diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a1536bd3..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-class App.DashboardRss extends App.Controller
-  constructor: ->
-    super
-
-    # bind to rebuild view event
-    @bind('rss_rebuild', @fetch)
-
-    # refresh list ever 600 sec.
-    @fetch()
-
-  fetch: =>
-
-    # get data from cache
-    cache = App.SessionStorage.get('dashboard_rss')
-    if cache
-      cache.head = 'Heise ATOM'
-      @render( cache )
-
-    # init fetch via ajax, all other updates on time via websockets
-    else
-      @ajax(
-        id:    'dashboard_rss'
-        type:  'GET'
-        url:   @apiPath + '/rss_fetch'
-        data:  {
-          limit: 8
-          url:   'http://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise-atom.xml'
-        }
-        processData: true
-        success: (data) =>
-          if data.message
-            @render(
-              head:    'Heise ATOM'
-              message: data.message
-            )
-          else
-            App.SessionStorage.set('dashboard_rss', data)
-            data.head = 'Heise ATOM'
-            @render(data)
-        error: =>
-          @render(
-            head:    'Heise ATOM'
-            message: 'Unable to fetch rss!'
-          )
-      )
-
-  render: (data) ->
-    @html App.view('dashboard/rss')(
-      head:  data.head,
-      items: data.items || []
-      message: data.message
-    )
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6b3b9ad..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<div class="span3">
-  <h2 class="can-move"><%- @T( @head ) %></h2>
-  <% if @message: %>
-    <%- @T(@message) %>
-  <% end %>
-  <ul>
-  <% for item in @items: %>
-    <li><a href="<%= item.link %>" title="<%= item.summary %>" target="_blank"><%= item.title %>"</a></li>
-  <% end %>
-  </ul>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb b/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ae495842..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Zammad Foundation, http://zammad-foundation.org/
-
-class RssController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :authentication_check
-
-=begin
-
-Resource:
-GET /api/v1/rss_fetch
-
-Response:
-{
-  ...
-}
-
-Test:
-curl http://localhost/api/v1/rss_fetch.json -v -u #{login}:#{password} -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET
-
-=end
-
-  def fetch
-    items = Rss.fetch(params[:url], params[:limit])
-    raise Exceptions::UnprocessableEntity, "failed to fetch #{params[:url]}" if items.nil?
-    render json: { items: items }
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/config/routes/rss.rb b/config/routes/rss.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6476410b6..000000000
--- a/config/routes/rss.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Zammad::Application.routes.draw do
-  api_path = Rails.configuration.api_path
-
-  # rss
-  match api_path + '/rss_fetch',   to: 'rss#fetch', via: :get
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/rss.rb b/lib/rss.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 34de4bb7f..000000000
--- a/lib/rss.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-require 'simple-rss'
-module Rss
-  def self.fetch(url, limit = 10)
-    cache_key = 'rss::' + url
-    items = Cache.get( cache_key )
-    return items if items
-
-    begin
-      Rails.logger.info "fetch rss... #{url}"
-      response = UserAgent.request(url)
-      if !response.success?
-        raise "Can't fetch '#{url}', http code: #{response.code}"
-      end
-      rss     = SimpleRSS.parse response.body
-      items   = []
-      fetched = 0
-      rss.items.each { |item|
-        record = {
-          id: item.id,
-          title: Encode.conv( 'utf8', item.title ),
-          summary: Encode.conv( 'utf8', item.summary ),
-          link: item.link,
-          published: item.published
-        }
-        items.push record
-        fetched += 1
-        break item if fetched == limit.to_i
-      }
-      Cache.write( cache_key, items, expires_in: 4.hours )
-    rescue => e
-      Rails.logger.error "can't fetch #{url}"
-      Rails.logger.error e.inspect
-      return
-    end
-
-    items
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/sessions/backend/rss.rb b/lib/sessions/backend/rss.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 388ae733d..000000000
--- a/lib/sessions/backend/rss.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-require 'rss'
-
-class Sessions::Backend::Rss < Sessions::Backend::Base
-
-  def collection_key
-    "rss::load::#{self.class}::#{@user.id}"
-  end
-
-  def load
-
-    # check timeout
-    cache = Sessions::CacheIn.get(collection_key)
-    return cache if cache
-
-    url = 'http://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise-atom.xml'
-    rss_items = Rss.fetch(url, 8)
-
-    # set new timeout
-    Sessions::CacheIn.set(collection_key, rss_items, { expires_in: 1.hour })
-
-    rss_items
-  end
-
-  def client_key
-    "rss::load::#{self.class}::#{@user.id}::#{@client_id}"
-  end
-
-  def push
-
-    # check timeout
-    timeout = Sessions::CacheIn.get(client_key)
-    return if timeout
-
-    # set new timeout
-    Sessions::CacheIn.set(client_key, true, { expires_in: @ttl.seconds })
-
-    data = load
-
-    return if !data || data.empty?
-
-    if !@client
-      return {
-        event: 'rss_rebuild',
-        collection: 'dashboard_rss',
-        data: data,
-      }
-    end
-
-    @client.log "push rss for user #{@user.id}"
-    @client.send(
-      event: 'rss_rebuild',
-      collection: 'dashboard_rss',
-      data: data,
-    )
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/sessions/client.rb b/lib/sessions/client.rb
index 35daf84a6..ca012d931 100644
--- a/lib/sessions/client.rb
+++ b/lib/sessions/client.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class Sessions::Client
     backends = [
       'Sessions::Backend::TicketOverviewList',
       'Sessions::Backend::Collections',
-      'Sessions::Backend::Rss',
       'Sessions::Backend::ActivityStream',
       'Sessions::Backend::TicketCreate',
     ]
diff --git a/test/unit/session_basic_test.rb b/test/unit/session_basic_test.rb
index d267c4e25..307fe140e 100644
--- a/test/unit/session_basic_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/session_basic_test.rb
@@ -186,22 +186,6 @@ class SessionBasicTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal(result1, result2, 'check collections')
   end
 
-  test 'c rss' do
-    user = User.lookup(id: 1)
-    collection_client1 = Sessions::Backend::Rss.new(user, {}, false, '123-1')
-
-    # get whole collections
-    result1 = collection_client1.push
-    #puts "RSS1: #{result1.inspect}"
-    assert(!result1.empty?, 'check rss')
-    sleep 0.5
-
-    # next check should be empty
-    result1 = collection_client1.push
-    #puts "R1: #{result1.inspect}"
-    assert(!result1, 'check rss - recall')
-  end
-
   test 'c activity stream' do
 
     # create users