diff --git a/views/layouts/_googleanalytics.html.erb b/views/layouts/_googleanalytics.html.erb
index bd98400f..deb65e2d 100644
--- a/views/layouts/_googleanalytics.html.erb
+++ b/views/layouts/_googleanalytics.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # Google analytics, rendered on every page
-  #}
+
 
 <script>
   (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
diff --git a/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb b/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
index 11f038e3..7c823778 100644
--- a/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
+++ b/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # The inner HTML of the account box that comes up in the bottom left
-  #}
+
 <div id="lightbox_overlay">
   <div id="lightbox_main">
     <a id="lightbox_close" href="#"></a>
diff --git a/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb b/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
index da351bed..54a6646c 100644
--- a/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
+++ b/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # templates for the upper right autocomplete results
-  #}
+
 
 <div className="templates">
   <script type="text/template" id="mapInfoBoxTemplate">
diff --git a/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index d1e2bc74..cb8debb6 100644
--- a/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-{#
-# @file
-# Main application file. Holds scaffolding present on every page.
-# Then a certain non-partial view (no _ preceding filename) will be
-# displayed within, based on URL
-#}
+
 
 { render :partial => 'layouts/head' }
 <body className="{ current_user ? "authenticated" : "unauthenticated" } controller-{ controller_name } action-{ action_name }">
diff --git a/views/maps/show.html.erb b/views/maps/show.html.erb
index 627eb9ac..676902fe 100644
--- a/views/maps/show.html.erb
+++ b/views/maps/show.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-{#
-# @file
-# Code to display a map
-# /maps/:id
-#}
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/views/shared/_cheatsheet.html.erb b/views/shared/_cheatsheet.html.erb
index bf623895..e6b66eed 100644
--- a/views/shared/_cheatsheet.html.erb
+++ b/views/shared/_cheatsheet.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # The inner HTML of the cheatsheet
-  #}
+
 
 <h3>HELP</h3>
 
diff --git a/views/shared/_forkmap.html.erb b/views/shared/_forkmap.html.erb
index a8b5ac6e..00fe1f73 100644
--- a/views/shared/_forkmap.html.erb
+++ b/views/shared/_forkmap.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # Partial view, renders a form that creates a new map.
-  #}
+
 <div className="onConsole">
 { form_for Map.new, url: maps_url, remote: true, html: { className: "new_map", id: "fork_map" } do |form|}
   
diff --git a/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb b/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
index e111c915..6a81712c 100644
--- a/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
+++ b/views/shared/_metacodeoptions.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # this code generates the list of icons that will drop down in the metacode select list on the topic card
-  #}
+
   
 <script>
   Metamaps.ServerData = Metamaps.ServerData || {}
diff --git a/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb b/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
index b9a4f367..bb0f2ba1 100644
--- a/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
+++ b/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # The inner HTML for switching your metacode set
-  #}
+
 
 { metacodes = current_user.settings.metacodes }
 { selectedSet = metacodes[0].include?("metacodeset") ? metacodes[0].sub("metacodeset-","")  : "custom" }
diff --git a/views/users/edit.html.erb b/views/users/edit.html.erb
index e60cb188..24c2c617 100644
--- a/views/users/edit.html.erb
+++ b/views/users/edit.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-{#
-  # @file
-  # /users/:id/edit
-  # User edit form
-  #}
+
   
  
 
