diff --git a/helpdesk/templates/helpdesk/base.html b/helpdesk/templates/helpdesk/base.html
index 6189240e..e0eb3b57 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templates/helpdesk/base.html
+++ b/helpdesk/templates/helpdesk/base.html
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
         <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
         <script src='{{ STATIC_URL }}helpdesk/jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.min.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript'></script>
-        {% comment %}
-        <script src='{{ STATIC_URL }}helpdesk/jquery.translate-debug-all.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript'></script>
-        {% endcomment %}
         <link rel='stylesheet' href='{{ STATIC_URL }}helpdesk/helpdesk-extend.css' type='text/css'  media="screen" >
 
         <!--link rel='stylesheet' href='{{ STATIC_URL }}helpdesk/helpdesk-print.css' type='text/css' media="print" /-->
@@ -24,55 +21,6 @@
         <link rel='alternate' href='{% url 'helpdesk_rss_activity' %}' type='application/rss+xml' title='{% trans "All Recent Activity" %}' />
         <link rel='alternate' href='{% url 'helpdesk_rss_unassigned' %}' type='application/rss+xml' title='{% trans "Unassigned Tickets" %}' />
 
-        {% comment %}
-        <script type="text/javascript">
-
-        $(document).ready(function(){
-            // replace display while hovering over menu item
-            $('li.headerlink').hover(
-	            function() { $('ul', this).css('display', 'block'); },
-	            function() { $('ul', this).css('display', 'none'); });
-
-            {% if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_TRANSLATE_TICKET_COMMENTS %}
-            // add translate functionality - google translate V1 is deprecated
-            $.translate.load(bingID);
-            $.translate(function(){ //when the Language API is loaded
-                $.translate().ui({
-                      tags: ["select", "option"],
-                      // a function that filters the languages:
-                      {% if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_TRANSLATE_TICKET_COMMENTS_LANG %}
-                      filter: {{ helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_TRANSLATE_TICKET_COMMENTS_LANG|safe }},
-                      {% else %}
-                      // all languages
-                      filter: $.translate.isTranslatable, 
-                      {% endif %}
-                      //a function that returns the text to display based on the language code:
-                      label: $.translate.toNativeLanguage ||
-                             function(langCode, lang){
-                               return $.translate.capitalize(lang);
-                             },
-                      // whether to include the UNKNOWN:"" along with the languages:
-                      includeUnknown: false,
-                })
-
-                .click(function(){ // when selecting a language - 'change' is not enough, because your first language in the menu might be your target language
-                    $('#translate_block').translate( '', $(this).val(), { // translate from current language to the selected language
-                      not: '.option, select, pre, .translate_dropdown', // exclude these elements
-                      fromOriginal: true, // always translate from original version (even after the page has been translated)
-                      async:  true, // this prevents the browser from freezing on larger sites by executing each DOM filtering iteration with a delay
-                      toggle: true, // all translation will be cached (stored with $.data) and used if it's found, or translated to otherwise
-                      walk: true // finds elements having textnodes and translates only their content; on very large and complex pages this might take some time 
-                    })
-                })
-                .appendTo('#translate_dropdown'); // insert the dropdown menu to the page
-
-            });
-            {% endif %}
-
-        });
-        </script>
-        {% endcomment %}
-        
         <style type="text/css">
         /* hide google translate top bar */
         .goog-te-banner-frame {display: none !important;}