diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 9530576..1e96e84 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -46,29 +46,5 @@
       }
     </script>
 
-    <!-- Start of LiveChat (www.livechatinc.com) code -->
-<script type="text/javascript">
-window.__lc = window.__lc || {};
-window.__lc.license = 8655926;
-(function() {
-var lc = document.createElement('script'); lc.type = 'text/javascript'; lc.async = true;
-lc.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'cdn.livechatinc.com/tracking.js';
-var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(lc, s);
-})();
-
-//*********begin kickstart
-//for some reason the chat window doesn't play nicely immediately on load,
-//and is invisible... so this little jimmy kick starts it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ CCW_20170322_0356MST
-var LC_API = LC_API || {};
-LC_API.on_after_load = function() {
-  window.setTimeout(function () {
-  	LC_API.minimize_chat_window();
-  }, 1500);
-};
-//*********end kickstart
-
-</script>
-<!-- End of LiveChat code -->
-
   </body>
 </html>