diff --git a/content/static/images/30c3_propaganda_180x270.png b/content/static/images/30c3_propaganda_180x270.png
deleted file mode 100644
index fd7dcb546..000000000
Binary files a/content/static/images/30c3_propaganda_180x270.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/content/static/script/30c3-countdown-banner.js b/content/static/script/30c3-countdown-banner.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fafd2dc02..000000000
--- a/content/static/script/30c3-countdown-banner.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Original: https://github.com/trailblazr/30c3-countdown-banner-180x270/blob/master/30c3.html
- * Heavily Modified
- **/
-$(document).ready(function() {
-    var el = $("<a class='countdown' href='https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/' title='Click to get teleported to the 30C3 chaos wiki ...'><div class='countdownLine' style='margin-top:70px;'><div class='countdownElement'><span class='days'>0</span><span class='foo'>d </span></div><div class='countdownElement'><span class='hours'>0</span><span class='foo'>h </span></div><div class='countdownElement'><span class='minutes'>0</span><span class='foo'>m </span></div><div class='countdownElement'><span class='seconds'>0</span><span class='foo'>s</span></div></div></a>");
-
-    var padLeft = function(n, l, p) {
-	n = "" + n;
-	while(n.length < l)
-	    n = p + n;
-	return n;
-    };
-    var target = new Date("2013-12-27T10:00:00+01:00").getTime();
-    var updateCountDown = function() {
-        var now = new Date().getTime();
-	var left = (target - now) / 1000;
-
-	var setField = function(id, val) {
-	    el.find(id).text(padLeft(val, 2, "0"));
-	};
-	setField('.days', Math.floor(left / 86400));
-	setField('.hours', Math.floor(left / 3600) % 24);
-	setField('.minutes', Math.floor(left / 60) % 60);
-	setField('.seconds', Math.floor(left) % 60);
-    }
-    
-    setInterval(updateCountDown, 1000);
-    updateCountDown();
-    $('#adspace').empty().append(el);
-});
diff --git a/content/static/style/default.css b/content/static/style/default.css
index b21c6d9ce..eebd0b1f6 100644
--- a/content/static/style/default.css
+++ b/content/static/style/default.css
@@ -877,35 +877,3 @@ article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,
 footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,section {
     display: block;
 }
-
-/* -- 30c3-countdown -- */
-.countdown {
-  display: block;
-  width:180px;
-  height:270px;
-  background-image: url('../images/30c3_propaganda_180x270.png');
-  background-size:100%;
-  background-repeat:no-repeat;
-  max-width:180px;
-  margin:auto;
-  text-align: center;
-  color:white !important;
-  font-family:'Source Sans Pro',monospace,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;
-  font-size:22px;
-  font-weight:300;
-  -moz-border-radius: 5px;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-  -khtml-border-radius: 5px;
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  padding:7px;
-  border:none;
-}
-.countdown .countdownElement {
-  display: inline-block;
-}
-.countdown .foo {
-  color:white;
-  font-size:8px;
-  font-weight: 100;
-  white-space: pre;
-}
diff --git a/xsl/header.xsl b/xsl/header.xsl
index 63055d237..80e9cfe6c 100644
--- a/xsl/header.xsl
+++ b/xsl/header.xsl
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
   <xsl:call-template name="make-script-tag">
     <xsl:with-param name="name" select="'bitlove-enclosures'"/>
   </xsl:call-template>
-  <xsl:call-template name="make-script-tag">
-    <xsl:with-param name="name" select="'30c3-countdown-banner'"/>
-  </xsl:call-template>
   
   </xsl:template>