diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js
index 294c100f0..86c4e0ae6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config )
   config.allowedContent = true;
   config.format_tags = "p;h2;h3";
 
+  config.removePlugins = "balloonpanel,balloontoolbar,copyformatting,scayt,wsc";
+
   // Rails CSRF token
   config.filebrowserParams = function(){
     var csrf_token, csrf_param, meta,
diff --git a/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb b/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
index f60914e45..cf01ea040 100644
--- a/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Ckeditor.setup do |config|
   config.authorize_with :cancan
 
   config.assets_languages = Rails.application.config.i18n.available_locales.map { |l| l.to_s.downcase }
-  config.assets_plugins = %w[balloonpanel balloontoolbar copyformatting image
-                             link magicline pastefromword scayt table tableselection wsc]
+  config.assets_plugins = %w[image link magicline pastefromword
+                             table tableselection]
   config.assets.reject! { |asset| asset =~ /\Ackeditor\/samples\// }
 end