diff --git a/app/scripts/popup.js b/app/scripts/popup.js
index 096b56115..c7145bdd8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/popup.js
+++ b/app/scripts/popup.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const url = require('url')
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const async = require('async')
 const Dnode = require('dnode')
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ var css = MetaMaskUiCss()
 injectCss(css)
 
 async.parallel({
-  currentDomain: getCurrentDomain,
   accountManager: connectToAccountManager,
 }, setupApp)
 
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@ function setupWeb3Connection (stream) {
 }
 
 function setupControllerConnection (stream, cb) {
+  // this is a really sneaky way of adding EventEmitter api 
+  // to a bi-directional dnode instance
   var eventEmitter = new EventEmitter()
   var background = Dnode({
     sendUpdate: function (state) {
@@ -60,20 +60,6 @@ function setupControllerConnection (stream, cb) {
   })
 }
 
-function getCurrentDomain (cb) {
-  const unknown = '<unknown>'
-  if (!extension.tabs) return cb(null, unknown)
-  extension.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, function (results) {
-    var activeTab = results[0]
-    var currentUrl = activeTab && activeTab.url
-    var currentDomain = url.parse(currentUrl).host
-    if (!currentUrl) {
-      return cb(null, unknown)
-    }
-    cb(null, currentDomain)
-  })
-}
-
 function setupApp (err, opts) {
   if (err) {
     alert(err.stack)
@@ -85,7 +71,6 @@ function setupApp (err, opts) {
   MetaMaskUi({
     container: container,
     accountManager: opts.accountManager,
-    currentDomain: opts.currentDomain,
     networkVersion: opts.networkVersion,
   })
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/accounts/index.js b/ui/app/accounts/index.js
index c20900c1e..3af8267b5 100644
--- a/ui/app/accounts/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/accounts/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ function mapStateToProps (state) {
     identities: state.metamask.identities,
     unconfTxs: state.metamask.unconfTxs,
     selectedAddress: state.metamask.selectedAddress,
-    currentDomain: state.appState.currentDomain,
     scrollToBottom: state.appState.scrollToBottom,
     pending,
   }
diff --git a/ui/app/reducers/app.js b/ui/app/reducers/app.js
index a6cd9ca1b..c39d89a4d 100644
--- a/ui/app/reducers/app.js
+++ b/ui/app/reducers/app.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ function reduceApp (state, action) {
     accountDetail: {
       subview: 'transactions',
     },
-    currentDomain: 'example.com',
     transForward: true, // Used to render transition direction
     isLoading: false,   // Used to display loading indicator
     warning: null,      // Used to display error text
diff --git a/ui/app/reducers/metamask.js b/ui/app/reducers/metamask.js
index 7f18480cb..84953d734 100644
--- a/ui/app/reducers/metamask.js
+++ b/ui/app/reducers/metamask.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ function reduceMetamask (state, action) {
     isInitialized: false,
     isUnlocked: false,
     isEthConfirmed: false,
-    currentDomain: 'example.com',
     rpcTarget: 'https://rawtestrpc.metamask.io/',
     identities: {},
     unconfTxs: {},
diff --git a/ui/index.js b/ui/index.js
index 0e69b00d6..a6905b639 100644
--- a/ui/index.js
+++ b/ui/index.js
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ function startApp (metamaskState, accountManager, opts) {
     metamask: metamaskState,
 
     // appState represents the current tab's popup state
-    appState: {
-      currentDomain: opts.currentDomain,
-    },
+    appState: {},
 
     // Which blockchain we are using:
     networkVersion: opts.networkVersion,