diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index f5a05f2e8..865269d81 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
         <img src='images/loki/loki_icon_text.png'>
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class='identity-key-placeholder'></div>
     <div class='underneathIdentityWrapper'>
       <div class='conversation-stack'>
         <div class='conversation placeholder'>
diff --git a/js/modules/signal.js b/js/modules/signal.js
index 4ed80eba7..b7755f25b 100644
--- a/js/modules/signal.js
+++ b/js/modules/signal.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const {
   MediaGallery,
 } = require('../../ts/components/conversation/media-gallery/MediaGallery');
 const { MainHeader } = require('../../ts/components/MainHeader');
-const { IdentityKeyHeader } = require('../../ts/components/IdentityKeyHeader');
 const { Message } = require('../../ts/components/conversation/Message');
 const { MessageBody } = require('../../ts/components/conversation/MessageBody');
 const {
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ exports.setup = (options = {}) => {
     Lightbox,
     LightboxGallery,
     MainHeader,
-    IdentityKeyHeader,
     MediaGallery,
     Message,
     MessageBody,
diff --git a/js/views/inbox_view.js b/js/views/inbox_view.js
index 74980bae6..cd3c13c56 100644
--- a/js/views/inbox_view.js
+++ b/js/views/inbox_view.js
@@ -115,16 +115,6 @@
       this.listenTo(me, 'change', update);
       this.$('.main-header-placeholder').append(this.mainHeaderView.el);
 
-      this.identityKeyView = new Whisper.ReactWrapperView({
-        className: 'identity-key-wrapper',
-        Component: Signal.Components.IdentityKeyHeader,
-        props: this._getIdentityKeyViewProps(),
-      });
-      this.on('updateProfile', () => {
-        this.identityKeyView.update(this._getIdentityKeyViewProps());
-      })
-      this.$('.identity-key-placeholder').append(this.identityKeyView.el);
-
       this.conversation_stack = new Whisper.ConversationStack({
         el: this.$('.conversation-stack'),
         model: { window: options.window },
@@ -221,20 +211,6 @@
         this.$el.addClass('expired');
       }
     },
-    _getIdentityKeyViewProps() {
-      const identityKey = textsecure.storage.get('identityKey').pubKey;
-      const pubKey = StringView.arrayBufferToHex(identityKey);
-      const profile = storage.getLocalProfile();
-      const name = profile && profile.name && profile.name.displayName;
-
-      return {
-        identityKey: pubKey,
-        name,
-        onEditProfile: async () => {
-          window.Whisper.events.trigger('onEditProfile');
-        },
-      }
-    },
     render_attributes() {
       return {
         welcomeToSignal: i18n('welcomeToSignal'),
diff --git a/stylesheets/_index.scss b/stylesheets/_index.scss
index 711ee8152..d9711c1d4 100644
--- a/stylesheets/_index.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/_index.scss
@@ -142,51 +142,9 @@
   }
 }
 
-.identity-key-wrapper {
-  background-color: $color-black-008-no-tranparency;
-  display: flex;
-  flex: 1;
-  height: $header-height;
-  padding-left: 16px;
-  padding-right: 16px;
-}
-
-.identity-key-container {
-  display: flex;
-  flex: 1;
-  flex-direction: row;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-around;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  overflow-x: hidden;
-}
-
-.identity-key-text-container {
-  flex: 1;
-  text-align: center;
-  flex-direction: column;
-}
-
-.identity-key-container div {
-  overflow-x: hidden;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-}
-
-.identity-key_bold {
-  font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.identity-key-wrapper__pencil-icon {
-  @include color-svg('../images/lead-pencil.svg', $color-gray-60);
-  height: 20px;
-  width: 20px;
-  margin-left: 4px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
 .underneathIdentityWrapper {
   position: absolute;
-  top: $header-height;
+  top: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   left: 300px;
   right: 0;
diff --git a/stylesheets/_theme_dark.scss b/stylesheets/_theme_dark.scss
index 8cfea9fe2..7d9137355 100644
--- a/stylesheets/_theme_dark.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/_theme_dark.scss
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ body.dark-theme {
 }
 
 .dark-theme {
-  // identity key
-  .identity-key-wrapper {
-    background-color:$color-gray-85;
-  }
-
-  .identity-key-wrapper__pencil-icon {
-    @include color-svg('../images/lead-pencil.svg', $color-gray-25);
-  }
-
-
   // _conversation
 
   .conversation {
diff --git a/ts/components/IdentityKeyHeader.tsx b/ts/components/IdentityKeyHeader.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a345cef0e..000000000
--- a/ts/components/IdentityKeyHeader.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-interface Props {
-  identityKey: string;
-  name?: string;
-  onEditProfile: () => void;
-}
-
-export class IdentityKeyHeader extends React.Component<Props> {
-  public render() {
-    const {
-      name,
-      identityKey,
-      onEditProfile,
-    } = this.props;
-
-    return (
-      <div className='identity-key-container'>
-        <div className='identity-key-text-container'>
-          <div>
-            Your identity key: <span className='identity-key_bold'>{identityKey}</span>
-          </div>
-          {!!name &&
-            <div>
-              Your display name: <span className='identity-key_bold'>{name}</span>
-            </div>
-          }
-        </div>
-        <div
-        id='editProfile'
-        role="button"
-        onClick={onEditProfile}
-        className="identity-key-wrapper__pencil-icon"
-      />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}