diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index 0e42f2ae..578bd654 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/footer.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 	<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
 		<div class="site-info">
-			<?php do_action( '_s_credits' ); ?>
 			<a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', '_s' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
 			<span class="sep"> | </span>
 			<?php printf( __( 'Theme: %1$s by %2$s.', '_s' ), '_s', '<a href="http://automattic.com/" rel="designer">Automattic</a>' ); ?>
diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index 8da3dd82..398b6ef0 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
 <div id="page" class="hfeed site">
-	<?php do_action( 'before' ); ?>
+
 	<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
 		<div class="site-branding">
 			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
diff --git a/sidebar.php b/sidebar.php
index c0310f47..29148c3b 100644
--- a/sidebar.php
+++ b/sidebar.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 ?>
 	<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
-		<?php do_action( 'before_sidebar' ); ?>
 		<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) : ?>
 
 			<aside id="search" class="widget widget_search">
