diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index e3469b5509..875e5369ed 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ define ( 'NAMESPACE_ATOM1',           'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' );
 
 define ( 'ACTIVITY_LIKE',        NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY_SCHEMA . 'like' );
 define ( 'ACTIVITY_DISLIKE',     NAMESPACE_DFRN            . '/dislike' );
-define ( 'ACTIVITY_AGREE',       NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/agree' );
-define ( 'ACTIVITY_DISAGREE',    NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/disagree' );
-define ( 'ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN',     NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/abstain' );
 define ( 'ACTIVITY_ATTEND',      NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/attendyes' );
 define ( 'ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO',    NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/attendno' );
 define ( 'ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE', NAMESPACE_ZOT             . '/activity/attendmaybe' );
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 0199bee5af..c4605cf5d1 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ function visible_activity($item) {
 	// likes (etc.) can apply to other things besides posts. Check if they are post children, 
 	// in which case we handle them specially
 
-	$hidden_activities = array(ACTIVITY_LIKE, ACTIVITY_DISLIKE, ACTIVITY_AGREE, ACTIVITY_DISAGREE, ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN, ACTIVITY_ATTEND, ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO, ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE);
+	$hidden_activities = array(ACTIVITY_LIKE, ACTIVITY_DISLIKE, ACTIVITY_ATTEND, ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO, ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE);
 	foreach($hidden_activities as $act) {
 		if(activity_match($item['verb'],$act)) {
 			return false;
@@ -492,8 +492,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 	$hide_comments_tpl = get_markup_template('hide_comments.tpl');
 
 	$conv_responses = array(
-		'like' => array('title' => t('Likes','title')),'dislike' => array('title' => t('Dislikes','title')),
-		'agree' => array('title' => t('Agree','title')),'disagree' => array('title' => t('Disagree','title')), 'abstain' => array('title' => t('Abstain','title')), 
+		'like' => array('title' => t('Likes','title')), 'dislike' => array('title' => t('Dislikes','title')), 
 		'attendyes' => array('title' => t('Attending','title')), 'attendno' => array('title' => t('Not attending','title')), 'attendmaybe' => array('title' => t('Might attend','title'))
 	);
 
@@ -930,15 +929,6 @@ function builtin_activity_puller($item, &$conv_responses) {
 			case 'dislike':
 				$verb = ACTIVITY_DISLIKE;
 				break;
-			case 'agree':
-				$verb = ACTIVITY_AGREE;
-				break;
-			case 'disagree':
-				$verb = ACTIVITY_DISAGREE;
-				break;
-			case 'abstain':
-				$verb = ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN;
-				break;
 			case 'attendyes':
 				$verb = ACTIVITY_ATTEND;
 				break;
@@ -991,7 +981,7 @@ function builtin_activity_puller($item, &$conv_responses) {
 // Format the vote text for a profile item
 // $cnt = number of people who vote the item
 // $arr = array of pre-linked names of likers/dislikers
-// $type = one of 'like, 'dislike', 'attendyes', 'attendno', 'attendmaybe', 'agree', 'disagree', 'abstain'
+// $type = one of 'like, 'dislike', 'attendyes', 'attendno', 'attendmaybe'
 // $id  = item id
 // returns formatted text
 
@@ -1038,15 +1028,6 @@ function format_like($cnt,$arr,$type,$id) {
 		case 'attendmaybe' :
 			$phrase = sprintf( t('%s attends maybe.'), $likers);
 			break;
-		case 'agree' :
-			$phrase = sprintf( t('%s agrees.'), $likers);
-			break;
-		case 'disagree' :
-			$phrase = sprintf( t('%s doesn\'t agree.'), $likers);
-			break;
-		case 'abstain' :
-			$phrase = sprintf( t('%s abstains.'), $likers);
-			break;
 	}
 
 	if($cnt > 1) {
@@ -1103,8 +1084,6 @@ function status_editor($a,$x, $notes_cid = 0, $popup=false) {
 	if( local_user() && feature_enabled(local_user(),'richtext') )
 		$plaintext = false;
 
-	$voting = feature_enabled(local_user(),'consensus_tools');
-
 	$tpl = get_markup_template('jot-header.tpl');
 	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 		'$newpost' => 'true',
@@ -1182,9 +1161,6 @@ function status_editor($a,$x, $notes_cid = 0, $popup=false) {
 		'$shortsetloc' => t('set location'),
 		'$noloc' => t('Clear browser location'),
 		'$shortnoloc' => t('clear location'),
-		'$voting' => t('Toggle voting'),
-		'$feature_voting' => $voting,
-		'$consensus' => 0,
 		'$title' => $x['title'],
 		'$placeholdertitle' => t('Set title'),
 		'$category' => $x['category'],
@@ -1400,17 +1376,5 @@ function get_response_button_text($v,$count) {
 		case 'attendmaybe':
 			return tt('Undecided','Undecided',$count,'noun');
 			break;
-		case 'agree':
-			return tt('Agree','Agrees',$count,'noun');
-			break;
-		case 'disagree':
-			return tt('Disagree','Disagrees',$count,'noun');
-			break;
-		case 'abstain':
-			return tt('Abstain','Abstains',$count,'noun');
-			break;
-		default:
-			return '';
-			break;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/features.php b/include/features.php
index b465fdbe03..cc26141ac3 100644
--- a/include/features.php
+++ b/include/features.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function get_features() {
 			array('richtext',       t('Richtext Editor'),			t('Enable richtext editor')),
 			array('preview',        t('Post Preview'),			t('Allow previewing posts and comments before publishing them')),
 			array('aclautomention',	t('Auto-mention Forums'),		t('Add/remove mention when a fourm page is selected/deselected in ACL window.')),
-			array('consensus_tools', t('Enable voting tools'),		t('Provide a class of post which others can vote on'),false),
 		),
 
 		// Network sidebar widgets
diff --git a/mod/editpost.php b/mod/editpost.php
index 4a3bdeddfe..c1f23800a3 100644
--- a/mod/editpost.php
+++ b/mod/editpost.php
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ function editpost_content(&$a) {
 		'$noloc' => t('Clear browser location'),
 		'$shortnoloc' => t('clear location'),
 		'$voting' => t('Toggle voting'),
-		'$feature_voting' => $voting,
-
-		// we need a solution for the red flags to make consensus work
-		'$consensus' => (($itm[0]['item_flags'] & ITEM_CONSENSUS) ? 1 : 0),
 		'$wait' => t('Please wait'),
 		'$permset' => t('Permission settings'),
 		'$ptyp' => $itm[0]['type'],
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 3baf618ca8..91a94974e9 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$message_id = ((x($_REQUEST,'message_id') && $api_source)  ? strip_tags($_REQUEST['message_id'])       : '');
 
 	$return_path = ((x($_REQUEST,'return')) ? $_REQUEST['return'] : '');
-	$consensus = intval($_REQUEST['consensus']);
 	$preview = ((x($_REQUEST,'preview')) ? intval($_REQUEST['preview']) : 0);
 
 
@@ -656,15 +655,6 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	if(!$thr_parent)
 		$thr_parent = $uri;
 
-
-	/* *
-	 * to make consensus work, red requests the consensus flag from boot.php
-	 * this have to be inserted into the lower $datarray
-	 * 
-	 *	if($consensus)
-	 *		$item_flags |= ITEM_CONSENSUS;
-	 */
-
 	$datarray = array();
 	$datarray['uid']           = $profile_uid;
 	$datarray['type']          = $post_type;
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index 522fa87039..4f6d6cd6d7 100755
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 		case 'undislike':
 			$activity = ACTIVITY_DISLIKE;
 			break;
-		case 'agree':
-		case 'unagree':
-			$activity = ACTIVITY_AGREE;
-			break;
-		case 'disagree':
-		case 'undisagree':
-			$activity = ACTIVITY_DISAGREE;
-			break;
-		case 'abstain':
-		case 'unabstain':
-			$activity = ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN;
-			break;
 		case 'attendyes':
 		case 'unattendyes':
 			$activity = ACTIVITY_ATTEND;
@@ -134,14 +122,11 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 
 	$verbs = " '".dbesc($activity)."' ";
 
-	// event participation and consensus items are essentially radio toggles. If you make a subsequent choice,
+	// event participation are essentially radio toggles. If you make a subsequent choice,
 	// we need to eradicate your first choice. 
 	if($activity === ACTIVITY_ATTEND || $activity === ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO || $activity === ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE) {
 		$verbs = " '" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_ATTEND) . "','" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO) . "','" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE) . "' ";
 	}
-	if($activity === ACTIVITY_AGREE || $activity === ACTIVITY_DISAGREE || $activity === ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN) {
-		$verbs = " '" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_AGREE) . "','" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_DISAGREE) . "','" . dbesc(ACTIVITY_ABSTAIN) . "' ";
-	}
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `id`, `guid` FROM `item` WHERE `verb` IN ( $verbs ) AND `deleted` = 0
 		AND `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d
@@ -202,12 +187,6 @@ EOT;
 		$bodyverb = t('%1$s likes %2$s\'s %3$s');
 	if($verb === 'dislike')
 		$bodyverb = t('%1$s doesn\'t like %2$s\'s %3$s');
-	if($verb === 'agree')
-		$bodyverb = t('%1$s agrees with %2$s\'s %3$s');
-	if($verb === 'disagree')
-		$bodyverb = t('%1$s doesn\'t agree with %2$s\'s %3$s');
-	if($verb === 'abstain')
-		$bodyverb = t('%1$s abstains from a decision on %2$s\'s %3$s');
 	if($verb === 'attendyes')
 		$bodyverb = t('%1$s is attending %2$s\'s %3$s');
 	if($verb === 'attendno')
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 2454f5d518..ddfc1f345a 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1603,7 +1603,6 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 
 			$conv_responses = array(
 				'like' => array('title' => t('Likes','title')),'dislike' => array('title' => t('Dislikes','title')),
-				'agree' => array('title' => t('Agree','title')),'disagree' => array('title' => t('Disagree','title')), 'abstain' => array('title' => t('Abstain','title')), 
 				'attendyes' => array('title' => t('Attending','title')), 'attendno' => array('title' => t('Not attending','title')), 'attendmaybe' => array('title' => t('Might attend','title'))
 			);
 
diff --git a/object/Item.php b/object/Item.php
index 4cd0a22528..283745d34d 100644
--- a/object/Item.php
+++ b/object/Item.php
@@ -189,21 +189,6 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// red part for consensus
-		// we need a solution in friendica for missing item_flags
-		// to test $consensus with friendica set $consensus = true
-		// $consensus = (($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_CONSENSUS)? true : false);
-		$consensus = false;
-
-		if($consensus) {
-			$response_verbs[] = 'agree';
-			$response_verbs[] = 'disagree';
-			$response_verbs[] = 'abstain';
-			if($conv->is_writable()) {
-				$conlabels  = array( t('I agree'), t('I disagree'), t('I abstain'));
-				$canvote    = true;
-			}
-		}
 		$responses = get_responses($conv_responses,$response_verbs,$this,$item);
 
 		foreach ($response_verbs as $value=>$verbs) {
@@ -322,7 +307,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 
 		// Disable features that aren't available in several networks
 		if (($item["item_network"] != NETWORK_DFRN) AND isset($buttons["dislike"])) {
-			unset($buttons["dislike"],$isevent,$consensus);
+			unset($buttons["dislike"],$isevent);
 			$tagger = '';
 		}
 
@@ -360,9 +345,6 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 			'guid' => urlencode($item['guid']),
 			'isevent' => $isevent,
 			'attend' => $attend,
-			'consensus' => $consensus,
-			'conlabels' => $conlabels,
-			'canvote'   => $canvote,
 			'linktitle' => sprintf( t('View %s\'s profile @ %s'), $profile_name, ((strlen($item['author-link'])) ? $item['author-link'] : $item['url'])),
 			'olinktitle' => sprintf( t('View %s\'s profile @ %s'), $this->get_owner_name(), ((strlen($item['owner-link'])) ? $item['owner-link'] : $item['url'])),
 			'to' => t('to'),
diff --git a/view/templates/jot-header.tpl b/view/templates/jot-header.tpl
index 5095dc5d1a..cb841c314d 100644
--- a/view/templates/jot-header.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/jot-header.tpl
@@ -333,17 +333,6 @@ function enableOnUser(){
 
 	}
 
-	function toggleVoting() {
-		if($('#jot-consensus').val() > 0) {
-			$('#jot-consensus').val(0);
-			$('#profile-voting').removeClass('icon-check').addClass('icon-check-empty');
-		}
-		else {
-			$('#jot-consensus').val(1);
-			$('#profile-voting').removeClass('icon-check-empty').addClass('icon-check');
-		}
-	}
-
 	function jotClearLocation() {
 		$('#jot-coord').val('');
 		$('#profile-nolocation-wrapper').hide();
diff --git a/view/templates/jot.tpl b/view/templates/jot.tpl
index 5c60a5c09c..dfc6b27104 100644
--- a/view/templates/jot.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/jot.tpl
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@
 		<a id="profile-nolocation" class="icon noglobe" title="{{$noloc|escape:'html'}}" onclick="jotClearLocation();return false;"></a>
 	</div> 
 
-	{{if $feature_voting}}
-		<div id="profile-voting-wrapper" style="display: {{$visitor}};" >
-			<a id="profile-voting" class="icon icon-check-empty" title="{{$voting|escape:'html'}}" onclick="toggleVoting();return false;"></a>
-		</div>
-	{{/if}}
-
 	<div id="profile-jot-perms" class="profile-jot-perms" style="display: {{$pvisit}};" >
 		<a href="#profile-jot-acl-wrapper" id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon {{$lockstate}}"  title="{{$permset|escape:'html'}}" ></a>{{$bang}}
 	</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/style.css b/view/theme/vier/style.css
index 526402f2e3..2fc68dbb05 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/vier/style.css
@@ -1348,14 +1348,12 @@ section.minimal {
   margin-bottom: 0.3em;
 }
 .wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-social, 
-.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-isevent,
-.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-canvote {
+.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-isevent {
   float: left;
   margin-bottom: 1px;
 }
 .wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-social a, 
-.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-isevent a, 
-.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-canvote a{
+.wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-isevent a {
   float: left;
   margin-right: 1em;
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -1867,11 +1865,6 @@ section.minimal {
   margin-left: 15px;
   cursor: pointer;
 }
-#profile-voting-wrapper {
-  float: left;
-  margin-left: 15px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
 #profile-smiley-wrapper {
   float: left;
   margin-left: 15px;
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index 05fbc14d00..e6b0de84bd 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -130,14 +130,6 @@
 			</div>
 			{{/if}}
 
-			{{if $item.canvote}}<!--Consensus isn't implemented at this time. It's just for testing. -->
-			<div class="clear"></div>
-			<div class="wall-item-actions-canvote">
-				<a href="#" id="attendyes-{{$item.id}}" title="{{$item.conlabels.0}}" onclick="dolike({{$item.id}},'agree'); return false;"><i class="icon-ok icon-large"></i></a>
-				<a href="#" id="attendno-{{$item.id}}" title="{{$item.conlabels.1}}" onclick="dolike({{$item.id}},'disagree'); return false;"><i class="icon-remove icon-large"></i></a>
-				<a href="#" id="attendmaybe-{{$item.id}}" title="{{$item.conlabels.2}}" onclick="dolike({{$item.id}},'abstain'); return false;"><i class="icon-question icon-large"></i></a>
-			</div>
-			{{/if}}
 			<div class="wall-item-actions-tools">
 
 				{{if $item.drop.pagedrop}}