diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index c7525435..ec231f43 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class UnauthorizedRequest < StandardError
 
   helper :all # include all helpers, all the time
 
-  before_action :set_timezone, :clear_return_to, :login_via_token
+  before_action :set_timezone, :clear_return_to
   before_action :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?
 
   protect_from_forgery with: :exception, prepend: true
@@ -34,12 +34,4 @@ def set_timezone
   def clear_return_to
     session[:return_to] = nil
   end
-
-  def login_via_token
-    token = params[:token]
-    if token.present?
-      DeadlineNotification.use_token!(token) { |dn| @current_user = dn.user }
-      redirect_to # get rid of token in url so if it is copied and pasted it's not propagated
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 3c18d7ad..90527c01 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def clean_database
   Prediction.delete_all
   Judgement.delete_all
   Response.delete_all
-  DeadlineNotification.delete_all
 end
 
 def random_future_day
@@ -127,10 +126,5 @@ def random_int
 
 finish_time = Time.current
 
-puts 'creating credence questions and answers'
-CredenceQuestionGenerator
-  .new('db/questions/OfficialCfarQuestions.xml', quiet: true)
-  .call
-
 puts 'END SEEDING'
 puts "Seeding the database took #{finish_time - start_time} seconds."