diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 4b51fd85614..d1204960a73 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ Alternatively you can try with the following value::
     #val = api.version('pip').get()
     #val = api.version('pip').get(slug='1.0.1')
 
-    #val = api.version('pip').highest.get()
-    #val = api.version('pip').highest('0.8').get()
-
 
 API Endpoints
 -------------
@@ -484,59 +481,6 @@ Version
 Filtering Examples
 ------------------
 
-Find Highest Version
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-::
-
-    http://readthedocs.org/api/v1/version/pip/highest/?format=json
-    
-.. http:get::  /api/v1/version/{id}/highest/
-
-   :arg id: A Version id.
-
-    Retrieve highest version.
-
-   .. sourcecode:: js
-
-      {
-          "is_highest": true, 
-          "project": "Version 1.0.1 of pip (5476)", 
-          "slug": [
-              "1.0.1"
-          ], 
-          "url": "/docs/pip/en/1.0.1/", 
-          "version": "1.0.1"
-      }
-
-
-Compare Highest Version
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This will allow you to compare whether a certain version is the highest version of a specific project. The below query should return a `'is_highest': false` in the returned dictionary.
-
-::
-
-    http://readthedocs.org/api/v1/version/pip/highest/0.8/?format=json 
-
-.. http:get::  /api/v1/version/{id}/highest/{version}
-
-   :arg id: A Version id.
-   :arg version: A Version number or string.
-
-    Retrieve highest version.
-
-   .. sourcecode:: js
-
-      {
-          "is_highest": false, 
-          "project": "Version 1.0.1 of pip (5476)", 
-          "slug": [
-              "1.0.1"
-          ], 
-          "url": "/docs/pip/en/1.0.1/", 
-          "version": "1.0.1"
-      }
- 
 
 File Search
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/media/javascript/rtd.js b/media/javascript/rtd.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c37cb90707..00000000000
--- a/media/javascript/rtd.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-(function () {
-  var checkVersion = function (slug, version) {
-    var versionURL = ["//readthedocs.org/api/v1/version/", slug,
-                      "/highest/", version, "/?callback=?"].join("");
-
-    $.getJSON(versionURL, onData);
-
-    function onData (data) {
-      if (data.is_highest) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      var currentURL = window.location.pathname.replace(version, data.slug),
-          warning = $('<div class="admonition note"> <p class="first \
-                       admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last"> \
-                       You are not using the most up to date version \
-                       of the library. <a href="#"></a> is the newest version.</p>\
-                       </div>');
-
-      warning
-        .find('a')
-        .attr('href', currentURL)
-        .text(data.version);
-
-      $("div.body").prepend(warning);
-    }
-
-  };
-
-  var getVersions = function (slug, version) {
-    var versionsURL = ["//readthedocs.org/api/v1/version/", slug,
-                       "/?active=True&callback=?"].join("");
-
-    return $.getJSON(versionsURL, gotData);
-
-    function gotData (data) {
-      var items = $('<ul />')
-        , currentURL
-        , versionItem
-        , object
-
-      for (var key in data.objects) {
-        object = data.objects[key]
-        currentURL = window.location.pathname.replace(version, object.slug)
-        versionItem = $('<a href="#"></a>')
-          .attr('href', currentURL)
-          .text(object.slug)
-          .appendTo($('<li />').appendTo(items))
-      }
-
-      // update widget and sidebar
-      $('#version_menu, .version-listing, #sidebar_versions').html(items.html())
-    }
-  };
-
-  $(function () {
-    // Code executed on load
-    var slug = window.doc_slug,
-        version = window.doc_version;
-
-    // Show action on hover
-    $(".module-item-menu").hover(
-      function () {
-        $(".hidden-child", this).show();
-      }, function () {
-        $(".hidden-child", this).hide();
-      }
-    );
-
-    // This is a deprecated API and file, so removing this to reduce errors
-    // on our servers.
-    // checkVersion(slug, version);
-    getVersions(slug, version);
-    
-    /*
-     * Grok the Docs event handling
-     * This will allow you to better 
-     * understand whats happening in your docs,
-     * once fully rolled out.
-    */
-
-
-    // $.ajax({
-    // url: "https://api.grokthedocs.com/static/javascript/bundle-client.js",
-    // crossDomain: true,
-    // dataType: "script",
-    // cache: true,
-    // });
-
-
-
-  });
-
-})();
-
diff --git a/readthedocs/api/base.py b/readthedocs/api/base.py
index 76f82f14f2d..ad270a6690d 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/api/base.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from readthedocs.builds.models import Version
 from readthedocs.core.utils import trigger_build
 from readthedocs.projects.models import Project, ImportedFile
-from readthedocs.restapi.views.footer_views import get_version_compare_data
 
 from .utils import SearchMixin, PostAuthentication
 
@@ -139,18 +138,6 @@ def get_object_list(self, request):
         self._meta.queryset = Version.objects.api(user=request.user)
         return super(VersionResource, self).get_object_list(request)
 
-    def version_compare(self, request, project_slug, base=None, **__):
-        project = get_object_or_404(Project, slug=project_slug)
-        if base and base != LATEST:
-            try:
-                base_version = project.versions.get(slug=base)
-            except (Version.DoesNotExist, TypeError):
-                base_version = None
-        else:
-            base_version = None
-        ret_val = get_version_compare_data(project, base_version)
-        return self.create_response(request, ret_val)
-
     def build_version(self, request, **kwargs):
         project = get_object_or_404(Project, slug=kwargs['project_slug'])
         version = kwargs.get('version_slug', LATEST)
@@ -164,15 +151,6 @@ def override_urls(self):
                 % self._meta.resource_name,
                 self.wrap_view('get_schema'),
                 name="api_get_schema"),
-            url((r"^(?P<resource_name>%s)/(?P<project_slug>[a-z-_]+)/highest/"
-                 r"(?P<base>.+)/$")
-                % self._meta.resource_name,
-                self.wrap_view('version_compare'),
-                name="version_compare"),
-            url(r"^(?P<resource_name>%s)/(?P<project_slug>[a-z-_]+)/highest/$"
-                % self._meta.resource_name,
-                self.wrap_view('version_compare'),
-                name="version_compare"),
             url(r"^(?P<resource_name>%s)/(?P<project__slug>[a-z-_]+[a-z0-9-_]+)/$"  # noqa
                 % self._meta.resource_name,
                 self.wrap_view('dispatch_list'),
diff --git a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_api.py b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_api.py
index 332268ec158..e4fa549a691 100644
--- a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_api.py
@@ -207,33 +207,6 @@ def test_ensure_get_unauth(self):
         resp = self.client.get("/api/v1/project/", data={"format": "json"})
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
 
-    def test_not_highest(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(
-            "http://testserver/api/v1/version/read-the-docs/highest/0.2.1/",
-            data={"format": "json"}
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
-        obj = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEqual(obj['is_highest'], False)
-
-    def test_latest_version_highest(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(
-            "http://testserver/api/v1/version/read-the-docs/highest/latest/",
-            data={"format": "json"}
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
-        obj = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEqual(obj['is_highest'], True)
-
-    def test_real_highest(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(
-            "http://testserver/api/v1/version/read-the-docs/highest/0.2.2/",
-            data={"format": "json"}
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
-        obj = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEqual(obj['is_highest'], True)
-
 
 class APIImportTests(TestCase):