diff --git a/config/initializers/tracks.rb b/config/initializers/tracks.rb
index 23badd9c..4b5b766e 100644
--- a/config/initializers/tracks.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/tracks.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# changed in development.rb to show under_construction bar
-NOTIFY_BAR = "" unless defined?(NOTIFY_BAR)
-
 tracks_version='2.3devel'
 # comment out next two lines if you do not want (or can not) the date of the
 # last git commit in the footer