diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
index d768df994..fdc3b4bdb 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -737,35 +737,9 @@ class ClusterActionHandler(IPythonHandler):
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# RST web service handlers
+# File handler
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
-class RSTHandler(IPythonHandler):
-
-    @web.authenticated
-    def post(self):
-        if publish_string is None:
-            raise web.HTTPError(503, u'docutils not available')
-        body = self.request.body.strip()
-        source = body
-        # template_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), u'templates', u'rst_template.html')
-        defaults = {'file_insertion_enabled': 0,
-                    'raw_enabled': 0,
-                    '_disable_config': 1,
-                    'stylesheet_path': 0
-                    # 'template': template_path
-        }
-        try:
-            html = publish_string(source, writer_name='html',
-                                  settings_overrides=defaults
-            )
-        except:
-            raise web.HTTPError(400, u'Invalid RST')
-        print html
-        self.set_header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
-        self.finish(html)
-
 # to minimize subclass changes:
 HTTPError = web.HTTPError
 
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
index fe9b26bd0..bbe593026 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from .handlers import (LoginHandler, LogoutHandler,
     ProjectDashboardHandler, NewHandler, NamedNotebookHandler,
     MainKernelHandler, KernelHandler, KernelActionHandler, IOPubHandler, StdinHandler,
     ShellHandler, NotebookRootHandler, NotebookHandler, NotebookCopyHandler,
-    RSTHandler, AuthenticatedFileHandler, PrintNotebookHandler,
+    AuthenticatedFileHandler, PrintNotebookHandler,
     MainClusterHandler, ClusterProfileHandler, ClusterActionHandler,
     FileFindHandler, NotebookRedirectHandler,
 )
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
             (r"/kernels/%s/stdin" % _kernel_id_regex, StdinHandler),
             (r"/notebooks", NotebookRootHandler),
             (r"/notebooks/%s" % _notebook_id_regex, NotebookHandler),
-            (r"/rstservice/render", RSTHandler),
             (r"/files/(.*)", AuthenticatedFileHandler, {'path' : notebook_manager.notebook_dir}),
             (r"/clusters", MainClusterHandler),
             (r"/clusters/%s/%s" % (_profile_regex, _cluster_action_regex), ClusterActionHandler),