diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 7b0e082..e35f562 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ behavior without touching the code:
         Boolean. Whether to display the Gist button for re-pasting to GitHub.
         Default: ``True``
 
+        ..warning: This feature was removed in v2.11.
+
     ``DPASTE_DEFAULT_GIST_NAME``
         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 31f349e..0b50c3d 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
         {% 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 b1a745b..ea0ddb9 100644
--- a/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py
+++ b/dpaste/urls/dpaste.py
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/?$' % L, views.SnippetDetailView.as_view(), name='snippet_details'),
     url(r'^(?P<snippet_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{%d,})/delete/$' % L, views.SnippetDeleteView.as_view(), 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.SnippetRawView.as_view(), name='snippet_details_raw'),
 ]
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index b1e6e46..4d2591c 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -227,37 +227,6 @@ class SnippetDiffView(TemplateView):
         return ctx
 
 
-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)
-
-
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