diff --git a/local_settings.py.example b/local_settings.py.example
index e9bf884639dbd27044c5850be596ed846d492dcf..03b7c3c66e24419a9f05fa47171ac0ecac2de120 100644
--- a/local_settings.py.example
+++ b/local_settings.py.example
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RELATE_BASE_URL = "http://YOUR/RELATE/SITE/DOMAIN"
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
 TIME_ZONE = "America/Chicago"
 
diff --git a/relate/settings.py b/relate/settings.py
index 0d13dce31d53e1d1b5bd5786d33ebc23c1f7c4c6..75f78371fcbfe007c0a249c6cea95273fb93e794 100644
--- a/relate/settings.py
+++ b/relate/settings.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Django settings for RELATE.
 # Do not change this file. All these settings can be overridden in
 # local_settings.py.
 
-from django.conf.global_settings import (
-        TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS, STATICFILES_FINDERS)
+from django.conf.global_settings import STATICFILES_FINDERS
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 import os
@@ -135,19 +134,11 @@ RELATE_EXTRA_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
             "course.views.pretend_facilities_context_processor",
             "course.exam.exam_lockdown_context_processor",
             )
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-        tuple(TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS)
-        + RELATE_EXTRA_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
-        )
 
 # }}}
 
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap3"
 
-TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
-        join(BASE_DIR, "relate", "templates"),
-        )
-
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",