diff --git a/app/controllers/budgets/investments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/budgets/investments_controller.rb
index f6125c214..8522352e3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/budgets/investments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/budgets/investments_controller.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module Budgets
 
       def investment_params
         params.require(:budget_investment)
-              .permit(:title, :description, :external_url, :heading_id, :tag_list,
+              .permit(:title, :description, :heading_id, :tag_list,
                       :organization_name, :location, :terms_of_service, :skip_map,
                       image_attributes: [:id, :title, :attachment, :cached_attachment, :user_id, :_destroy],
                       documents_attributes: [:id, :title, :attachment, :cached_attachment, :user_id, :_destroy],
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/investments/_form.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/investments/_form.html.erb
index fffafcb0d..9c419dc0f 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/investments/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/investments/_form.html.erb
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
       <%= f.cktext_area :description, maxlength: SpendingProposal.description_max_length, ckeditor: { language: I18n.locale } %>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="small-12 column">
-      <%= f.text_field :external_url %>
-    </div>
-
     <% if feature?(:allow_images) %>
       <div class="images small-12 column">
         <%= render 'images/nested_image', imageable: @investment, f: f %>
diff --git a/app/views/valuation/budget_investments/edit.html.erb b/app/views/valuation/budget_investments/edit.html.erb
index fa748b098..4ecd8748e 100644
--- a/app/views/valuation/budget_investments/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/valuation/budget_investments/edit.html.erb
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@
 
 <%= safe_html_with_links @investment.description %>
 
-<% if @investment.external_url.present? %>
-  <p><%= text_with_links @investment.external_url %></p>
-<% end %>
-
 <h2><%= t("valuation.budget_investments.show.info") %></h2>
 
 <p><strong><%= t("valuation.budget_investments.show.by") %>:</strong>
@@ -142,4 +138,4 @@
       <li><%= t("valuation.budget_investments.show.undefined") %></li>
     <% end %>
   </ul>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/spec/features/emails_spec.rb b/spec/features/emails_spec.rb
index ca418de10..f4bd7e08e 100644
--- a/spec/features/emails_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/emails_spec.rb
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ feature 'Emails' do
       select  "#{group.name}: #{heading.name}", from: 'budget_investment_heading_id'
       fill_in 'budget_investment_title', with: 'Build a hospital'
       fill_in 'budget_investment_description', with: 'We have lots of people that require medical attention'
-      fill_in 'budget_investment_external_url', with: 'http://http://hospitalsforallthepeople.com/'
       check   'budget_investment_terms_of_service'
 
       click_button 'Create Investment'