diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/ChatView.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/ChatView.js
index 186a61f6..b2220ab0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/ChatView.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/ChatView.js
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 
 import Backbone from 'backbone'
 import { Howl } from 'howler'
-import React from 'react'
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
-// TODO is this line good or bad
-// Backbone.$ = window.$
 
 import Active from '../Active'
 import DataModel from '../DataModel'
-import Realtime from '../Realtime'
 import ReactApp from '../GlobalUI/ReactApp'
 
 const ChatView = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
index a352cb44..cc77dc83 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /* global $ */
 
-import React from 'react'
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
-
 import Active from '../Active'
 import Visualize from '../Visualize'
 import GlobalUI, { ReactApp } from '../GlobalUI'