diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 73e1e5989..0dc312a0a 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 var express = require('express');
 var UploadService = require('./services/upload');
-var EmbedService = require('./services/embed');
 
 // Express app
 var app = express();
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ app.get('/', function(req, res) {
 });
 
 app.post('/upload', UploadService);
-app.get('/embed', EmbedService);
 
 app.listen(process.env.PORT || 5000, function() {
   console.log('content-kit-server: listening on port %d', this.address().port);
diff --git a/server/services/embed.js b/server/services/embed.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc227dc99..000000000
--- a/server/services/embed.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-var embedly = require('embedly');
-
-module.exports = function(req, res) {
-
-  new embedly({key: process.env.EMBEDLY_KEY}, function(err, api) {
-    if (err) {
-      return res.status(500).json(err);
-    }
-
-    var url = req.query.url;
-    if (!(/^https?:\/\//i).test(url)) {
-      url = 'http://' + url;
-    }
-
-    api.oembed({url: url}, function(err, objs) {
-      if (err) {
-        var message = window.JSON.parse(objs).error_message;
-        return res.status(500).json(message);
-      }
-
-      res.json(objs[0]);
-    });
-
-  });
-
-};
diff --git a/src/js/commands/oembed.js b/src/js/commands/oembed.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cc52ad398..000000000
--- a/src/js/commands/oembed.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-import Command from './base';
-import Prompt from '../views/prompt';
-import Message from '../views/message';
-import { inherit } from 'content-kit-utils';
-import { OEmbedder } from '../utils/http-utils';
-
-/*
-function loadTwitterWidgets(element) {
-  if (window.twttr) {
-    window.twttr.widgets.load(element);
-  } else {
-    var script = document.createElement('script');
-    script.async = true;
-    script.src = 'http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';
-    document.head.appendChild(script);
-  }
-}
-*/
-
-function OEmbedCommand(options) {
-  Command.call(this, {
-    name: 'embed',
-    button: '<i class="ck-icon-embed"></i>',
-    prompt: new Prompt({
-      command: this,
-      placeholder: 'Paste a YouTube or Twitter url...'
-    })
-  });
-
-  this.embedService = new OEmbedder({ url: options.serviceUrl });
-}
-inherit(OEmbedCommand, Command);
-
-OEmbedCommand.prototype.exec = function(url) {
-  var command = this;
-  var embedIntent = command.embedIntent;
-
-  embedIntent.showLoading();
-  this.embedService.fetch({
-    url: url,
-    complete: function(response, error) {
-      embedIntent.hideLoading();
-      if (error) {
-        var errorMsg = error;
-        if (error.target && error.target.status === 0) {
-          errorMsg = 'Error: could not connect to embed service.';
-        } else if (typeof error !== 'string') {
-          errorMsg = 'Error: unexpected embed error.';
-        }
-        new Message().showError(errorMsg);
-        embedIntent.show();
-      } else if (response.error_message) {
-        new Message().showError(response.error_message);
-        embedIntent.show();
-      } else {
-        throw new Error('Unimplemented EmbedModel is not a thing');
-      }
-    }
-  });
-};
-
-export default OEmbedCommand;
diff --git a/src/js/editor/editor.js b/src/js/editor/editor.js
index 277de63ce..ada2da6e5 100644
--- a/src/js/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/js/editor/editor.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import SubheadingCommand from '../commands/subheading';
 import UnorderedListCommand from '../commands/unordered-list';
 import OrderedListCommand from '../commands/ordered-list';
 import ImageCommand from '../commands/image';
-import OEmbedCommand from '../commands/oembed';
 import CardCommand from '../commands/card';
 
 import ImageCard from '../cards/image';
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ const defaults = {
   ],
   embedCommands: [
     new ImageCommand(),
-    new OEmbedCommand({ serviceUrl: '/embed'  }),
     new CardCommand()
   ],
   autoTypingCommands: [
diff --git a/src/js/utils/http-utils.js b/src/js/utils/http-utils.js
index 7347995b9..337e1bba6 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/http-utils.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/http-utils.js
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ function createXHR(options) {
   return xhr;
 }
 
-function xhrGet(options) {
-  options.method = 'GET';
-  var xhr = createXHR(options);
-  try {
-    xhr.send();
-  } catch(error) {}
-}
-
 function xhrPost(options) {
   options.method = 'POST';
   var xhr = createXHR(options);
@@ -83,27 +75,4 @@ FileUploader.prototype.upload = function(options) {
   });
 };
 
-function OEmbedder(options) {
-  options = options || {};
-  var url = options.url;
-  if (url) {
-    this.url = url;
-  } else {
-    throw new Error('OEmbedder: setting the `url` to an embed service is required');
-  }
-}
-
-OEmbedder.prototype.fetch = function(options) {
-  var callback = options.complete;
-  xhrGet({
-    url: this.url + "?url=" + encodeURI(options.url),
-    success: function(response) {
-      if (callback) { callback.call(this, responseJSON(response)); }
-    },
-    error: function(error) {
-      if (callback) { callback.call(this, null, responseJSON(error)); }
-    }
-  });
-};
-
-export { FileUploader, OEmbedder };
+export { FileUploader };