diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 653dddfbc406fdccbc2b74ff7537ec428693cbf6..843e07caa5f6cdbaecc14903c91bd8908b815de7 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) # initial route to display the reg page
     def index():
 
-        valid_eppa = ["faculty", "staff", "student", "affiliate"]
-
         if 'uid' not in session:
             session['uid']=str(uuid.uuid4())
 
diff --git a/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html b/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html
deleted file mode 100644
index f4a5cf5c39c3f97458080d8a3eeab9056ecb52e4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-<html class="gr__rc_uab_edu">
-<title>User Authorization error </title>
-<head>
-<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/socket.io/1.7.3/socket.io.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-aJ21OjlMXNL5UyIl/XNwTMqvzeRMZH2w8c5cRVpzpU8Y5bApTppSuUkhZXN0VxHd" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-<script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='scripts/function.js') }}"></script>
-
-
-<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
-<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='style/application.css') }}">
-<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='style/app2.css') }}">
-
-<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-<style>
-  .navbar-inverse { background-color: rgb(0,99,65); }
-  button{ margin: 13px;
-  .important { color: #336699; }}
-</style>
-
-</head>
-
-
-<body data-gr-c-s-loaded="true">
-<header>
-  <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-static-top">
-    <div class="container-fluid">
-      <div class="navbar-header">
-        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-9" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button>
-        <a class="navbar-brand" href="/"> UAB Research Computing</a>
-      </div>
-      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-9">
-        <div class="navbar-right">
-          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
-          <li>
-            <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.uabgrid.uab.edu/wiki/Cheaha_GettingStarted">
-              <i class="fas fa-info-circle fa-fw"></i> Online Documentation
-            </a>
-          </li>
-          </ul>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </nav>
-</header>
-
-<div class="container content" role="main" style="width: 100%">
-  <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 my-col">
-    <img alt="logo" height="auto" width="80%"  src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/logo_svg.svg') }}">
-    <a href="https://tinyurl.com/cheahaAL" target="_blank"></a>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 my-col">
-    <div id="form-wrapper">
-    <h2> Account Authorization  error </h2>
-    <p style="font-size:110%;"> {{ welcome_msg |safe }}</p>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>  
-
-<footer>
-  <div class="container-fluid">
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6">
-        <a href="https://osc.github.io/Open-OnDemand/">
-	  <img class="footer-logo" alt="Powered by Open OnDemand" height="40" style="margin-bottom: 20px" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/OpenOnDemand_powered_by_RGB-cb3aad5ff5350c7994f250fb334ddcc72e343233ce99eb71fda93beddd76a847.svg') }}">
-        </a>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</footer>
-
-</body>
-</html>