diff --git a/app/views/about/_twitter.html.erb b/app/views/about/_twitter.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index fc7d9c5..0000000
--- a/app/views/about/_twitter.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/about/index.html.erb b/app/views/about/index.html.erb
index b543d6f..d165ce2 100644
--- a/app/views/about/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/about/index.html.erb
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
     <p>
       Seattle.rb was the first Ruby (and subsequently Ruby on Rails) user group in the world and has met regularly for well over a decade. We convene every Tuesday night to contribute to open source, work on personal projects, and teach and learn from one another. All skill levels are welcome!
     </p>
-
-    <a href="https://twitter.com/seattlerb" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-lang="en">Follow @seattlerb</a>
-
-    <%= render "twitter" %>
   </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/test/controllers/about_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/about_controller_test.rb
index 0ce3878..682becc 100644
--- a/test/controllers/about_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/about_controller_test.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ def test_index
     assert_equal("Home", assigns(:title))
 
     assert_template :partial => '_maps'
-    assert_template :partial => '_twitter'
   end
 
   def test_projects