diff --git a/controllers/user.js b/controllers/user.js
index 48e8ee4bf0..98236391a2 100644
--- a/controllers/user.js
+++ b/controllers/user.js
@@ -158,18 +158,9 @@ exports.postEmailSignup = function(req, res, next) {
  */
 
 exports.getAccount = function(req, res) {
-  Challenge.find({}, null, { sort: { challengeNumber: 1 } }, function(err, c) {
-    if (err) {
-      console.error('Challenge err: ', err);
-      next(err);
-    }
     res.render('account/account', {
-      title: 'Manage your Free Code Camp Account',
-      challenges: c,
-      ch: req.user.challengesHash,
-      moment: moment
+      title: 'Manage your Free Code Camp Account'
     });
-  });
 };
 
 /**
@@ -177,15 +168,9 @@ exports.getAccount = function(req, res) {
  */
 
  exports.getAccountAngular = function(req, res) {
-  Challenge.find({}, null, { sort: { challengeNumber: 1 } }, function(err, c) {
-    if (err) {
-      console.error('Challenge err: ', err);
-      next(err);
-    }
     res.json({
       user: req.user
     });
-  });
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/views/layout.jade b/views/layout.jade
index 83ef4770e8..6e5cadeefd 100644
--- a/views/layout.jade
+++ b/views/layout.jade
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ html(ng-app='profileValidation', lang='en')
     script(src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js")
     script(src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.11/angular.min.js")
     script(src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-bootstrap/0.12.0/ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js")
-    link(rel='shortcut icon', href='//s3.amazonaws.com/freecodecamp/favicon.ico')
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css')
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css')
-    link(rel='stylesheet', href='//code.ionicframework.com/ionicons/2.0.0/css/ionicons.min.css')
     include partials/meta
     title #{title} | Free Code Camp
     meta(charset='utf-8')