diff --git a/js/menu.js b/js/menu.js
index 3931f9aed0..2d4a47778d 100644
--- a/js/menu.js
+++ b/js/menu.js
@@ -1,26 +1,4 @@
 var tocData;
-var treeOutput = new Array();
-function renderTree(tree)
-{
-  for (var i=0; i < tree.length; i++)
-  {
-    if (tree[i].heading)
-    {
-      // render a heading
-    } else {
-      if (tree[i].sectiontitle) {
-        treeOutput.push('<li class="leaf menu-closed"><a href="#" class="expand-menu "><span class="menu-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>' + tree[i].sectiontitle + '</a>');
-        treeOutput.push('<ul class="nav-sub">');
-        renderTree(tree[i].section);
-        treeOutput.push('</ul>');
-      } else {
-        treeOutput.push('<li class="leaf"><a href="' + tree[i].path +'" class="');
-        if (tree[i].path == window.location.pathname) treeOutput.push('active currentPage');
-        treeOutput.push('">' + tree[i].title + '</a></li>');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
 function hookupTOCEvents()
 {
   // do after tree render
@@ -41,14 +19,6 @@ function hookupTOCEvents()
   });
 }
 jQuery(document).ready(function(){
-  /*
-    $.getJSON( "/toc.txt", function( data ) {
-      tocData = data;
-      renderTree(data.toc);
-      $(".nav-sub").html(treeOutput.join(''));
-      hookupTOCEvents();
-    });
-    */
     hookupTOCEvents();
     $("#TableOfContents ul").empty();
 
diff --git a/toc.txt b/toc.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d338bf0d7..0000000000
--- a/toc.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: null
----
-{{ site.data.toc | jsonify }}