diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/css/pages.css b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/css/pages.css
index 280116a176..1c6b5738ff 100644
--- a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/css/pages.css
+++ b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/css/pages.css
@@ -687,26 +687,6 @@ table.user-projects {
   background: #747477;
   vertical-align: top;
 }
-.new-mail-indicator {
-  background: url(../images/icon-mail.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
-  background-size: 25px;
-  float: right;
-  height: 25px;
-  margin-top: 5px;
-  text-align: center;
-  width: 25px;
-}
-.new-mail-indicator .item-count-wrapper {
-  background: none;
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 0;
-}
-.new-mail-indicator .item-count {
-  background-color: #800;
-  color: #fff;
-  margin: 6px 0 0;
-  padding: 0 1px;
-}
 
 .item-list .pager {
   font-size: 10px;
diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/images/icon-mail.png b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/images/icon-mail.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 757b7ae4e9..0000000000
Binary files a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/images/icon-mail.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/templates/page.tpl.php b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/templates/page.tpl.php
index 30c4799def..6df6cc389c 100644
--- a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/templates/page.tpl.php
+++ b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/themes/boinc/templates/page.tpl.php
@@ -148,21 +148,6 @@
     <div id="header-wrapper" class="shadow">
     
     <div id="header"><div class="section clearfix">
-    
-    <?php if ($logged_in): ?>
-      <?php $pm_count = privatemsg_unread_count(); ?>
-      <?php if ($pm_count): ?>
-        <a href="<?php echo $base_path; ?>messages">
-          <div class="new-mail-indicator">
-            <div class="item-count-wrapper">
-              <span class="item-count">
-                <?php print $pm_count; ?>
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </a>
-      <?php endif; ?>
-    <?php endif; ?>
 
       <?php if ($logo): ?>
         <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print bts('Home'); ?>" rel="home" id="logo"><img src="<?php print $logo; ?>" alt="<?php print bts('Home'); ?>" /></a>