diff --git a/templates/webapps/galaxy/history/embed.mako b/templates/webapps/galaxy/history/embed.mako
index 40b41ba85f2..86628228d52 100644
--- a/templates/webapps/galaxy/history/embed.mako
+++ b/templates/webapps/galaxy/history/embed.mako
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 %>
 <div id="history-${encoded_history_id}" class='embedded-item display history'>
     <div class='title'>
-        <div style="float: left">
-            <a class="expand-content-btn icon-button toggle-expand" href="${display_href}"
-               title="Show or hide history contents"></a>
-        </div>
         <div style="float: right;">
-            <a title="Import history" class="icon-button import" href="javascript:void(0)"></a>
             <a title="View history" class="icon-button go-to-full-screen" href="${display_href}"></a>
         </div>
         <h4>
@@ -28,99 +23,4 @@
     <div class='summary-content'>
         ## currently, no summary content for history
     </div>
-    <div class='expanded-content'>
-        <div class='item-content'>
-            <div class='history-panel'></div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
 </div>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-// Embedding the same history more than once will confuse DOM ids.
-//  In order to handle this, find this script and cache the previous node (the div above).
-//  (Since we need thisScript to be locally scoped or it will get overwritten, enclose in self-calling function)
-(function(){
-    var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' );
-        // this is executed immediately, so the last script will be this script
-    var thisScript = scripts[ scripts.length - 1 ];
-    var $embeddedHistory = $( thisScript ).prev();
-
-    var $embeddedHistory = $( thisScript ).prev();
-    $embeddedHistory.find( '.item-content' ).addClass( 'flex-vertical-container' );
-
-    $(function(){
-        var HistoryContentsWithAnnotations = window.bundleEntries.HistoryContents.extend({
-            _buildFetchData : function( options ){
-                console.log( '_buildFetchData:' );
-                options = options || {};
-                if( !options.keys && !options.view ){
-                    options.view = 'summary';
-                    options.keys = 'annotation,tags';
-                }
-                return window.bundleEntries.HistoryContents.prototype._buildFetchData.call( this, options );
-            }
-        });
-        var HistoryWithAnnotations = window.bundleEntries.History.extend({
-            contentsClass : HistoryContentsWithAnnotations
-        });
-
-        var historyJSON = ${h.dumps( history_dict )};
-        var historyModel = new HistoryWithAnnotations( historyJSON, null, {
-            order           : 'hid-asc',
-        });
-
-        var historyView = new window.bundleEntries.HistoryViewAnnotated.AnnotatedHistoryView({
-            el          : $embeddedHistory.find( ".history-panel" ),
-            className   : window.bundleEntries.HistoryViewAnnotated.AnnotatedHistoryView.prototype.className + ' wide',
-            model       : historyModel
-        });
-
-        historyView.trigger( 'loading' );
-        historyModel.fetchContents({ silent: true })
-            .fail( function(){ alert( 'Galaxy history failed to load' ); })
-            .done( function(){
-                historyView.trigger( 'loading-done' );
-                historyView.render();
-            });
-
-        function toggleExpanded( ev ){
-            ev.preventDefault();
-            $embeddedHistory.find( '.expand-content-btn' ).toggleClass( 'toggle-expand' ).toggleClass( 'toggle' );
-            $embeddedHistory.find( ".summary-content" ).slideToggle( "fast" );
-            $embeddedHistory.find( ".annotation" ).slideToggle( "fast" );
-            $embeddedHistory.find( ".expanded-content" ).slideToggle( "fast" );
-        }
-
-        $embeddedHistory.find( '.expand-content-btn' ).click( toggleExpanded );
-        $embeddedHistory.find( '.toggle-embed' ).click( toggleExpanded );
-
-        function showConfirmationModal( name ){
-            var body = [
-                    '<div class="donemessagelarge">',
-                        _l( 'History imported' ), ': ', _.escape( historyModel.get( 'name' ) ),
-                    '</div>'
-                ].join('');
-            Galaxy.modal.show({
-                title : _l( 'Success!' ),
-                body : $( body ),
-                buttons : {
-                    'Return to the published page' : function(){
-                        Galaxy.modal.hide();
-                    },
-                    'Start using the history' : function(){
-                        window.location = Galaxy.root;
-                    },
-                }
-            });
-            Galaxy.modal.$( '.modal-header' ).hide();
-            Galaxy.modal.$( '.modal-body' ).css( 'padding-bottom', 0 );
-            Galaxy.modal.$( '.modal-footer' ).css({ border : 0, 'padding-top': 0 });
-        }
-
-        $embeddedHistory.find( '.import' ).click( function( ev ){
-            var dialogOptions = { useImport: true, allowAll: false, autoClose: false };
-            window.bundleEntries.HistoryCopyDialog( historyModel, dialogOptions ).done( showConfirmationModal );
-        })
-    });
-})();
-</script>