diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb b/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
index f0d43c439..da9185d0c 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
@@ -1,39 +1,3 @@
-<script>
-	var W3CDOM = document.createElement && document.getElementsByTagName;
-
-window.onload = setMaxLength;
-
-function setMaxLength() {
-    if (!W3CDOM) return;
-    var textareas = document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
-    var counter = document.createElement('div');
-    counter.className = 'counter';
-    for (var i=0;i<textareas.length;i++) {
-        if (textareas[i].getAttribute('maxlength')) {
-            var counterClone = counter.cloneNode(true);
-            counterClone.innerHTML = '<span>0</span>/'+textareas[i].getAttribute('maxlength');
-            textareas[i].parentNode.insertBefore(counterClone,textareas[i].nextSibling);
-            textareas[i].relatedElement = counterClone.getElementsByTagName('span')[0];
-            textareas[i].onkeyup = textareas[i].onchange = checkMaxLength;
-            textareas[i].onkeyup();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-function checkMaxLength() {
-    var maxLength = this.getAttribute('maxlength');
-    var currentLength = this.value.length;
-    alert(currentLength);
-    if (currentLength >= maxLength) {
-        this.relatedElement.className = 'toomuch';
-       }
-    else {
-        this.relatedElement.className = '';	
-       }
-    this.relatedElement.firstChild.nodeValue = currentLength;
-}
-
-</script>
 <%= form_tag({:controller => 'projects', :action => 'project_respond'}) do %>
 <%= text_area_tag 'project_respond', "", 
     				:class => 'noline', :required => true,