diff --git a/public/javascripts/mentions.js b/public/javascripts/mentions.js
index ea96c63e5..2f38130d4 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/mentions.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/mentions.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ var Mentions = {
   },
 
   options: {
+    elastic: false,
+
     onDataRequest: function(mode, query, callback) {
       var filteredResults = _.filter(Mentions.contacts, function(item) { return item.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(query.toLowerCase()) > -1 });
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.elastic.js b/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.elastic.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 684088c6e..000000000
--- a/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.elastic.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *    @name                            Elastic
- *    @descripton                        Elastic is jQuery plugin that grow and shrink your textareas automatically
- *    @version                        1.6.10
- *    @requires                        jQuery 1.2.6+
- *
- *    @author                            Jan Jarfalk
- *    @author-email                    jan.jarfalk@unwrongest.com
- *    @author-website                    http://www.unwrongest.com
- *
- *    @licence                        MIT License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- */
-
-  (function(jQuery) {
-  jQuery.fn.extend({
-    elastic: function() {
-
-      //	We will create a div clone of the textarea
-      //	by copying these attributes from the textarea to the div.
-      var mimics = [
-        'paddingTop',
-        'paddingRight',
-        'paddingBottom',
-        'paddingLeft',
-        'marginTop',
-        'marginRight',
-        'marginBottom',
-        'marginLeft',
-        'fontSize',
-        'lineHeight',
-        'fontFamily',
-        'width',
-        'fontWeight',
-        'border-top-width',
-        'border-right-width',
-        'border-bottom-width',
-        'border-left-width',
-        'borderTopStyle',
-        'borderTopColor',
-        'borderRightStyle',
-        'borderRightColor',
-        'borderBottomStyle',
-        'borderBottomColor',
-        'borderLeftStyle',
-        'borderLeftColor',
-        'box-sizing',
-        '-moz-box-sizing',
-        '-webkit-box-sizing'
-      ];
-
-      return this.each(function() {
-
-        // Elastic only works on textareas
-        if (this.type !== 'textarea') {
-          return false;
-        }
-
-        var $textarea = jQuery(this),
-          $twin = jQuery('<div />').css({'position': 'absolute','display':'none','word-wrap':'break-word'}),
-          lineHeight = parseInt($textarea.css('line-height'), 10) || parseInt($textarea.css('font-size'), '10'),
-          minheight = parseInt($textarea.css('height'), 10) || lineHeight * 3,
-          maxheight = parseInt($textarea.css('max-height'), 10) || Number.MAX_VALUE,
-          goalheight = 0;
-
-        // Opera returns max-height of -1 if not set
-        if (maxheight < 0) {
-          maxheight = Number.MAX_VALUE;
-        }
-
-        // Append the twin to the DOM
-        // We are going to meassure the height of this, not the textarea.
-        $twin.appendTo($textarea.parent());
-
-        // Copy the essential styles (mimics) from the textarea to the twin
-        var i = mimics.length;
-        while (i--) {
-
-          if (mimics[i].toString() === 'width' && $textarea.css(mimics[i].toString()) === '0px') {
-            setTwinWidth();
-          } else {
-            $twin.css(mimics[i].toString(), $textarea.css(mimics[i].toString()));
-          }
-        }
-
-        update(true);
-
-        // Updates the width of the twin. (solution for textareas with widths in percent)
-        function setTwinWidth() {
-          curatedWidth = Math.floor(parseInt($textarea.width(), 10));
-          if ($twin.width() !== curatedWidth) {
-            $twin.css({'width': curatedWidth + 'px'});
-
-            // Update height of textarea
-            update(true);
-          }
-        }
-
-        // Sets a given height and overflow state on the textarea
-        function setHeightAndOverflow(height, overflow) {
-
-          var curratedHeight = Math.floor(parseInt(height, 10));
-          if ($textarea.height() !== curratedHeight) {
-            $textarea.css({'height': curratedHeight + 'px','overflow':overflow});
-
-            // Fire the custom event resize
-            $textarea.triggerHandler('resize');
-
-          }
-        }
-
-        // This function will update the height of the textarea if necessary
-        function update(forced) {
-
-          // Get curated content from the textarea.
-          var textareaContent = $textarea.val().replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/ {2}/g, '&nbsp;').replace(/<|>/g, '&gt;').replace(/\n/g, '<br />');
-
-          // Compare curated content with curated twin.
-          var twinContent = $twin.html().replace(/<br>/ig, '<br />');
-
-          if (forced || textareaContent + '&nbsp;' !== twinContent) {
-
-            // Add an extra white space so new rows are added when you are at the end of a row.
-            $twin.html(textareaContent + '&nbsp;');
-
-            // Change textarea height if twin plus the height of one line differs more than 3 pixel from textarea height
-            if (Math.abs($twin.outerHeight() + lineHeight - $textarea.outerHeight()) > 3) {
-
-              var goalheight = $twin.outerHeight();
-              if (goalheight >= maxheight) {
-                setHeightAndOverflow(maxheight, 'auto');
-              } else if (goalheight <= minheight) {
-                setHeightAndOverflow(minheight, 'hidden');
-              } else {
-                setHeightAndOverflow(goalheight, 'hidden');
-              }
-
-            }
-
-          }
-
-        }
-
-        // Update textarea size on keyup, change, cut and paste
-        $textarea.bind('input', update);
-        $textarea.bind('change', update);
-        $(window).bind('resize', setTwinWidth);
-      });
-
-    }
-  });
-})(jQuery);
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