diff --git a/files/assets/js/comments+submission_listing.js b/files/assets/js/comments+submission_listing.js
index 5b0f0bcf7..deb2a7225 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/comments+submission_listing.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/comments+submission_listing.js
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@ function popclick(e) {
 		let popover = document.getElementsByClassName("popover")
 		popover = popover[popover.length-1]
 
-		if (popover.getElementsByClassName('pop-badges').length > 0) {
-			const badgesDOM = popover.getElementsByClassName('pop-badges')[0];
-			badgesDOM.innerHTML = "";
-			for (const badge of author["badges"]) {
-				const badgeDOM = popClickBadgeTemplateDOM.cloneNode();
-				badgeDOM.src = badge + "?b=4";
-
-				badgesDOM.append(badgeDOM);
-			}
-		}
-
 		popover.getElementsByClassName('pop-banner')[0].src = author["bannerurl"]
 		popover.getElementsByClassName('pop-picture')[0].src = author["profile_url"]
 		if (author["hat"]) popover.getElementsByClassName('pop-hat')[0].src = author['hat'] + "?h=7"
diff --git a/files/classes/user.py b/files/classes/user.py
index 5f5bb6879..3313ed515 100644
--- a/files/classes/user.py
+++ b/files/classes/user.py
@@ -796,7 +796,6 @@ class User(Base):
 				'coins': self.coins,
 				'post_count': 0 if self.shadowbanned and not (v and v.can_see_shadowbanned) else self.post_count,
 				'comment_count': 0 if self.shadowbanned and not (v and v.can_see_shadowbanned) else self.comment_count,
-				'badges': [x.path for x in self.badges],
 				}
 
 		return data
diff --git a/files/templates/popover.html b/files/templates/popover.html
index 5183117bf..7583d9084 100644
--- a/files/templates/popover.html
+++ b/files/templates/popover.html
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 		</div>
 		{%- endif %}
 
-		{% if FEATURES['BADGES'] -%}
-		<div class="pop-badges ml-3 mr-3 my-2">
-		</div>
-		{%- endif %}
-
 	<div class="border-top d-flex align-items-center p-3 gap-3 smol">
 		<span>
 		<strong class="pop-postcount text-black"></strong>