diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/legacy.coffee b/app/javascript/packs/legacy.coffee
index 50fbf0d1..290eb046 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/legacy.coffee
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/legacy.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import 'regenerator-runtime/runtime'
 import '../legacy/jquery'
 import 'popper.js'
 import 'bootstrap'
-import 'particleground/jquery.particleground.min'
 
 import '../legacy/pagination'
 import '../legacy/util'
@@ -13,15 +12,5 @@ _ready = ->
   $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip()
   $('.dropdown-toggle').dropdown()
 
-  if document.getElementById('particles')?
-    jumbo         = $ '.j2-jumbo'
-    bodyColorOrig = jumbo.css 'background-color'
-    bodyColor     = doppler 0.25, bodyColorOrig
-    console.log bodyColor, bodyColorOrig
-    particleground document.getElementById('particles'),
-      dotColor: bodyColor
-      lineColor: bodyColor
-      density: 23000
-
 $(document).ready _ready
 $(document).on 'turbolinks:load', _ready
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/discover/index.haml b/app/views/discover/index.haml
index 52322fc5..21392760 100644
--- a/app/views/discover/index.haml
+++ b/app/views/discover/index.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 - provide(:title, generate_title('Discover'))
 
-.jumbotron.jumbotron--particles
-  .jumbotron__particles#particles
+.jumbotron
   .jumbotron__content
     %h1= t 'views.discover.title'
     %p= t('views.discover.subtitle', app_title: APP_CONFIG['site_name'])
diff --git a/app/views/static/about.haml b/app/views/static/about.haml
index 34ba6762..34e4e2c7 100644
--- a/app/views/static/about.haml
+++ b/app/views/static/about.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 - provide(:title, generate_title('About'))
-.jumbotron.jumbotron--particles
-  .jumbotron__particles#particles
+.jumbotron
   .jumbotron__content
     %h1= APP_CONFIG['site_name']
     %p= t 'views.about.subtitle'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7bd6e81a..4e79e68a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "jquery": "^3.5.1",
     "js-cookie": "2.2.1",
     "lato-font": "^3.0.0",
-    "particleground": "jnicol/particleground",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.7",
     "sweetalert": "1.1.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3d963452..30e26952 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5343,10 +5343,6 @@ parseurl@~1.3.2, parseurl@~1.3.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parseurl/-/parseurl-1.3.3.tgz#9da19e7bee8d12dff0513ed5b76957793bc2e8d4"
   integrity sha512-CiyeOxFT/JZyN5m0z9PfXw4SCBJ6Sygz1Dpl0wqjlhDEGGBP1GnsUVEL0p63hoG1fcj3fHynXi9NYO4nWOL+qQ==
 
-particleground@jnicol/particleground:
-  version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/jnicol/particleground/tar.gz/124f7dbe732693ff5ab7f6c9edaea46acd2416a2"
-
 pascalcase@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pascalcase/-/pascalcase-0.1.1.tgz#b363e55e8006ca6fe21784d2db22bd15d7917f14"