diff --git a/epicyon-profile.css b/epicyon-profile.css
index 614f114a9..ebf9d99a4 100644
--- a/epicyon-profile.css
+++ b/epicyon-profile.css
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
     --quote-font-size: 120%;
     --line-spacing: 130%;
     --line-spacing-newswire: 100%;
-    --newswire-moderate-color: yellow;
     --column-left-width: 10vw;
     --column-center-width: 80vw;
     --column-right-width: 10vw;
@@ -232,13 +231,6 @@ a:focus {
     line-height: var(--line-spacing-newswire);
 }
 
-.newswireItemModerate {
-    font-size: var(--font-size-newswire);
-    color: var(--newswire-moderate-color);
-    font-weight: bold;
-    line-height: var(--line-spacing-newswire);
-}
-
 .newswireDate {
     font-size: var(--font-size-newswire);
     color: var(--newswire-date-color);
diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index 68c7bb7b7..0eec71b30 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -5358,19 +5358,8 @@ def htmlNewswire(newswire: str) -> str:
     """
     htmlStr = ''
     for dateStr, item in newswire.items():
-        # if the item is to be moderated then show it in a different style
-        shown = False
-        if len(item) > 2:
-            if item[2].startswith('moderate'):
-                moderationUrl = '/moderate?' + item[1]
-                htmlStr += '<p class="newswireItemModerate">' + \
-                    '<a href="' + moderationUrl + '">' + item[0] + '</a>'
-                shown = True
-
-        if not shown:
-            # unmoderated item
-            htmlStr += '<p class="newswireItem">' + \
-                '<a href="' + item[1] + '">' + item[0] + '</a>'
+        htmlStr += '<p class="newswireItem">' + \
+            '<a href="' + item[1] + '">' + item[0] + '</a>'
         htmlStr += ' <label class="newswireDate">'
         htmlStr += dateStr.replace('+00:00', '') + '</label></p>'
     return htmlStr