diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/onboarding.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/onboarding.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a161c50efe..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/onboarding.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { openModal } from './modal';
-import { changeSetting, saveSettings } from './settings';
-
-export function showOnboardingOnce() {
-  return (dispatch, getState) => {
-    const alreadySeen = getState().getIn(['settings', 'onboarded']);
-
-    if (!alreadySeen) {
-      dispatch(openModal('ONBOARDING'));
-      dispatch(changeSetting(['onboarded'], true));
-      dispatch(saveSettings());
-    }
-  };
-};
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.js
index d1710445b5..8ae3b727af 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import configureStore from '../store/configureStore';
-import { showOnboardingOnce } from '../actions/onboarding';
 import { BrowserRouter, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { ScrollContext } from 'react-router-scroll-4';
 import UI from '../features/ui';
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ export default class Mastodon extends React.PureComponent {
       const handlerUrl = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/intent?uri=%s';
       window.setTimeout(() => navigator.registerProtocolHandler('web+mastodon', handlerUrl, 'Mastodon'), 5 * 60 * 1000);
     }
-
-    store.dispatch(showOnboardingOnce());
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
index ebbff6b5a2..44ae5d51e2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import VideoModal from './video_modal';
 import BoostModal from './boost_modal';
 import ConfirmationModal from './confirmation_modal';
 import {
-  OnboardingModal,
   MuteModal,
   ReportModal,
   EmbedModal,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 
 const MODAL_COMPONENTS = {
   'MEDIA': () => Promise.resolve({ default: MediaModal }),
-  'ONBOARDING': OnboardingModal,
   'VIDEO': () => Promise.resolve({ default: VideoModal }),
   'BOOST': () => Promise.resolve({ default: BoostModal }),
   'CONFIRM': () => Promise.resolve({ default: ConfirmationModal }),
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/onboarding_modal.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/onboarding_modal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 54673e223e..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/onboarding_modal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,318 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
-import { defineMessages, injectIntl, FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
-import ReactSwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-import Permalink from '../../../components/permalink';
-import ComposeForm from '../../compose/components/compose_form';
-import Search from '../../compose/components/search';
-import NavigationBar from '../../compose/components/navigation_bar';
-import ColumnHeader from './column_header';
-import { List as ImmutableList } from 'immutable';
-import { me } from '../../../initial_state';
-
-const noop = () => { };
-
-const messages = defineMessages({
-  home_title: { id: 'column.home', defaultMessage: 'Home' },
-  notifications_title: { id: 'column.notifications', defaultMessage: 'Notifications' },
-  local_title: { id: 'column.community', defaultMessage: 'Local timeline' },
-  federated_title: { id: 'column.public', defaultMessage: 'Federated timeline' },
-});
-
-const PageOne = ({ acct, domain }) => (
-  <div className='onboarding-modal__page onboarding-modal__page-one'>
-    <div style={{ flex: '0 0 auto' }}>
-      <div className='onboarding-modal__page-one__elephant-friend' />
-    </div>
-
-    <div>
-      <h1><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_one.welcome' defaultMessage='Welcome to Mastodon!' /></h1>
-      <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_one.federation' defaultMessage='Mastodon is a network of independent servers joining up to make one larger social network. We call these servers instances.' /></p>
-      <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_one.handle' defaultMessage='You are on {domain}, so your full handle is {handle}' values={{ domain, handle: <strong>@{acct}@{domain}</strong> }} /></p>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-);
-
-PageOne.propTypes = {
-  acct: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-  domain: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-};
-
-const PageTwo = ({ myAccount }) => (
-  <div className='onboarding-modal__page onboarding-modal__page-two'>
-    <div className='figure non-interactive'>
-      <div className='pseudo-drawer'>
-        <NavigationBar account={myAccount} />
-      </div>
-      <ComposeForm
-        text='Awoo! #introductions'
-        suggestions={ImmutableList()}
-        mentionedDomains={[]}
-        spoiler={false}
-        onChange={noop}
-        onSubmit={noop}
-        onPaste={noop}
-        onPickEmoji={noop}
-        onChangeSpoilerText={noop}
-        onClearSuggestions={noop}
-        onFetchSuggestions={noop}
-        onSuggestionSelected={noop}
-        showSearch
-      />
-    </div>
-
-    <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_two.compose' defaultMessage='Write posts from the compose column. You can upload images, change privacy settings, and add content warnings with the icons below.' /></p>
-  </div>
-);
-
-PageTwo.propTypes = {
-  myAccount: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
-};
-
-const PageThree = ({ myAccount }) => (
-  <div className='onboarding-modal__page onboarding-modal__page-three'>
-    <div className='figure non-interactive'>
-      <Search
-        value=''
-        onChange={noop}
-        onSubmit={noop}
-        onClear={noop}
-        onShow={noop}
-      />
-
-      <div className='pseudo-drawer'>
-        <NavigationBar account={myAccount} />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_three.search' defaultMessage='Use the search bar to find people and look at hashtags, such as {illustration} and {introductions}. To look for a person who is not on this instance, use their full handle.' values={{ illustration: <Permalink to='/timelines/tag/illustration' href='/tags/illustration'>#illustration</Permalink>, introductions: <Permalink to='/timelines/tag/introductions' href='/tags/introductions'>#introductions</Permalink> }} /></p>
-    <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_three.profile' defaultMessage='Edit your profile to change your avatar, bio, and display name. There, you will also find other preferences.' /></p>
-  </div>
-);
-
-PageThree.propTypes = {
-  myAccount: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
-};
-
-const PageFour = ({ domain, intl }) => (
-  <div className='onboarding-modal__page onboarding-modal__page-four'>
-    <div className='onboarding-modal__page-four__columns'>
-      <div className='row'>
-        <div>
-          <div className='figure non-interactive'><ColumnHeader icon='home' type={intl.formatMessage(messages.home_title)} /></div>
-          <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_four.home' defaultMessage='The home timeline shows posts from people you follow.' /></p>
-        </div>
-
-        <div>
-          <div className='figure non-interactive'><ColumnHeader icon='bell' type={intl.formatMessage(messages.notifications_title)} /></div>
-          <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_four.notifications' defaultMessage='The notifications column shows when someone interacts with you.' /></p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <div className='row'>
-        <div>
-          <div className='figure non-interactive' style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}><ColumnHeader icon='users' type={intl.formatMessage(messages.local_title)} /></div>
-        </div>
-
-        <div>
-          <div className='figure non-interactive' style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}><ColumnHeader icon='globe' type={intl.formatMessage(messages.federated_title)} /></div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_five.public_timelines' defaultMessage='The local timeline shows public posts from everyone on {domain}. The federated timeline shows public posts from everyone who people on {domain} follow. These are the Public Timelines, a great way to discover new people.' values={{ domain }} /></p>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-);
-
-PageFour.propTypes = {
-  domain: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-  intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-};
-
-const PageSix = ({ admin, domain }) => {
-  let adminSection = '';
-
-  if (admin) {
-    adminSection = (
-      <p>
-        <FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.admin' defaultMessage="Your instance's admin is {admin}." values={{ admin: <Permalink href={admin.get('url')} to={`/accounts/${admin.get('id')}`}>@{admin.get('acct')}</Permalink> }} />
-        <br />
-        <FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.read_guidelines' defaultMessage="Please read {domain}'s {guidelines}!" values={{ domain, guidelines: <a href='/about/more' target='_blank'><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.guidelines' defaultMessage='community guidelines' /></a> }} />
-      </p>
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div className='onboarding-modal__page onboarding-modal__page-six'>
-      <h1><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.almost_done' defaultMessage='Almost done...' /></h1>
-      {adminSection}
-      <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.github' defaultMessage='Mastodon is free open-source software. You can report bugs, request features, or contribute to the code on {github}.' values={{ github: <a href='https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>GitHub</a> }} /></p>
-      <p><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.apps_available' defaultMessage='There are {apps} available for iOS, Android and other platforms.' values={{ apps: <a href='https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md' target='_blank' rel='noopener'><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.various_app' defaultMessage='mobile apps' /></a> }} /></p>
-      <p><em><FormattedMessage id='onboarding.page_six.appetoot' defaultMessage='Bon Appetoot!' /></em></p>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-PageSix.propTypes = {
-  admin: ImmutablePropTypes.map,
-  domain: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-};
-
-const mapStateToProps = state => ({
-  myAccount: state.getIn(['accounts', me]),
-  admin: state.getIn(['accounts', state.getIn(['meta', 'admin'])]),
-  domain: state.getIn(['meta', 'domain']),
-});
-
-@connect(mapStateToProps)
-@injectIntl
-export default class OnboardingModal extends React.PureComponent {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    myAccount: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
-    domain: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    admin: ImmutablePropTypes.map,
-  };
-
-  state = {
-    currentIndex: 0,
-  };
-
-  componentWillMount() {
-    const { myAccount, admin, domain, intl } = this.props;
-    this.pages = [
-      <PageOne acct={myAccount.get('acct')} domain={domain} />,
-      <PageTwo myAccount={myAccount} />,
-      <PageThree myAccount={myAccount} />,
-      <PageFour domain={domain} intl={intl} />,
-      <PageSix admin={admin} domain={domain} />,
-    ];
-  };
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    window.addEventListener('keyup', this.handleKeyUp);
-  }
-
-  componentWillUnmount() {
-    window.addEventListener('keyup', this.handleKeyUp);
-  }
-
-  handleSkip = (e) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    this.props.onClose();
-  }
-
-  handleDot = (e) => {
-    const i = Number(e.currentTarget.getAttribute('data-index'));
-    e.preventDefault();
-    this.setState({ currentIndex: i });
-  }
-
-  handlePrev = () => {
-    this.setState(({ currentIndex }) => ({
-      currentIndex: Math.max(0, currentIndex - 1),
-    }));
-  }
-
-  handleNext = () => {
-    const { pages } = this;
-    this.setState(({ currentIndex }) => ({
-      currentIndex: Math.min(currentIndex + 1, pages.length - 1),
-    }));
-  }
-
-  handleSwipe = (index) => {
-    this.setState({ currentIndex: index });
-  }
-
-  handleKeyUp = ({ key }) => {
-    switch (key) {
-    case 'ArrowLeft':
-      this.handlePrev();
-      break;
-    case 'ArrowRight':
-      this.handleNext();
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  handleClose = () => {
-    this.props.onClose();
-  }
-
-  render () {
-    const { pages } = this;
-    const { currentIndex } = this.state;
-    const hasMore = currentIndex < pages.length - 1;
-
-    const nextOrDoneBtn = hasMore ? (
-      <button
-        onClick={this.handleNext}
-        className='onboarding-modal__nav onboarding-modal__next'
-      >
-        <FormattedMessage id='onboarding.next' defaultMessage='Next' />
-      </button>
-    ) : (
-      <button
-        onClick={this.handleClose}
-        className='onboarding-modal__nav onboarding-modal__done'
-      >
-        <FormattedMessage id='onboarding.done' defaultMessage='Done' />
-      </button>
-    );
-
-    return (
-      <div className='modal-root__modal onboarding-modal'>
-        <ReactSwipeableViews index={currentIndex} onChangeIndex={this.handleSwipe} className='onboarding-modal__pager'>
-          {pages.map((page, i) => {
-            const className = classNames('onboarding-modal__page__wrapper', {
-              'onboarding-modal__page__wrapper--active': i === currentIndex,
-            });
-            return (
-              <div key={i} className={className}>{page}</div>
-            );
-          })}
-        </ReactSwipeableViews>
-
-        <div className='onboarding-modal__paginator'>
-          <div>
-            <button
-              onClick={this.handleSkip}
-              className='onboarding-modal__nav onboarding-modal__skip'
-            >
-              <FormattedMessage id='onboarding.skip' defaultMessage='Skip' />
-            </button>
-          </div>
-
-          <div className='onboarding-modal__dots'>
-            {pages.map((_, i) => {
-              const className = classNames('onboarding-modal__dot', {
-                active: i === currentIndex,
-              });
-              return (
-                <div
-                  key={`dot-${i}`}
-                  role='button'
-                  tabIndex='0'
-                  data-index={i}
-                  onClick={this.handleDot}
-                  className={className}
-                />
-              );
-            })}
-          </div>
-
-          <div>
-            {nextOrDoneBtn}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/util/async-components.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/util/async-components.js
index d6586680b8..a03c4cefd8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/util/async-components.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/util/async-components.js
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ export function Mutes () {
   return import(/* webpackChunkName: "features/mutes" */'../../mutes');
 }
 
-export function OnboardingModal () {
-  return import(/* webpackChunkName: "modals/onboarding_modal" */'../components/onboarding_modal');
-}
-
 export function MuteModal () {
   return import(/* webpackChunkName: "modals/mute_modal" */'../components/mute_modal');
 }
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index dbb277af96..96cc39cd2a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -3268,7 +3268,6 @@
   z-index: 100;
 }
 
-.onboarding-modal,
 .error-modal,
 .embed-modal {
   background: $ui-secondary-color;
@@ -3279,26 +3278,6 @@
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
-.onboarding-modal__pager {
-  height: 80vh;
-  width: 80vw;
-  max-width: 520px;
-  max-height: 420px;
-
-  .react-swipeable-view-container > div {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    padding: 25px;
-    display: none;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: center;
-    display: flex;
-    user-select: text;
-  }
-}
-
 .error-modal__body {
   height: 80vh;
   width: 80vw;
@@ -3332,23 +3311,6 @@
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-@media screen and (max-width: 550px) {
-  .onboarding-modal {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    border-radius: 0;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__pager {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: auto;
-    max-width: none;
-    max-height: none;
-    flex: 1 1 auto;
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__paginator,
 .error-modal__footer {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 8%);
@@ -3359,7 +3321,6 @@
     min-width: 33px;
   }
 
-  .onboarding-modal__nav,
   .error-modal__nav {
     color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 34%);
     background-color: transparent;
@@ -3375,11 +3336,6 @@
     &:active {
       color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 38%);
     }
-
-    &.onboarding-modal__done,
-    &.onboarding-modal__next {
-      color: $ui-highlight-color;
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -3387,216 +3343,6 @@
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
-.onboarding-modal__dots {
-  flex: 1 1 auto;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__dot {
-  width: 14px;
-  height: 14px;
-  border-radius: 14px;
-  background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 16%);
-  margin: 0 3px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-
-  &:hover {
-    background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 18%);
-  }
-
-  &.active {
-    cursor: default;
-    background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 24%);
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page__wrapper {
-  pointer-events: none;
-
-  &.onboarding-modal__page__wrapper--active {
-    pointer-events: auto;
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page {
-  cursor: default;
-  line-height: 21px;
-
-  h1 {
-    font-size: 18px;
-    font-weight: 500;
-    color: $ui-base-color;
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-  }
-
-  a {
-    color: $ui-highlight-color;
-
-    &:hover,
-    &:focus,
-    &:active {
-      color: lighten($ui-highlight-color, 4%);
-    }
-  }
-
-  p {
-    font-size: 16px;
-    color: lighten($ui-base-color, 8%);
-    margin-top: 10px;
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
-
-    &:last-child {
-      margin-bottom: 0;
-    }
-
-    strong {
-      font-weight: 500;
-      background: $ui-base-color;
-      color: $ui-secondary-color;
-      border-radius: 4px;
-      font-size: 14px;
-      padding: 3px 6px;
-
-      @each $lang in $cjk-langs {
-        &:lang(#{$lang}) {
-          font-weight: 700;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page-one {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page-one__elephant-friend {
-  background: url('../images/elephant-friend-1.png') no-repeat center center / contain;
-  width: 155px;
-  height: 193px;
-  margin-right: 15px;
-}
-
-@media screen and (max-width: 400px) {
-  .onboarding-modal__page-one {
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: normal;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__page-one__elephant-friend {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 30vh;
-    max-height: 160px;
-    margin-bottom: 5vh;
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page-two,
-.onboarding-modal__page-three,
-.onboarding-modal__page-four,
-.onboarding-modal__page-five {
-  p {
-    text-align: left;
-  }
-
-  .figure {
-    background: darken($ui-base-color, 8%);
-    color: $ui-secondary-color;
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-    padding: 10px;
-    text-align: center;
-    font-size: 14px;
-    box-shadow: 1px 2px 6px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.3);
-
-    .onboarding-modal__image {
-      border-radius: 4px;
-      margin-bottom: 10px;
-    }
-
-    &.non-interactive {
-      pointer-events: none;
-      text-align: left;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__page-four__columns {
-  .row {
-    display: flex;
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
-
-    & > div {
-      flex: 1 1 0;
-      margin: 0 10px;
-
-      &:first-child {
-        margin-left: 0;
-      }
-
-      &:last-child {
-        margin-right: 0;
-      }
-
-      p {
-        text-align: center;
-      }
-    }
-
-    &:last-child {
-      margin-bottom: 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  .column-header {
-    color: $primary-text-color;
-  }
-}
-
-@media screen and (max-width: 320px) and (max-height: 600px) {
-  .onboarding-modal__page p {
-    font-size: 14px;
-    line-height: 20px;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__page-two .figure,
-  .onboarding-modal__page-three .figure,
-  .onboarding-modal__page-four .figure,
-  .onboarding-modal__page-five .figure {
-    font-size: 12px;
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__page-four__columns .row {
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__page-four__columns .column-header {
-    padding: 5px;
-    font-size: 12px;
-  }
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__image {
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  width: 70vw;
-  max-width: 450px;
-  max-height: auto;
-  display: block;
-  margin: auto;
-  margin-bottom: 20px;
-}
-
-.onboard-sliders {
-  display: inline-block;
-  max-width: 30px;
-  max-height: auto;
-  margin-left: 10px;
-}
-
 .boost-modal,
 .confirmation-modal,
 .report-modal,