diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_es5_scripts.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_es5_scripts.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3214a12..0000000
--- a/app/views/layouts/_es5_scripts.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Scripts written in ES5 that have to be migrated to ES6. Needed here since Rails assets pipeline has been already switched off in favour of Webpack -->
-
-<!-- START third party libraries -->
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.min.js' %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'rails.js' %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-ui.min.js' %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'placeholder.min.js' %>
-    <%#= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.tablesorter.min.js' %>
-    <%#= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.tablesorter.widgets.min.js' %>
-    <%#= javascript_include_tag 'bootstrap.min.js' %>
-<!-- END third party libraries -->
-
-<!-- TODO by https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/issues/599
-//= require i18n
-//= require i18n/translations
-//= require_tree ./locale
-//= require gettext/all
-//  I18n.defaultLocale = "<%#= I18n.default_locale %>";
-//  I18n.locale = "<%#= I18n.locale %>";
--->
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 1baedc8..a927aa3 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import './utils/panelHeading';
 import './utils/links';
 import './utils/tabHelper';
-import './utils/tableHelper';
 import './utils/tooltipHelper';
 import './utils/popoverHelper';
 
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/utils/tableHelper.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/utils/tableHelper.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 47303b4..0000000
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/utils/tableHelper.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import 'tablesorter/dist/js/jquery.tablesorter.min';
-import debounce from '../utils/debounce';
-import { isObject, isString } from './isType';
-
-export const collateTable = (options) => {
-  if (isObject(options) && isString(options.selector)) {
-    $(options.selector).tablesorter({
-      theme: 'bootstrap_3',
-      headerTemplate: '{content} {icon}',
-      cssIconAsc: 'fa fa-sort-asc',
-      cssIconDesc: 'fa fa-sort-desc',
-      cssIconNone: 'fa fa-sort',
-    });
-  }
-};
-
-export const filteriseTable = (options) => {
-  if (isObject(options) && isString(options.selector)) {
-    const filter = ((el) => {
-      const query = $(el).val();
-      const regex = new RegExp(query, 'i');
-
-      $.each($(el).closest('table').find('tbody tr'), (idx, tr) => {
-        if (regex.test($(tr).text())) {
-          $(tr).show();
-        } else {
-          $(tr).hide();
-        }
-      });
-    });
-
-    const clear = (el) => {
-      const formEl = $(el).closest('form');
-      formEl.find(options.selector).val('');
-      formEl.closest('table').find('tbody tr').show();
-    };
-
-    /* initialize a debounced listener for the filter box */
-    const debounced = debounce(filter);
-
-    /* Bind the clear function to the clear icon's click event */
-    $(options.selector).keyup((e) => {
-      debounced(e.currentTarget);
-    });
-
-    $('.clear_filter').click((e) => {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      clear(e.target);
-      debounced.cancel();
-    });
-  }
-};
diff --git a/lib/assets/package.json b/lib/assets/package.json
index d2d6048..213eb91 100644
--- a/lib/assets/package.json
+++ b/lib/assets/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "js-cookie": "2.1.4",
     "number-to-text": "^0.3.2",
     "placeholder": "1.0.2",
-    "tablesorter": "2.28.15",
     "timeago.js": "^3.0.2",
     "tinymce": "4.6.5"
   },