diff --git a/app/templates/components/components/alert/README.md b/app/templates/components/components/alert/README.md
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-# Error message
-
-## Installation
-
-See the [main README quick start guide](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend#quick-start) for how to install this component.
-
-## Guidance and Examples
-
-Find out when to use the error message component in your service in the [GOV.UK Design System](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/error-message).
-
-## Component options
-
-Use options to customize the appearance, content and behavior of a component when using a macro, for example, changing the text.
-
-See [options table](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/error-message/#options-example-default) for details.
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diff --git a/app/templates/components/components/alert/macro-options.json b/app/templates/components/components/alert/macro-options.json
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-[
- {
- "name": "text",
- "type": "string",
- "required": true,
- "description": "If `html` is set, this is not required. Text to use within the error message. If `html` is provided, the `text` argument will be ignored."
- },
- {
- "name": "html",
- "type": "string",
- "required": true,
- "description": "If `text` is set, this is not required. HTML to use within the error message. If `html` is provided, the `text` argument will be ignored."
- },
- {
- "name": "id",
- "type": "string",
- "required": false,
- "description": "Id attribute to add to the error message span tag."
- },
- {
- "name": "classes",
- "type": "string",
- "required": false,
- "description": "Classes to add to the error message span tag."
- },
- {
- "name": "attributes",
- "type": "object",
- "required": false,
- "description": "HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the error message span tag"
- },
- {
- "name": "visuallyHiddenText",
- "type": "string",
- "description": "A visually hidden prefix used before the error message. Defaults to \"Error\"."
- }
-]
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diff --git a/app/templates/components/components/alert/macro.njk b/app/templates/components/components/alert/macro.njk
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--- a/app/templates/components/components/alert/macro.njk
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{% macro usaAlert(params) %}
- {%- include "./template.njk" -%}
-{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/app/templates/components/components/alert/template.njk b/app/templates/components/components/alert/template.njk
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-{%- if params.slim %}
-
-
-
- {{params.text}}
-
-
-
-{% else %}
-
-
- {{params.heading}}
-
- {{params.text | safe }}
-
-
-
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/check/row-errors.html b/app/templates/views/check/row-errors.html
index aadbad7c2..9d9a2edc1 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/check/row-errors.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/check/row-errors.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
{% from "components/table.html" import mapping_table, row, field, text_field, index_field, hidden_field_heading %}
{% from "components/file-upload.html" import file_upload %}
{% from "components/components/back-link/macro.njk" import usaBackLink %}
-{% from "components/components/alert/macro.njk" import usaAlert %}
{% block service_page_title %}
Error
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
index 47ddb2379..97eac73dc 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
{% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
{% from "components/form.html" import form_wrapper %}
{% from "components/components/back-link/macro.njk" import usaBackLink %}
-{% from "components/components/alert/macro.njk" import usaAlert %}
{% block service_page_title %}
{{ heading_action }} text message template
diff --git a/app/templates/views/templates/choose.html b/app/templates/views/templates/choose.html
index 70d7cbca1..e1e99f527 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/templates/choose.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/templates/choose.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
{% from "components/form.html" import form_wrapper %}
{% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
{% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
-{% from "components/components/alert/macro.njk" import usaAlert %}
{% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
Every message starts with a template. You can change it later.
-
+
{% if current_user.has_permissions('manage_templates') %}
You need a template before you can
{% else %}
@@ -36,11 +35,13 @@
- {{ usaAlert({
- "text": "Every message starts with a template. To send, choose or create a template.",
- "slim": true,
- "type": "info",
- }) }}
+
+
+
+ Every message starts with a template. To send, choose or create a template.
+