diff --git a/app/formatters.py b/app/formatters.py
index 448e5d6cb..c427c2a9a 100644
--- a/app/formatters.py
+++ b/app/formatters.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def message_count_noun(count, template_type):
 
 
 def message_count(count, template_type):
-    return f"format_message_count{format_thousands(count)} " f"{message_count_noun(count, template_type)}"
+    return f"{format_thousands(count)} " f"{message_count_noun(count, template_type)}"
 
 
 def recipient_count_label(count, template_type):
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_activity.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_activity.html
deleted file mode 100644
index efd57f4f0..000000000
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_activity.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<div class="ajax-block-container">
-  <div id="activityChart">
-    <div class="chart-header">
-      <div class="chart-subtitle">{{ current_service.name }} - last 7 days</div>
-      <div class="chart-legend" role="region" aria-label="Legend"></div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="chart-container" id="weeklyChart"></div>
-    <table id="weeklyTable" class="usa-sr-only usa-table"></table>
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
index ba236ce21..04abe1afc 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     </div>
     <div id="totalMessageTable" class="margin-0"></div>
 
-
     <h2 class="line-height-sans-2 margin-bottom-0 margin-top-4">Recent activity</h2>
     <div id="activityChartContainer">
       <form class="usa-form">