diff --git a/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
index 9fc8cde76..20bf32c3a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class PoolElementsController < ApplicationController
     if @pool.present? && !@pool.is_deleted?
       @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
       @pool.add!(@post)
-      append_pool_to_session(@pool)
     else
       @error = "That pool does not exist"
     end
@@ -26,13 +25,4 @@ class PoolElementsController < ApplicationController
     @pools.each # hack to force rails to eager load
     @pools
   end
-
-  private
-
-  def append_pool_to_session(pool)
-    recent_pool_ids = session[:recent_pool_ids].to_s.scan(/\d+/)
-    recent_pool_ids << pool.id.to_s
-    recent_pool_ids = recent_pool_ids.slice(1, 5) if recent_pool_ids.size > 5
-    session[:recent_pool_ids] = recent_pool_ids.uniq.join(",")
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/pools_helper.rb b/app/helpers/pools_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f7dd1d71..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/pools_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-module PoolsHelper
-  def recent_updated_pools
-    pool_ids = session[:recent_pool_ids].to_s.scan(/\d+/)
-    if pool_ids.any?
-      Pool.where(["id IN (?)", pool_ids])
-    else
-      []
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb b/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
index 05752ce2c..205e03b3a 100644
--- a/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
@@ -11,14 +11,3 @@
     <%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
   </div>
 <% end %>
-
-<% if recent_updated_pools.any? %>
-  <div>
-    <h1>Recent Pools</h1>
-    <ul id="recent-pools">
-      <% recent_updated_pools.each do |pool| %>
-        <%= content_tag :li, pool.pretty_name, "data-value" => pool.name %>
-      <% end %>
-    </ul>
-  </div>
-<% end %>