diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 7b0e082..eb92eaf 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -95,14 +95,17 @@ behavior without touching the code:
         ``3600 * 24 * 30 * 12 * 100`` or simpler: ``DPASTE_EXPIRE_CHOICES[2][0]``.
 
     ``DPASTE_ENABLE_GIST``
+        **Removed in Version 2.13!**
         Boolean. Whether to display the Gist button for re-pasting to GitHub.
         Default: ``True``
 
     ``DPASTE_DEFAULT_GIST_NAME``
+        **Removed in Version 2.13!**
         String. The filename used when pasting a snippet on Github Gist.
         Default: ``dpaste.de_snippet.py``
 
     ``DPASTE_DEFAULT_GIST_DESCRIPTION``
+        **Removed in Version 2.13!**
         String. The filename used when pasting a snippet on Github Gist.
         Default: ``dpaste.de_snippet.py``
 
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
index 6f4e54b..83f71a2 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
         {% if snippet.expire_type != 3 %}
         <a class="btn" href="{% url "snippet_details_raw" snippet.secret_id %}"><i class="icon-align-left"></i> {% trans "View Raw" %}</a>
         {% endif %}
-        {% if gist %}
-        <a class="btn" href="{% url "snippet_gist" snippet.secret_id %}"
-            rel="nofollow" title="Create a secret Gist"><i class="icon-share"></i> {% trans "Gist" %}</a>
-        {% endif %}
         {% if snippet.lexer != 'text' %}
         <a class="btn" href="#" id="toggleWordwrap">Wordwrap</a>
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py b/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py
index 20713a5..1d47787 100644
--- a/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py
+++ b/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^delete/$', views.snippet_delete, name='snippet_delete'),
     url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/?$' % L, views.snippet_details, name='snippet_details'),
     url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/delete/$' % L, views.snippet_delete, name='snippet_delete'),
-    url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/gist/$' % L, views.snippet_gist, name='snippet_gist'),
     url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/raw/?$' % L, views.snippet_details, {'template_name': 'dpaste/snippet_details_raw.html', 'is_raw': True}, name='snippet_details_raw'),
 ]
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index b7bf4d0..82e0107 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import datetime
 import difflib
 import json
 
-import requests
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ from django.db.models import Count
 from django.http import (Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest,
                          HttpResponseRedirect)
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
-from django.template.context import RequestContext
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.views.defaults import page_not_found as django_page_not_found
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ from .highlight import (LEXER_DEFAULT, LEXER_KEYS, LEXER_LIST,
                               LEXER_WORDWRAP, PLAIN_CODE)
 from .models import ONETIME_LIMIT, Snippet
 
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Snippet Handling
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -185,37 +184,6 @@ def snippet_diff(request, template_name='dpaste/snippet_diff.html'):
     return render(request, template_name, template_context)
 
 
-def snippet_gist(request, snippet_id): # pragma: no cover
-    """
-    Put a snippet on Github Gist.
-    """
-    if not getattr(settings, 'DPASTE_ENABLE_GIST', True):
-        raise Http404('Gist creation is disabled on this installation.')
-
-    snippet = get_object_or_404(Snippet, secret_id=snippet_id)
-    data = {
-        'description': getattr(settings, 'DPASTE_DEFAULT_GIST_DESCRIPTION', ''),
-        'public': False,
-        'files': {
-            getattr(settings, 'DPASTE_DEFAULT_GIST_NAME', 'dpaste.de_snippet.py'): {
-                'content': snippet.content,
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    try:
-        payload = json.dumps(data)
-        response = requests.post('https://api.github.com/gists', data=payload)
-        response_dict = response.json()
-        gist_url = response_dict.get('html_url')
-
-    # Github could be down, could return invalid JSON, it's rare
-    except:
-        return HttpResponse('Creating a Github Gist failed. Sorry, please go back and try again.')
-
-    return HttpResponseRedirect(gist_url)
-
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Static pages
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------