diff --git a/app/assets/images/sotmpdx.png b/app/assets/images/sotmpdx.png
deleted file mode 100755
index 73d0a9d06..000000000
Binary files a/app/assets/images/sotmpdx.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/site.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/site.html.erb
index a8201b912..383941685 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/site.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/site.html.erb
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@
           <%= yield :left_menu %>
         </ul>
       </div>
-      <div id="sotm">
-        <%= link_to image_tag("sotmpdx.png",
-          :alt => t('layouts.sotm2012'),
-          :title => t('layouts.sotm2012'),
-          :border => "0"), "http://stateofthemap.us/" %>
-      </div>
       <div class="donate">
         <a href="http://donate.openstreetmap.org/" title="<%= h(t('layouts.make_a_donation.title')) %>"><%= h(t('layouts.make_a_donation.text')) %></a>
       </div>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 197608aac..07e12a81e 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -994,7 +994,6 @@ en:
     community_blogs_title: "Blogs from members of the OpenStreetMap community"
     foundation: Foundation
     foundation_title: The OpenStreetMap Foundation
-    sotm2012: 'Come to the 2012 United States OpenStreetMap Conference, The State of the Map US, October 13-14th in Portland, Oregon!'
     make_a_donation:
       title: Support OpenStreetMap with a monetary donation
       text: Make a Donation