diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebook.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebook.js
index 52c50cd..1f49204 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebook.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebook.js
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
      * Index will be brought back into the accissible range [0,n]
      *
      * @method insert_cell_at_index
-     * @param type {string} in ['code','html','markdown','heading']
+     * @param type {string} in ['code','markdown','heading']
      * @param [index] {int} a valid index where to inser cell
      *
      * @return cell {cell|null} created cell or null
@@ -723,8 +723,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 cell.set_input_prompt();
             } else if (type === 'markdown') {
                 cell = new IPython.MarkdownCell();
-            } else if (type === 'html') {
-                cell = new IPython.HTMLCell();
             } else if (type === 'raw') {
                 cell = new IPython.RawCell();
             } else if (type === 'heading') {
@@ -884,37 +882,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     };
 
     /**
-     * Turn a cell into an HTML cell.
-     * 
-     * @method to_html
-     * @param {Number} [index] A cell's index
-     */
-    Notebook.prototype.to_html = function (index) {
-        // TODO: remove? This is never called
-        var i = this.index_or_selected(index);
-        if (this.is_valid_cell_index(i)) {
-            var source_element = this.get_cell_element(i);
-            var source_cell = source_element.data("cell");
-            var target_cell = null;
-            if (!(source_cell instanceof IPython.HTMLCell)) {
-                target_cell = this.insert_cell_below('html',i);
-                var text = source_cell.get_text();
-                if (text === source_cell.placeholder) {
-                    text = '';
-                };
-                // The edit must come before the set_text.
-                target_cell.edit();
-                target_cell.set_text(text);
-                // make this value the starting point, so that we can only undo
-                // to this state, instead of a blank cell
-                target_cell.code_mirror.clearHistory();
-                source_element.remove();
-                this.dirty = true;
-            };
-        };
-    };
-
-    /**
      * Turn a cell into a raw text cell.
      * 
      * @method to_raw
@@ -1138,14 +1105,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 new_cell.edit(); // editor must be visible to call set_text
                 new_cell.set_text(textb);
                 new_cell.render();
-            } else if (cell instanceof IPython.HTMLCell) {
-                cell.set_text(texta);
-                cell.render();
-                var new_cell = this.insert_cell_below('html');
-                new_cell.edit(); // editor must be visible to call set_text
-                new_cell.set_text(textb);
-                new_cell.render();
-            };
+            }
         };
     };
 
@@ -1163,7 +1123,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             var text = cell.get_text();
             if (cell instanceof IPython.CodeCell) {
                 cell.set_text(upper_text+'\n'+text);
-            } else if (cell instanceof IPython.MarkdownCell || cell instanceof IPython.HTMLCell) {
+            } else if (cell instanceof IPython.MarkdownCell) {
                 cell.edit();
                 cell.set_text(upper_text+'\n'+text);
                 cell.render();
@@ -1187,7 +1147,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             var text = cell.get_text();
             if (cell instanceof IPython.CodeCell) {
                 cell.set_text(text+'\n'+lower_text);
-            } else if (cell instanceof IPython.MarkdownCell || cell instanceof IPython.HTMLCell) {
+            } else if (cell instanceof IPython.MarkdownCell) {
                 cell.edit();
                 cell.set_text(text+'\n'+lower_text);
                 cell.render();
@@ -1396,8 +1356,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         var cell_index = that.find_cell_index(cell);
         if (cell instanceof IPython.CodeCell) {
             cell.execute();
-        } else if (cell instanceof IPython.HTMLCell) {
-            cell.render();
         }
         if (default_options.terminal) {
             cell.select_all();
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
index 5a11dd2..dec3135 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         }
     };
 
-    OutputArea.display_order = ['javascript','html','latex','svg','png','jpeg','text'];
+    OutputArea.display_order = ['javascript','latex','svg','png','jpeg','text'];
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_mime_type = function (json, element, dynamic) {
         for(var type_i in OutputArea.display_order){
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
index 0219da5..1473e31 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
@@ -283,45 +283,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     /**
-     * @constructor HtmlCell
-     * @class HtmlCell
-     * @extends Ipython.TextCell
-     */
-    var HTMLCell = function (options) {
-
-        options = this.mergeopt(HTMLCell,options);
-        TextCell.apply(this, [options]);
-
-        this.cell_type = 'html';
-    };
-
-    HTMLCell.options_default = {
-        cm_config : {
-            mode: 'htmlmixed',
-        },
-        placeholder: "Type <strong>HTML</strong> and LaTeX: $\\alpha^2$"
-    };
-
-
-    HTMLCell.prototype = new TextCell();
-
-    /**
-     * @method render
-     */
-    HTMLCell.prototype.render = function () {
-        if (this.rendered === false) {
-            var text = this.get_text();
-            if (text === "") { text = this.placeholder; }
-            this.set_rendered(text);
-            this.typeset();
-            this.element.find('div.text_cell_input').hide();
-            this.element.find("div.text_cell_render").show();
-            this.rendered = true;
-        }
-    };
-
-
-    /**
      * @class MarkdownCell
      * @constructor MarkdownCell
      * @extends Ipython.HtmlCell
@@ -586,7 +547,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     };
 
     IPython.TextCell = TextCell;
-    IPython.HTMLCell = HTMLCell;
     IPython.MarkdownCell = MarkdownCell;
     IPython.RawCell = RawCell;
     IPython.HeadingCell = HeadingCell;