diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/popover_helper.js b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/popover_helper.js
index cc9216687..126b5b39a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/popover_helper.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/popover_helper.js
@@ -2,41 +2,47 @@
   'use strict';
 
   $(document).ready(function() {
-    $('.popover_v2').each(function(i,obj) {
-      var link = $(obj).data('popover-link')
-      $(obj).popover({
-        html: true,
-        container: 'body',
-        placement: 'auto right',
-        trigger: 'manual',
-        template: '<div class="popover popover_'+i+'_window" role="tooltip" style="background-color:#F0F0F0;font-family:Lato;font-size:14px;" color="#000000" ><div class="popover-body" >' +
-        $(obj).data('content') +
-        '</div><br><br><br><div class="popover-footer" style="position:absolute;bottom:5px;right:5px;background-color:#E8E8E8;border-radius: 3px;">' +
-        '<a style="color:grey;" class="btn btn-link text-nowrap" href="'+link+'">Read more&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></a></div></div>'
-      }).on("mouseenter", function () {
-          setTimeout(function () {
-            if ($(obj).hover().length) {
-              $(obj).popover("show")
-              var top = $(obj).offset().top;
-              $('.popover_'+i+'_window').css({
-                  top: (top) + 'px'
-              });
-              $(".popover_"+i+"_window").on("mouseleave", function () {
-                $(".popover_"+i+"_window").css("background-color","#F0F0F0");
-                  $(obj).popover('hide');
-              });
-              $(".popover_"+i+"_window").on("mouseenter", function () {
-                  $(".popover_"+i+"_window").css("background-color","#DADADA");
-              });
-            }
-          }, 1000);
-      }).on("mouseleave", function () {
-          setTimeout(function () {
-              if (!$(".popover_"+i+"_window:hover").length) {
-                  $(obj).popover("hide")
+    //if( user has popovers turned on from settings ){
+      $('.popover_v2').each(function(i,obj) {
+        var link = $(obj).data('popover-link')
+        $(obj).popover({
+          html: true,
+          container: 'body',
+          placement: 'auto right',
+          trigger: 'manual',
+          template: '<div class="popover popover_'+i+'_window" role="tooltip" style="background-color:#F0F0F0;font-family:Lato;font-size:14px;" color="#000000" ><div class="popover-body" >' +
+          $(obj).data('content') +
+          '</div><br><br><br><div class="popover-footer" style="position:absolute;bottom:5px;right:5px;background-color:#E8E8E8;border-radius: 3px;">' +
+          '<a style="color:grey;" class="btn btn-link text-nowrap" href="'+link+'">Read more&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></a></div></div>'
+        }).on("mouseenter", function () {
+            setTimeout(function () {
+              if ($(obj).hover().length) {
+                $(obj).popover("show")
+                var top = $(obj).offset().top;
+                $('.popover_'+i+'_window').css({
+                    top: (top) + 'px'
+                });
+                $(".popover_"+i+"_window").on("mouseleave", function () {
+                  $(".popover_"+i+"_window").css("background-color","#F0F0F0");
+                    $(obj).popover('hide');
+                });
+                $(".popover_"+i+"_window").on("mouseenter", function () {
+                    $(".popover_"+i+"_window").css("background-color","#DADADA");
+                });
               }
-          }, 500);
-      });
-    })
+            }, 1000);
+        }).on("mouseleave", function () {
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                if (!$(".popover_"+i+"_window:hover").length) {
+                    $(obj).popover("hide")
+                }
+            }, 500);
+        });
+      })
+  //}
   });
 }());
+
+/* copy and paste shortcut
+<button class="btn btn-default popover_v2" data-popover-link="popover_test.link" data-content="<%= I18n.t('popover_test.text') %>">
+*/
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
index 36cf190f5..d0206cd5a 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
@@ -70,18 +70,6 @@
       <!-- profile info -->
       <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
         <!-- search form -->
-        <li>
-          <button class="btn btn-default popover_v2" data-popover-link="https://www.google.com/" data-content="<%= I18n.t('test.popover.test') %>">
-        </li>
-        <li>
-          <button class="btn btn-default popover_v2" data-popover-link="https://www.google.com/1" data-content="<%= I18n.t('test.popover.test') %>">
-        </li>
-        <li>
-          <button class="btn btn-default popover_v2" data-popover-link="https://www.google.com/2" data-content="<%= I18n.t('test.popover.test') %>">
-        </li>
-        <li>
-          <button class="btn btn-default popover_v2" data-popover-link="https://www.google.com/3" data-content="<%= I18n.t('test.popover.test') %>">
-        </li>
         <li>
           <%= form_tag search_path,
                        method: :get,