diff --git a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
index 060aa66757d925131c4956a5008fd498c033ebb6..5bcfb750d064653b60e87d62fcabdaac0911fa5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class ContactsController < ApplicationController
     else
       @contacts = current_user.contacts.includes(:aspects, :person => :profile).order('profiles.last_name ASC').paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 25)
     end
-
-    @contacts_grouped = @contacts.group_by{|contact| contact.person.profile.last_name[0,1]}
   end
 
   def sharing
diff --git a/app/views/contacts/index.html.haml b/app/views/contacts/index.html.haml
index 3d8cba182077513154a8c51e9bb8bbea791c9269..ee082eae7657b1dd237b3ad2c16995392dd90944 100644
--- a/app/views/contacts/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/contacts/index.html.haml
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@
 
 .span-15
   #people_stream.stream
-    - @contacts_grouped.each do |letter, contacts|
-      .right.letter
-        %h1
-          = letter
-      - for contact in contacts
-        = render :partial => 'people/person', :locals => {:contact => contact, :person => contact.person}
+    - for contact in @contacts
+      = render :partial => 'people/person', :locals => {:contact => contact, :person => contact.person}
 
   = will_paginate @contacts
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index af5179ffe4166e358419eb22091c2982d7f77380..1da5a989cd1d60fdbc877099bc4de7ea17dc5cfe 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -3007,11 +3007,3 @@ ul#left_nav
     :margin 0
     :display none
 
-#people_stream
-  :position relative
-
-  .letter
-    :right -80px
-    h1
-      :color #eee
-