diff --git a/issue/views.py b/issue/views.py
index c0402ff..e43825c 100644
--- a/issue/views.py
+++ b/issue/views.py
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
-from stronghold.decorators import public
-
 from issue.models import *
 from issue.forms import *
 
 import shlex
 
 
-@public
 def project_list(request):
 
     if not Project.objects.exists():
diff --git a/ponytracker/settings.py b/ponytracker/settings.py
index dce1adc..86bbc2e 100644
--- a/ponytracker/settings.py
+++ b/ponytracker/settings.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
     'django.contrib.humanize',
 
-    'stronghold',
     'django_markdown',
     'bootstrap3_datetime',
     'crispy_forms',
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 
-    'stronghold.middleware.LoginRequiredMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'ponytracker.urls'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f565ebf..a1e7b66 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ django-bootstrap3-datetimepicker==2.2.3
 django-colorful==1.0.1
 django-crispy-forms==1.4.0
 django-markdown==0.6.1
-django-stronghold==0.2.6
 pyinotify==0.9.4