diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/habits/new.jst.ejs b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/habits/new.jst.ejs
deleted file mode 100644
index 61c96142e7..0000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/habits/new.jst.ejs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<h1>New habit</h1>
-
-<form id="new-habit" name="habit">
-  <div class="field">
-    <label for="name"> name:</label>
-    <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<%= name %>" >
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="field">
-    <label for="habit_type"> habit_type:</label>
-    <input type="text" name="habit_type" id="habit_type" value="<%= habit_type %>" >
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="field">
-    <label for="notes"> notes:</label>
-    <input type="text" name="notes" id="notes" value="<%= notes %>" >
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="field">
-    <label for="up"> up:</label>
-    <input type="text" name="up" id="up" value="<%= up %>" >
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="field">
-    <label for="down"> down:</label>
-    <input type="text" name="down" id="down" value="<%= down %>" >
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="actions">
-    <input type="submit" value="Create Habit" />
-  </div>
-
-</form>
-
-<a href="#/index">Back</a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/index_view.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/index_view.js.coffee
index 30980b2580..954fd447a3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/index_view.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/index_view.js.coffee
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class HabitTracker.Views.Habits.IndexView extends Backbone.View
   createOnEnter: (e) ->
     input = $(e.target)
     if (!input.val() or e.keyCode != 13) then return
+    
+    # See commit bd7a49c new_view.js.coffee for more code surrounding this functionality
     @options.habits.create {name: input.val(), habit_type: input.attr('data-type'), position: @options.habits.nextPosition()},
       #TODO what's this all about?
       success: (habit) ->
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/new_view.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/new_view.js.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 36063acf17..0000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/habits/new_view.js.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-HabitTracker.Views.Habits ||= {}
-
-class HabitTracker.Views.Habits.NewView extends Backbone.View
-  template: JST["backbone/templates/habits/new"]
-
-  events:
-    "submit #new-habit": "save"
-
-  constructor: (options) ->
-    super(options)
-    @model = new @collection.model()
-
-    @model.bind("change:errors", () =>
-      this.render()
-    )
-
-  save: (e) ->
-    e.preventDefault()
-    e.stopPropagation()
-
-    @model.unset("errors")
-
-    @collection.create(@model.toJSON(),
-      success: (habit) =>
-        @model = habit
-        window.location.hash = "#/index"
-
-      error: (habit, jqXHR) =>
-        @model.set({errors: $.parseJSON(jqXHR.responseText)})
-    )
-
-  render: ->
-    $(@el).html(@template(@model.toJSON() ))
-
-    this.$("form").backboneLink(@model)
-
-    return this