diff --git a/epicyon-blog.css b/epicyon-blog.css
index ebd936173..5adc38984 100644
--- a/epicyon-blog.css
+++ b/epicyon-blog.css
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ body, html {
 a, u {
     color: var(--main-fg-color);
 }
-  
+
 a:visited{
     color: var(--main-visited-color);
     background: var(--link-bg-color);
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index 55dcaa912..530d5005e 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -580,13 +580,6 @@ def savePostToBox(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str, postId: str,
             postJsonObject['object']['id'] = postId
             postJsonObject['object']['atomUri'] = postId
 
-            # for blog posts set the news flag
-            if postId and postJsonObject['object'].get('type'):
-                if boxname == 'tlblogs' and \
-                   postJsonObject['object']['type'] == 'Article':
-                    if '://' + originalDomain + '/' in postId:
-                        postJsonObject['news'] = True
-
     boxDir = createPersonDir(nickname, domain, baseDir, boxname)
     filename = boxDir + '/' + postId.replace('/', '#') + '.json'