diff --git a/packages/base-components/lib/common/Header.jsx b/packages/base-components/lib/common/Header.jsx
index 842cb791e..2f58c57d7 100644
--- a/packages/base-components/lib/common/Header.jsx
+++ b/packages/base-components/lib/common/Header.jsx
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ const Header = props => {
       
       {props.currentUser ? <p><a href={FlowRouter.path("account")}>My Account</a></p> : ""}
 
-      <ModalButton label="New Post" className="button button--primary">
-        <CanCreatePost user={props.currentUser}>
+      <CanCreatePost user={props.currentUser}>
+        <ModalButton label="New Post" className="button button--primary">
           <NewDocContainer collection={Posts} label="New Post" methodName="posts.new" callback={(post)=>{FlowRouter.go('posts.single', post);}}/>
-        </CanCreatePost>
-      </ModalButton>
+        </ModalButton>
+      </CanCreatePost>
 
       <FlashContainer />
 
diff --git a/packages/base-components/lib/posts/PostNew.jsx b/packages/base-components/lib/posts/PostNew.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 662851a7d..000000000
--- a/packages/base-components/lib/posts/PostNew.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// import Core from "meteor/nova:core";
-// ({Messages, NovaForms} = Core);
-
-// import Formsy from 'formsy-react';
-
-// const PostNew = React.createClass({
-
-//   propTypes: {
-//     currentUser: React.PropTypes.object,
-//     postNewCallback: React.PropTypes.func,
-//     closeModal: React.PropTypes.func
-//   },
-
-//   getInitialState() {
-//     return {
-//       canSubmit: false
-//     }
-//   },
-  
-//   submitForm(data) {
-//     // remove any empty properties
-//     post = _.compactObject(data); 
-
-//     post = Telescope.callbacks.run("posts.new.client", post);
-
-//     Meteor.call('posts.new', post, (error, post) => {
-//       if (error) {
-//         console.log(error)
-//         Messages.flash(error.message, "error")
-//       } else {
-//         Messages.flash("Post created.", "success");
-//         FlowRouter.go('posts.single', post);
-//         if (this.props.closeModal) {
-//           this.props.closeModal();
-//         }
-//       }
-//     });
-//   },
-
-//   render() {
-     
-//     ({CanCreatePost} = Telescope.components);
-
-//     const fields = Posts.simpleSchema().getEditableFields(this.props.currentUser);
-
-//     return (
-//       <CanCreatePost user={this.props.currentUser}>
-//         <div className="post-new">
-//           <h3>New Post</h3>
-//           <Formsy.Form onSubmit={this.submitForm}>
-//             {fields.map(fieldName => NovaForms.getComponent(fieldName, Posts.simpleSchema()._schema[fieldName]))}
-//             <button type="submit" className="button button--primary">Submit</button>
-//           </Formsy.Form>
-//         </div>
-//       </CanCreatePost>
-//     )
-//   }
-// });
-
-// module.exports = PostNew;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/base-components/lib/routes.jsx b/packages/base-components/lib/routes.jsx
index bd58f53fb..beeb048ee 100644
--- a/packages/base-components/lib/routes.jsx
+++ b/packages/base-components/lib/routes.jsx
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ FlowRouter.route('/posts/:_id', {
   }
 });
 
-FlowRouter.route('/posts/:_id/edit', {
-  name: 'posts.edit',
-  action(params, queryParams) {
-    ({AppContainer, ItemContainer} = Telescope.components);
-    mount(AppContainer, {content: <ItemContainer
-      collection={Posts} 
-      publication="posts.single" 
-      selector={{_id: params._id}}
-      terms={params}
-      component={PostEdit}
-    ><PostEdit/></ItemContainer>});
-  }
-});
+// FlowRouter.route('/posts/:_id/edit', {
+//   name: 'posts.edit',
+//   action(params, queryParams) {
+//     ({AppContainer, ItemContainer} = Telescope.components);
+//     mount(AppContainer, {content: <ItemContainer
+//       collection={Posts} 
+//       publication="posts.single" 
+//       selector={{_id: params._id}}
+//       terms={params}
+//       component={PostEdit}
+//     ><PostEdit/></ItemContainer>});
+//   }
+// });
 
 FlowRouter.route('/users/:slug', {
   name: 'users.single',
diff --git a/packages/nova-posts/lib/components.js b/packages/nova-posts/lib/components.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fd5c4254c..000000000
--- a/packages/nova-posts/lib/components.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// Telescope.registerComponent("PostNewContainer", require('./containers/PostNewContainer.jsx'));
-// Telescope.registerComponent("PostEditContainer", require('./containers/PostEditContainer.jsx'));
diff --git a/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostEditContainer.jsx b/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostEditContainer.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index cacf9d887..000000000
--- a/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostEditContainer.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// // not used anymore
-
-// const PostEditContainer = React.createClass({
-
-//   propTypes: {
-//     postId: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
-//   },
-
-//   mixins: [ReactMeteorData],
-  
-//   getMeteorData() {
-//     return {
-//       categories: Categories.find().fetch(),
-//       // postUrl: Session.get("postUrl"),
-//     };
-//   },
-
-//   render() {
-//     ({ItemContainer, PostEdit} = Telescope.components);
-
-//     return (
-//       <ItemContainer
-//         propsToPass={this.data}
-//         collection={Posts} 
-//         publication="posts.single" 
-//         terms={{_id: this.props.postId}} 
-//         component={PostEdit}
-//       />
-//     )
-//   }
-
-// });
-
-// module.exports = PostEditContainer;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostNewContainer.jsx b/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostNewContainer.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b5b16e18..000000000
--- a/packages/nova-posts/lib/containers/PostNewContainer.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// // not used anymore
-
-// const PostNewContainer = React.createClass({
-
-//   mixins: [ReactMeteorData],
-  
-//   getMeteorData() {
-
-//     return {
-//       // postUrl: Session.get("postUrl"), // replace with state?
-//       currentUser: Meteor.user()
-//     };
-//   },
-
-//   render() {
-//     ({PostNew} = Telescope.components);
-//     return <PostNew {...this.props} {...this.data} />;
-//   }
-
-// });
-
-// module.exports = PostNewContainer;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nova-posts/lib/server/publications.js b/packages/nova-posts/lib/server/publications.js
index 8547fda27..2a523c66c 100644
--- a/packages/nova-posts/lib/server/publications.js
+++ b/packages/nova-posts/lib/server/publications.js
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ Meteor.publish('posts.list', function (terms) {
     const posts = Posts.find(selector, options);
     const users = getPostsListUsers(posts);
 
-    
     return Users.can.view(currentUser) ? [posts, users] : [];
   
   // });
diff --git a/packages/nova-posts/package.js b/packages/nova-posts/package.js
index 1df661bb8..bca98779f 100644
--- a/packages/nova-posts/package.js
+++ b/packages/nova-posts/package.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Package.onUse(function (api) {
     'lib/config.js',
     'lib/collection.js',
     'lib/parameters.js',
-    'lib/components.js',
     'lib/notifications.js',
     'lib/views.js',
     'lib/helpers.js',