diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 9ed3e5361..069144d94 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ plugins/*
 !plugins/coral-plugin-viewing-options
 !plugins/coral-plugin-comment-content
 !plugins/talk-plugin-permalink
-!plugins/talk-plugin-avatar
+
 node_modules
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e94a01a6c..0be1266c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ plugins/*
 !plugins/coral-plugin-viewing-options
 !plugins/coral-plugin-comment-content
 !plugins/talk-plugin-permalink
-!plugins/talk-plugin-avatar
 
 **/node_modules/*
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.babelrc b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 60be246eb..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    "es2015"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    "add-module-exports",
-    "transform-class-properties",
-    "transform-decorators-legacy",
-    "transform-object-assign",
-    "transform-object-rest-spread",
-    "transform-async-to-generator",
-    "transform-react-jsx"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.eslintrc.json b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.eslintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fe56bd14..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/.eslintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "env": {
-    "browser": true,
-    "es6": true,
-    "mocha": true
-  },
-  "parserOptions": {
-    "sourceType": "module",
-    "ecmaFeatures": {
-      "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true,
-      "jsx": true
-    }
-  },
-  "parser": "babel-eslint",
-  "plugins": [
-    "react"
-  ],
-  "rules": {
-    "react/jsx-uses-react": "error",
-    "react/jsx-uses-vars": "error",
-    "no-console": ["warn", { "allow": ["warn", "error"] }]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/assets/avatar-placeholder.png b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/assets/avatar-placeholder.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e828f0fb..000000000
Binary files a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/assets/avatar-placeholder.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/UserAvatar.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/UserAvatar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a87669540..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/UserAvatar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import styles from './styles.css';
-import avatarPlaceholder from '../assets/avatar-placeholder.png';
-
-const UserAvatar = ({comment: {user}}) => 
-  <img src={!user.avatar ? avatarPlaceholder : user.avatar} className={styles.avatarPlaceholder} />;
-
-export default UserAvatar;
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/styles.css b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/styles.css
deleted file mode 100644
index fc6111845..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/components/styles.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.avatarPlaceholder {
-  height: 50px;
-  width: 50px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/containers/UserAvatar.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/containers/UserAvatar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 76b558e05..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/containers/UserAvatar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import {gql} from 'react-apollo';
-import {withFragments} from 'plugin-api/beta/client/hocs';
-import UserAvatar from '../components/UserAvatar';
-
-export default withFragments({
-  comment: gql`
-    fragment UserAvatar_comment on Comment {
-      user {
-        avatar
-      }
-    }`
-})(UserAvatar);
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/index.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a706a41d0..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/client/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import UserAvatar from './components/UserAvatar';
-
-export default {
-  slots: {
-    commentAvatar: [UserAvatar]
-  }
-};
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/index.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fca0aafee..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-// We need the UserModel because we need to update the user.
-const UserModel = require('models/user');
-
-// Get some middleware to use with the webhook.
-const auth = require('middleware/authentication');
-const authz = require('middleware/authorization');
-
-// Load some config from the environment. This could be changed to a settings
-// option later if you want to go that route.
-const DEFAULT_AVATAR = process.env.DEFAULT_AVATAR;
-
-module.exports = {
-
-  // The new type definitions provides the new "avatar" field needed to inject
-  // into the User type.
-  typeDefs: `
-    type User {
-      avatar: String
-    }
-  `,
-
-  // The User resolver will return the avatar from the embedded user metadata.
-  resolvers: {
-    User: {
-      avatar(user) {
-        if (user && user.metadata && user.metadata.avatar) {
-          return user.metadata.avatar;
-        }
-
-        return DEFAULT_AVATAR;
-      }
-    }
-  },
-
-  // The custom router routes that we add here will allow an external system to
-  // update the avatar when it changes on the remote system. Note that we do
-  // use the auth/authz middleware, checking for the ADMIN role. This can be
-  // used in conjunction with a personal access token generated from an ADMIN.
-  router(router) {
-    router.post('/webhooks/user_update', auth, authz.needed('ADMIN'), async (req, res, next) => {
-
-      // We expect that the payload for the new avatar is in the following form:
-      //
-      // {
-      //   "id": "123123-123123-12312313",
-      //   "avatar": "https://great-cdn.cloudfront.net/best-photo.jpg"
-      //   ...
-      // }
-
-      // Extract the data from the payload.
-      let {
-        id,
-        avatar
-      } = req.body;
-
-      try {
-
-        // Update the user model.
-        await UserModel.update({id}, {
-          $set: {
-            'metadata.avatar': avatar
-          }
-        });
-
-      } catch (e) {
-        return next(e);
-      }
-
-      // Respond with a `202 Accepted` to indicate that we were able to process
-      // the update.
-      res.status(202).end();
-    });
-  }
-};
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/package.json b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c652a86d0..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "talk-plugin-avatar",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-  },
-  "author": "Belen Curcio <curciobelen@gmail.com>",
-  "license": "ISC"
-}
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/yarn.lock b/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index fb57ccd13..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-avatar/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-