diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ebb1231..a051c2f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 gem 'jquery-rails'
 gem 'twitter-bootstrap-rails', '2.2.8'
 gem 'tinymce-rails'                     # WYSIWYG EDITOR
-gem 'substance-rails', path: '../substance-rails'   # SUBSTANCE EDITOR - WYSIWYG HTML EDITOR
 gem 'contact_us', '>= 1.2.0'            # COULD BE EASILY REPLACED WITH OUR OWN CODE
 gem 'recaptcha'
 gem 'dragonfly'                         # LOGO UPLOAD
diff --git a/app/views/plans/_answer_form.html.erb b/app/views/plans/_answer_form.html.erb
index 9602b5b..1a257c6 100644
--- a/app/views/plans/_answer_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/plans/_answer_form.html.erb
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
                     <%= text_field_tag("answer-text-#{question.id}".to_sym, strip_tags(answer.text), class: "question_text_field") %>
                 <!--text area display-->
                 <% elsif q_format.title == t("helpers.text_area") then%>
-             
-						 	 		<%= substance_text_area_tag(answer, 'text').html_safe %>
+             	 		<%= text_area_tag("answer-text-#{question.id}".to_sym, answer.text, class: "tinymce") %>
                 <% end %>
 
             <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/plans/edit.html.erb b/app/views/plans/edit.html.erb
index 46da5b7..0bd9403 100644
--- a/app/views/plans/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/plans/edit.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <%- model_class = Plan -%>
 <% javascript "plans.js" %>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
-	<%= substance_javascript_handler_for_text_areas.html_safe %>
-</script>
+
 
 <!-- render the project title -->
 <%= render :partial => "/projects/project_title", locals: {project: @plan.project} %>
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 6dc6135..eeea9a8 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 //= require tinymce-jquery
 //= require i18n
 //= require i18n/translations
-//= require substance/substance.js
-//= require substance-forms.js
+
 
 $( document ).ready(function() {
 
diff --git a/lib/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/lib/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 4a460e7..8635967 100644
--- a/lib/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/lib/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
  *
  * require jquery.ui.all
  *= require_self
- *= require substance-forms.css
- *= require substance/substance-reset.css
- *= require font-awesome.min.css
  *= require bootstrap_and_overrides
  *= require bootstrap.css
  *= require select2.css