diff --git a/public/templates/recent.tpl b/public/templates/recent.tpl
index 20fc857660..92d241d592 100644
--- a/public/templates/recent.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/recent.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <ol class="breadcrumb">
 	<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
-	<li class="active">{category_name}</li>
-	<div id="category_active_users"></div>
+	<li class="active">Recent</li>
 </ol>
 
 <ul class="nav nav-pills">
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="category row">
-	<div class="{topic_row_size}">
+	<div class="col-md-12">
 		<ul id="topics-container">
 		<!-- BEGIN topics -->
 		<li class="category-item {topics.deleted-class}">
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 171d204cc1..6f210b25dd 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -226,12 +226,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			}
 
 			var latestTopics = {
-				'category_name': 'Recent',
-				'show_sidebar': 'hidden',
-				'show_topic_button': 'hidden',
 				'no_topics_message': 'hidden',
-				'topic_row_size': 'col-md-12',
-				'category_id': false,
 				'topics': []
 			};