diff --git a/actions/bookmarklet.php b/actions/bookmarklet.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cf4e58f89..0000000000
--- a/actions/bookmarklet.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- *
- * Handler for posting new notices
- *
- * PHP version 5
- *
- * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * @category  Bookmarklet
- * @package   StatusNet
- * @author    Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
- * @copyright 2008-2009 StatusNet, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link      http://status.net/
- */
-
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-require_once INSTALLDIR . '/actions/newnotice.php';
-
-/**
- * Action for posting a notice
- *
- * @category Bookmarklet
- * @package  StatusNet
- * @author   Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
- * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link     http://status.net/
- */
-class BookmarkletAction extends NewnoticeAction
-{
-    function showTitle()
-    {
-        // TRANS: Title for mini-posting window loaded from bookmarklet.
-        // TRANS: %s is the StatusNet site name.
-        $this->element('title', null, sprintf(_('Post to %s'), common_config('site', 'name')));
-    }
-
-    function showHeader()
-    {
-        $this->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'header'));
-        $this->elementStart('address');
-        $this->element('a', array('class' => 'url',
-                                  'href' => common_local_url('public')),
-                         '');
-        $this->elementEnd('address');
-        if (common_logged_in()) {
-            $this->showNoticeForm();
-        }
-        $this->elementEnd('div');
-    }
-
-    function showCore()
-    {
-    }
-
-    function showFooter()
-    {
-    }
-}
diff --git a/js/util.js b/js/util.js
index 5f95595edd..5cab244bee 100644
--- a/js/util.js
+++ b/js/util.js
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ var SN = { // StatusNet
          * @fixme cookieValue is a global variable, but probably shouldn't be
          * @fixme saving the location cache cookies should be split out
          * @fixme some error messages are hardcoded english: needs i18n
-         * @fixme special-case for bookmarklet is confusing and uses a global var "self". Is this ok?
          *
          * @param {jQuery} form: jQuery object whose first element is a form
          *
@@ -394,11 +393,6 @@ var SN = { // StatusNet
                     if (errorResult.length > 0) {
                         showFeedback('error', errorResult.text());
                     } else {
-                        if ($('body')[0].id == 'bookmarklet') {
-                            // @fixme self is not referenced anywhere?
-                            self.close();
-                        }
-
                         var commandResult = $('#' + SN.C.S.CommandResult, data);
                         if (commandResult.length > 0) {
                             showFeedback('success', commandResult.text());
diff --git a/lib/installer.php b/lib/installer.php
index 5e483df82c..43d0507d8f 100644
--- a/lib/installer.php
+++ b/lib/installer.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ abstract class Installer
         }
         // @fixme hardcoded list; should use Nickname::isValid()
         // if/when it's safe to have loaded the infrastructure here
-        $blacklist = array('main', 'panel', 'twitter', 'settings', 'rsd.xml', 'favorited', 'featured', 'favoritedrss', 'featuredrss', 'rss', 'getfile', 'api', 'groups', 'group', 'peopletag', 'tag', 'user', 'message', 'conversation', 'bookmarklet', 'notice', 'attachment', 'search', 'index.php', 'doc', 'opensearch', 'robots.txt', 'xd_receiver.html', 'facebook');
+        $blacklist = array('main', 'panel', 'twitter', 'settings', 'rsd.xml', 'favorited', 'featured', 'favoritedrss', 'featuredrss', 'rss', 'getfile', 'api', 'groups', 'group', 'peopletag', 'tag', 'user', 'message', 'conversation', 'notice', 'attachment', 'search', 'index.php', 'doc', 'opensearch', 'robots.txt', 'xd_receiver.html', 'facebook');
         if (in_array($this->adminNick, $blacklist)) {
             $this->updateStatus('The user nickname "' . htmlspecialchars($this->adminNick) .
                          '" is reserved.', true);
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 3febbbeff4..888d1f28dd 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ class Router
 
             $m->connect('notice/delete', array('action' => 'deletenotice'));
 
-            $m->connect('bookmarklet/new', array('action' => 'bookmarklet'));
-
             // conversation
 
             $m->connect('conversation/:id',
diff --git a/theme/base/css/display.css b/theme/base/css/display.css
index 11956f054b..55d1e8e91a 100644
--- a/theme/base/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/base/css/display.css
@@ -1179,16 +1179,6 @@ display:none;
 clear:both;
 }
 
-#bookmarklet address {
-display:none;
-}
-#bookmarklet .form_notice {
-width:auto;
-}
-#bookmarklet #wrap {
-min-width:0;
-}
-
 button.close,
 button.minimize {
 width:16px;