diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/discourse-banner.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/discourse-banner.js.handlebars
index 40234a4ee..191cf13ca 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/discourse-banner.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/discourse-banner.js.handlebars
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
       <div class="close" {{action dismiss}}><i class="fa fa-times" title="{{i18n banner.close}}"></i></div>
       {{{banner.html}}}
     </div>
-    <a href="{{unbound banner.url}}" title="{{i18n banner.read_more.title}}">{{i18n banner.read_more.text}}</a>
   </div>
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/banner.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/banner.css.scss
index 70ff223c1..4803d05f0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/banner.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/banner.css.scss
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     font-size: 25px !important;
     margin-top: -10px !important;
   }
+
   .meta {
     display: none;
   }
diff --git a/app/models/topic.rb b/app/models/topic.rb
index 23efb66a2..5410d91d7 100644
--- a/app/models/topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic.rb
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     {
       html: post.cooked,
-      url: self.url,
       key: self.id
     }
   end
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 22c5b5fad..11f76e011 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ en:
 
     banner:
       close: "Dismiss this banner."
-      read_more:
-        title: "Click to go to the topic."
-        text: "Read more"
 
     choose_topic:
       none_found: "No topics found."