diff --git a/app/templates/components/placeholder.html b/app/templates/components/placeholder.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e9deb0f4a..000000000
--- a/app/templates/components/placeholder.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{% macro placeholder(variable) %}
-  <span class='placeholder'>{{variable}}</span>
-{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/check.html b/app/templates/views/check.html
index fbabfbbe3..539ed320f 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/check.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/check.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 {% from "components/email-message.html" import email_message %}
 {% from "components/sms-message.html" import sms_message %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, text_field, index_field, hidden_field_heading %}
-{% from "components/placeholder.html" import placeholder %}
 {% from "components/file-upload.html" import file_upload %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
 {% from "components/list.html" import formatted_list %}