Community Spotlight" 
+    community_spotlight_stream: "Community Spotlight"
     aspects_stream: "Aspects"
     mentioned_stream: "@Mentions"
     followed_tags_stream: "#Followed Tags"