diff --git a/client/js/common/google-api.js b/client/js/common/google-api.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 077116e7..00000000
--- a/client/js/common/google-api.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-const flyd = require('flyd')
-const filter = require('flyd/module/filter')
-const R = require('ramda')
-
-var googz = {}
-
-// loads client API and returns a true stream if user is already signed in
-googz.init = scope => {
-  if(document.getElementById('googzAuthApi')) return
-  var script = document.createElement('script')
-  script.type = 'text/javascript'
-  script.id = 'googzAuthApi'
-  document.body.appendChild(script)
-  script.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/api.js?onload=loadGoogleClientLib'
-
-  const isSignedIn$ = flyd.stream()
-
-  window.loadGoogleClientLib = _ => {
-    gapi.load('client:auth2', _ => {
-      gapi.client.setApiKey(app.google_api)
-      gapi.auth2.init(
-        {'client_id': app.google_auth_client_id
-        , 'scope': scope}
-      ).then(_ => {
-        isSignedIn$(gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.get())
-      })
-    }) 
-  }
-  return isSignedIn$
-}
-
-// returns a stream that will have a value once the user has signed in
-googz.signIn = _ => {
-  const isSigningIn$ = flyd.stream()
-  gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().signIn().then(isSigningIn$)
-  return isSigningIn$
-}
-
-// returns a stream with the email of the signed in user
-googz.email = _ => {
-  const email$ = flyd.stream()
-  var profile = gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance()
-  var email = profile.currentUser.get().getBasicProfile().getEmail()
-  return email$(email)
-}
-
-module.exports = googz
-
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/generate-content.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/generate-content.js
index 6d740c2c..b392c127 100644
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/generate-content.js
+++ b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/generate-content.js
@@ -100,16 +100,15 @@ exports.SupporterNote = (data, state) => {
 
 exports.SupporterEmail = (data, state) => {
   var jd = data.json_data
-  var canView = jd.from === state.gmail.from$()
+  var canView = false
   var body = [h('span', `Subject: ${jd.subject}`), h('br')]
   var thread =  h('a', {props: {href: '#'}, on: {click: [state.threadId$, jd.gmail_thread_id]}}, 'View thread')
-  var signIn = h('small', [
-    h('a', {props: {href: '#'}, on: {click: state.gmail.newSignIn$}}, 'Sign in')
-  , ` as ${jd.from} to view thread`])
+  
   return {
     title: `Email thread started by ${jd.from}`
   , icon: 'fa-envelope'
-  , body: canView ? R.concat(body, thread) : R.concat(body, signIn)
+  , body: body
+ // , body: canView ? R.concat(body, thread) : R.concat(body, signIn)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/compose-modal.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/compose-modal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8894f011..00000000
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/compose-modal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-const modal = require('ff-core/modal')
-const h = require('snabbdom/h')
-const validated = require('ff-core/validated-form')
-const button = require('ff-core/button')
-const R = require('ramda')
-
-module.exports = state => 
-  modal({
-    title: h('h4.modalTitle', 'Email')
-  , id$: state.modalID$
-  , thisID: 'composeGmailModal'
-  , body: body(state) 
-  })
-
-const fieldset = (name, placeholder, field) =>
-  h('fieldset.group.u-marginTop--10', [
-    h('label.u-inlineBlock.col-2.u-paddingTop--5', utils.capitalize(name) + ': ')
-  , h('div.col-right-10.u-margin--0', [
-     field(h('textarea.u-margin--0', {props: {rows: '1', name, placeholder}}))
-    ])
-  ])
-
-const group = (labelText, spanContent) => 
-  h('div.group.u-marginBottom--10',[
-    h('label.u-inlineBlock.col-2', `${labelText}: `)
-  , h('span.col-right--10', [spanContent])
-  ])
-
-const body = state => {
-  var gmail = state.gmail
-  var to = state.supporter$().email
-  var from = gmail.from$()
-  var field = validated.field(gmail.composeForm)
-  return validated.form(gmail.composeForm, h('form', [
-    group('From'
-    , h('span', [ 
-        gmail.from$() + ''
-      , h('a.u-small.u-paddingLeft--10', {props: {href: '#'}, on: {click: gmail.newSignIn$}}
-        , '(Switch account)')
-      ])
-    )
-  , group('To', to + '')
-  , h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'from', value: gmail.from$()}})
-  , field(h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'to', value: to}}))
-  , fieldset('cc', 'Cc (separate with commas)', field) 
-  , fieldset('bcc', 'Bcc (separate with commas)', field) 
-  , fieldset('subject', 'Subject (required)', field) 
-  , field(h('textarea.u-marginTop--10', {props: {name: 'body', placeholder: 'Message', rows: '10'}}))
-  , h('div.u-marginTop--20.u-centered', [
-      button({buttonText: 'Send', loadingText: 'Sending...', loading$: state.loading$, error: state.error$})
-    ])
-  ]))
-}
-
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/format.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/format.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c02664a..00000000
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/format.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-const R = require('ramda')
-const moment = require('moment')
-
-const b64 = require('../../../../../components/b64')
-const encode = require( '../../../../../components/encode-plain-email')
-
-const format = {}
-
-format.composeData = data => {
-  const cleanArray = s => s.replace(/ /g, '').split(',')
-  data.cc = data.cc   ? cleanArray(data.cc)  : false
-  data.bcc = data.bcc ? cleanArray(data.bcc) : false
-  return {'userId': 'me', 'resource': {'raw': encode(data)}}
-}
-
-format.replyData = data => {
-  return {'userId': 'me', 'resource': {'raw': encode(data), 'threadId': data.threadId}}
-}
-
-format.saveData = (resp, formData) => {
-  var data = R.omit(['cc', 'bcc'], formData)
-  return R.merge(data, {
-      supporter_id: appl.supporter_details.id
-    , nonprofit_id: app.nonprofit_id
-    , recipient_count: '1' 
-    , gmail_thread_id: resp.threadId 
-    }
-  )
-}
-
-format.thread = r => {
-  const value = (s, o) => {
-    var obj = R.find(R.propEq('name', s), o)
-    if (!obj) return false
-    return obj.value
-  }
-
-  const cleanReply = s => {
-    // remove all the replies within the message
-    var reply = R.take(1, s.split(/\n> /)).join('\n').trim()
-    // remove signature
-    return R.dropLast(1, reply.split(/\n/)).join('\n').trim()
-  }
-
-  var firstHeader = r.messages[0].payload.headers
-
-  var from = value('From', firstHeader)
-
-  var thread = {subject: value('Subject', firstHeader)}
-
-  thread.messages = R.map(m => {
-    var headers = m.payload.headers
-    return {
-      from:  value('From', headers)
-    , to:    value('To', headers)
-    , cc:    value('Cc', headers)
-    , bcc:   value('Bcc', headers)
-    , date:  moment(value('Date', headers)).format("ddd, M/D/YYYY, h:mmA")
-    , body:  m.payload.parts
-      ? cleanReply(b64.decode(R.find(R.propEq('mimeType', 'text/plain'), m.payload.parts).body.data))
-      : b64.decode(m.payload.body.data)
-    }
-  }, r.messages)
-
-  return thread
-}
-
-module.exports = format
-
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/index.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd8da67..00000000
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-// npm
-const R = require('ramda')
-const serialize = require('form-serialize')
-const flyd = require('flyd')
-const mergeAll = require('flyd/module/mergeall')
-const filter = require('flyd/module/filter')
-const keepWhen = require('flyd/module/keepwhen')
-const takeUntil = require('flyd/module/takeuntil')
-const sampleOn = require('flyd/module/sampleon')
-const zip = require('flyd-zip')
-const url$ = require('flyd-url')
-const snabbdom = require('snabbdom')
-const h = require('snabbdom/h')
-const render = require('ff-core/render')
-const validated = require('ff-core/validated-form')
-const notification = require('ff-core/notification')
-
-const flatMap = R.curry(require('flyd/module/flatmap'))
-
-// common
-const request = require('../../../../../common/request')
-const googz = require('../../../../../common/google-api')
-
-// from gmail dir 
-const format = require('./format')
-
-var constraints = {
-  to: {email: true, required: true}
-, cc: {email: true}
-, bcc: {email: true}
-, subject: {required: true}
-, body: {required: true}
-}
-
-function init(parentState) {
-  var state = {}
-
-  const isSignedInOnLoad$ = googz.init('https://mail.google.com/')
-
-  state.newSignIn$ = flyd.stream()
-
-  const signInClick$ = R.compose(
-    filter(R.not)
-  , sampleOn(R.__, isSignedInOnLoad$)
-  )(parentState.clickComposing$)
-
-  const isSignedInWithClick$ = flatMap(googz.signIn, 
-      flyd.merge(state.newSignIn$, signInClick$))
-
-  const isSignedIn$ = flyd.merge(isSignedInOnLoad$, isSignedInWithClick$)
-  
-  flyd.map(loadGmailApi, isSignedIn$)
-
-  state.from$ = R.compose(
-    flatMap(googz.email)
-  , filter(Boolean)
-  )(isSignedIn$)
-
-  const threadData$ = flatMap(getThreadData, parentState.threadId$)
-
-  state.formattedThreadData$ = flyd.map(format.thread, threadData$)
-
-  state.composeForm = validated.init({constraints})
-  
-  state.replyForm = validated.init({constraints: {body: {required: true}}})
-
-  const formattedComposeData$ = flyd.map(format.composeData, state.composeForm.validData$)
-  
-  const formattedReplyData$ = flyd.map(format.replyData, state.replyForm.validData$)
-
-  const sendData$ = flyd.merge(formattedReplyData$, formattedComposeData$)
-
-  state.sendResponse$ = flatMap(send, sendData$)
-
-  const formattedSaveData$ = flyd.map(R.apply(format.saveData), zip([state.sendResponse$, state.composeForm.validData$]))
-
-  state.saveResult$ = flatMap(save, formattedSaveData$)
-
-  const afterCompose$ = sampleOn(state.sendResponse$, state.composeForm.submit$)
-
-  const afterReply$ = sampleOn(state.sendResponse$, state.replyForm.submit$)
-
-  flyd.map(_ => state.composeForm.submit$().reset(), afterCompose$)
-  flyd.map(_ => state.replyForm.submit$().reset(), afterReply$)
-
-  return state
-}
-
-const send = data => {
-  const result$ = flyd.stream()
-  gapi.client.gmail.users.messages.send(data).execute(result$)
-  return result$
-}
-
-const loadGmailApi = _ => {
-  if(gapi.client.gmail) return
-  gapi.client.load('gmail', 'v1')
-}
-
-const save = data => {
-  const path = `/nonprofits/${app.nonprofit_id}/supporter_emails/gmail`
-  var send = {gmail: data}
-  return flyd.map(req => req.body, request({method: 'post', path, send}).load)
-}
-
-const getThreadData = id =>  {
-  const result$ = flyd.stream()
-  gapi.client.gmail.users.threads.get({
-    'userId': 'me'
-  , 'id': id 
-  }).execute(result$)
-  return result$
-}
-
-module.exports = {init}
-
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/reply-modal.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/reply-modal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ea6dcc..00000000
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/gmail/reply-modal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-const modal = require('ff-core/modal')
-const h = require('snabbdom/h')
-const validated = require('ff-core/validated-form')
-const button = require('ff-core/button')
-const R = require('ramda')
-
-module.exports = state => {
-  if(!state.gmail.formattedThreadData$()) return ''
-  return modal({
-    title: h('h4.modalTitle', state.gmail.formattedThreadData$().subject)
-  , id$: state.modalID$
-  , thisID: 'replyGmailModal'
-  , body: body(state) 
-  })
-}
-
-const group = (labelText, spanText) => 
-  h('div.group.u-marginBottom--5',[
-    h('label.u-inlineBlock.col-2', `${labelText}: `)
-  , h('span.col-right--10', spanText + '')
-  ])
-
-const body = state =>
-  h('div', [
-    h('div', R.map(message, state.gmail.formattedThreadData$().messages))
-  , form(state)
-  ])
-
-const message = m => 
-  h('section.pastelBox--grey.u-padding--10.u-marginBottom--20.u-medPs', [
-    h('table.u-width--full', [
-      h('tr', [
-        h('td', [h('small.u-strong', m.from)])
-      , h('td', [h('small.u-textAlign--right.u-block', m.date)])
-      ])
-    ])
-  , h('div', R.map(greyP, R.filter(x => x.email, 
-      [{label: 'to', email: m.to}, {label: 'cc', email: m.cc}, {label: 'bcc', email: m.bcc}]))
-    )
-  , h('p.u-marginTop--20', {style: {whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap'}}, m.body)
-  ])
-
-const greyP = x => h('p.u-margin--0', [h('small.u-color--grey', `${x.label}   ${x.email}`)])
-
-const form = state => {
-  var gmail = state.gmail
-  var to = state.supporter$().email
-  var from = gmail.from$()
-  var field = validated.field(gmail.replyForm)
-  return validated.form(gmail.replyForm, h('form.u-marginTop--30', [
-    group('From', from)
-  , group('To', to)
-  , h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'from', value: from}})
-  , h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'to', value: to}})
-  , h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'subject', value: gmail.formattedThreadData$().subject}})
-  , h('input', {props: {type: 'hidden', name: 'threadId', value: state.threadId$()}})
-  , field(h('textarea.u-marginTop--10', {props: {name: 'body', placeholder: 'Reply', rows: '10'}}))
-  , h('div.u-marginTop--20.u-centered', [
-      button({buttonText: 'Send reply', loadingText: 'Sending reply...', loading$: state.loading$})
-    ])
-  ]))
-}
-
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/index.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/index.js
index 19e97962..6dc50841 100644
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/index.js
+++ b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/index.js
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ const notification = require('ff-core/notification')
 const request = require('../../../../common/request')
 const confirm = require('../../../../components/confirmation-modal')
 
-const gmail = require('./gmail')
 const actions = require('./supporter-actions')
 const activities = require('./supporter-activities')
-const replyModal = require('./gmail/reply-modal')
-const composeModal = require('./gmail/compose-modal')
 const offsiteDonationForm = require('./offsite-donation-form')
 const supporterNoteForm = require('./supporter-note-form')
 
@@ -51,9 +48,6 @@ const init = _ => {
 
   state.supporter$ = flyd.merge(supporterResp$, flyd.stream({}))
 
-  state.composeOrReply$ = flyd.merge(state.clickComposing$, state.threadId$)
-
-  state.gmail = gmail.init(state)
   
   state.offsiteDonationForm = offsiteDonationForm.init(state)
 
@@ -77,7 +71,6 @@ const init = _ => {
   // All streams that we want to trigger a refresh of the supporter timeline
   const fetchActivitiesWith$ = mergeAll([
     state.pathPrefix$
-  , state.gmail.saveResult$
   , state.offsiteDonationForm.saved$
   , state.supporterNoteForm.saved$
   , deleteNoteResp$
@@ -92,22 +85,12 @@ const init = _ => {
   state.activities = activities.init(state)
 
   state.modalID$ = mergeAll([
-    flyd.map(()=> 'composeGmailModal', state.clickComposing$)
-  , flyd.map(()=> 'replyGmailModal', state.threadId$)
   , flyd.map(()=> 'newSupporterNoteModal', state.editNoteData$)
-  , flyd.map(()=> null, state.gmail.sendResponse$)
   , flyd.map(()=> null, state.supporterNoteForm.saved$)
   ])
 
-  state.loading$ = mergeAll([
-    flyd.map(R.always(true), state.gmail.composeForm.validData$)
-  , flyd.map(R.always(true), state.gmail.replyForm.validData$)
-  , flyd.map(R.always(false), state.gmail.sendResponse$)
-  ])
-
 
   const message$ = mergeAll([
-    flyd.map(()=> 'Email sent', state.gmail.sendResponse$)
   , flyd.map(()=> 'Successfully created a new offsite contribution', state.offsiteDonationForm.saved$)
   , flyd.map(()=> `Successfully ${noteMsg(state.noteAjaxMethod$)} supporter note`, state.supporterNoteForm.saved$)
   , flyd.map(()=> 'Successfully deleted supporter note', deleteNoteResp$)
@@ -141,11 +124,9 @@ const view = state => {
   return h('div', [
     actions.view(state)
   , activities.view(state)
-  , composeModal(state)
   , notification.view(state.notification)
   , offsiteDonationForm.view(R.merge(state.offsiteDonationForm))
   , supporterNoteForm.view(R.merge(state.supporterNoteForm, {modalID$: state.modalID$}))
-  , replyModal(state)
   , confirm.view(state.confirmDelete, 'Are you sure you want to delete this note?')
   ])
 }
diff --git a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/supporter-actions.js b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/supporter-actions.js
index 6fd4a969..304d0ba3 100644
--- a/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/supporter-actions.js
+++ b/client/js/nonprofits/supporters/index/sidepanel/supporter-actions.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const button = (text, stream) =>
 const view = state => 
   h('section.timeline-actions.u-padding--10', [
     button('Note', state.newNote$)
-  , button('Email', state.clickComposing$)
+  , button('Email', () => { window.open(`mailto:${state.supporter$().email}`)})
   , button('Donation', () => appl.open_donation_modal(state.supporter$().id,
     () => {state.offsiteDonationForm.saved$(Math.random())}
     )