--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/activitystream/StreamItem.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/activitystream/StreamItem.java
@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 package org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream;
 
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.View;
-import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.db.BrowserContract;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.HomePager;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.topsites.CirclePageIndicator;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.topsites.TopSitesPagerAdapter;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.icons.IconCallback;
@@ -118,34 +117,9 @@ public abstract class StreamItem extends
             vSourceView.setText(vSourceView.getText());
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onIconResponse(IconResponse response) {
             vIconView.updateImage(response);
         }
     }
-
-    public static class HighlightItem extends StreamItem {
-        public static final int LAYOUT_ID = R.layout.activity_stream_card_highlights_item;
-
-        final TextView vLabel;
-        final TextView vTimeSince;
-        final ImageView vThumbnail;
-
-        public HighlightItem(View itemView) {
-            super(itemView);
-            vLabel = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.card_highlights_label);
-            vTimeSince = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.card_highlights_time_since);
-            vThumbnail = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.card_highlights_thumbnail);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void bind(Cursor cursor) {
-            vLabel.setText(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(BrowserContract.History.TITLE)));
-
-            final long time = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(BrowserContract.Highlights.DATE));
-            final String ago = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(time, System.currentTimeMillis(), DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS, 0).toString();
-            vTimeSince.setText(ago);
-        }
-    }
-
 }

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/activitystream/StreamRecyclerAdapter.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/activitystream/StreamRecyclerAdapter.java
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 /* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 package org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream;
 
 import android.database.Cursor;
-import android.support.v4.app.LoaderManager;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.HomePager;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.StreamItem.BottomPanel;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.StreamItem.CompactItem;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.StreamItem.HighlightItem;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.home.activitystream.StreamItem.TopPanel;
 
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-
 public class StreamRecyclerAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<StreamItem> {
     private Cursor highlightsCursor;
     private Cursor topSitesCursor;
 
     private HomePager.OnUrlOpenListener onUrlOpenListener;
 
     void setOnUrlOpenListener(HomePager.OnUrlOpenListener onUrlOpenListener) {
         this.onUrlOpenListener = onUrlOpenListener;
@@ -44,18 +40,16 @@ public class StreamRecyclerAdapter exten
         final LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
 
         if (type == TopPanel.LAYOUT_ID) {
             return new TopPanel(inflater.inflate(type, parent, false), onUrlOpenListener);
         } else if (type == BottomPanel.LAYOUT_ID) {
                 return new BottomPanel(inflater.inflate(type, parent, false));
         } else if (type == CompactItem.LAYOUT_ID) {
             return new CompactItem(inflater.inflate(type, parent, false));
-        } else if (type == HighlightItem.LAYOUT_ID) {
-            return new HighlightItem(inflater.inflate(type, parent, false));
         } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Missing inflation for ViewType " + type);
         }
     }
 
     private int translatePositionToCursor(int position) {
         if (position == 0 ||
             position == getItemCount() - 1) {
@@ -65,19 +59,17 @@ public class StreamRecyclerAdapter exten
         // We have one blank panel at the top, hence remove that to obtain the cursor position
         return position - 1;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onBindViewHolder(StreamItem holder, int position) {
         int type = getItemViewType(position);
 
-        if (type == CompactItem.LAYOUT_ID ||
-            type == HighlightItem.LAYOUT_ID) {
-
+        if (type == CompactItem.LAYOUT_ID) {
             final int cursorPosition = translatePositionToCursor(position);
 
             highlightsCursor.moveToPosition(cursorPosition);
             holder.bind(highlightsCursor);
         } else if (type == TopPanel.LAYOUT_ID) {
             holder.bind(topSitesCursor);
         }
     }

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/activity_stream_card_highlights_item.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    android:orientation="vertical"
-    android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
-    android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
-    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
-    android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
-
-    <LinearLayout
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:baselineAligned="false"
-        android:orientation="vertical">
-
-        <FrameLayout
-            android:background="@color/disabled_grey"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="140dp">
-
-            <ImageView
-                android:visibility="visible"
-                android:id="@+id/card_highlights_thumbnail"
-                android:src="@drawable/favicon_globe"
-                android:layout_width="match_parent"
-                android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
-        </FrameLayout>
-        <RelativeLayout
-            android:padding="3dp"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
-
-            <TextView
-                android:id="@+id/card_highlights_label"
-                android:textSize="10sp"
-                android:maxLines="3"
-                android:ellipsize="end"
-                tools:text="FooBar"
-                android:textColor="@android:color/black"
-                android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
-                android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
-                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
-                android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/card_highlights_time_since"
-                android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/card_highlights_time_since"
-                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
-                android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/card_highlights_time_since"/>
-
-            <TextView
-                android:id="@+id/card_highlights_time_since"
-                tools:text="2h"
-                android:textSize="10sp"
-                android:layout_marginEnd="4dp"
-                android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
-                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
-                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
-                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"/>
-
-            <TextView
-                tools:text="Bookmarked"
-                android:textSize="10sp"
-                android:drawableLeft="@drawable/search_icon_active"
-                android:gravity="center_vertical"
-                android:layout_width="match_parent"
-                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_below="@+id/card_highlights_label"
-                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"/>
-        </RelativeLayout>
-    </LinearLayout>
-</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
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