diff --git a/drupal_commons.make b/drupal_commons.make
index ab7ea12..38e1b4e 100644
--- a/drupal_commons.make
+++ b/drupal_commons.make
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ projects[diff][subdir] = "contrib"
 projects[diff][download][type] = "git"
 projects[diff][download][revision] = "6.x-2.x"
 
-projects[tagging][subdir] = "contrib"
-
 projects[editablefields][subdir] = "contrib"
 projects[editablefields][version] = "2.0"
 
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.form.inc b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.form.inc
index b1e57aa..15498be 100644
--- a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.form.inc
+++ b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.form.inc
@@ -106,25 +106,6 @@ function commons_core_form_views_exposed_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implementation of hook_form_FORM_ID_alter()
- * 
- * Alter the Tagging admin settings form
- */
-function commons_core_form_tagging_admin_settings_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
-  // Remove checkbox
-  unset($form['tagging_show_suggestion_example']);
-  
-  // Add a field to supply static suggestions
-  $form['commons_tag_suggestions'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'textarea',
-    '#title' => t('Static tag suggestions'),
-    '#description' => t('Enter a comma-separated list of terms that will show up as tag suggestions when creating content items.'),
-    '#weight' => -5,
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('commons_tag_suggestions', ''),
-  );
-}
-
-/**
  * Alter a node form
  */
 function commons_core_node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.info b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.info
index f90d80d..c89fe2c 100644
--- a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.info
+++ b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.info
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ features[variable][] = "remove_markup_default_notice"
 features[variable][] = "remove_markup_default_page"
 features[variable][] = "tagadelic_block_tags_1"
 features[variable][] = "tagadelic_sort_order"
-features[variable][] = "tagging_inject_1"
-features[variable][] = "tagging_show_suggestion_example"
 features[variable][] = "theme_settings"
 features[variable][] = "user_picture_dimensions"
 features[variable][] = "user_picture_imagecache_comments"
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.module b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.module
index baf3a0e..a9dda56 100644
--- a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.module
+++ b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.module
@@ -245,15 +245,6 @@ function commons_core_theme() {
 **/
 function commons_core_strongarm_alter(&$items) {
   $commons_tags_vid = variable_get('commons_tags_vid', 1);
-  // If these variables are set but the Commons tags vid isn't 1,
-  // changing the value isn't sufficient: we need to 
-  // create a different variable for each one.
-  if (isset($items['tagging_inject_1']) && $commons_tags_vid != 1) {
-    $new_item = $items['tagging_inject_1'];
-    unset($items['tagging_inject_1']);
-    $new_item->name = 'tagging_inject_' . $commons_tags_vid;
-    $items['tagging_inject_' . $commons_tags_vid] = $new_item;
-  }
   if (isset($items['tagadelic_block_tags_1']) && $commons_tags_vid !=1) {
     $new_item = $items['tagadelic_block_tags_1'];
     unset($items['tagadelic_block_tags_1']);
@@ -389,24 +380,6 @@ function commons_core_field_access($op, $field, $account = NULL, $node = NULL) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Implementation of hook_tagging_suggestions()
- */
-function commons_core_tagging_suggestions($vid, $node) {
-  $suggestions = array();
-  
-  // Check if there are suggestions stored
-  if ($tags = variable_get('commons_tag_suggestions', '')) {
-    $tags = array_reverse(explode(',', $tags));
-    foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-      $suggestions[] = array(
-        '#name' => trim($tag),
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-  return $suggestions;
-}
 
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_user_relationships_remove_link_alter().
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.strongarm.inc b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.strongarm.inc
index 09b5436..7bea53d 100644
--- a/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.strongarm.inc
+++ b/modules/features/commons_core/commons_core.strongarm.inc
@@ -240,20 +240,6 @@ function commons_core_strongarm() {
   $strongarm = new stdClass;
   $strongarm->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default strongarm disabled initially */
   $strongarm->api_version = 1;
-  $strongarm->name = 'tagging_inject_1';
-  $strongarm->value = 1;
-  $export['tagging_inject_1'] = $strongarm;
-
-  $strongarm = new stdClass;
-  $strongarm->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default strongarm disabled initially */
-  $strongarm->api_version = 1;
-  $strongarm->name = 'tagging_show_suggestion_example';
-  $strongarm->value = 0;
-  $export['tagging_show_suggestion_example'] = $strongarm;
-
-  $strongarm = new stdClass;
-  $strongarm->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default strongarm disabled initially */
-  $strongarm->api_version = 1;
   $strongarm->name = 'theme_settings';
   $strongarm->value = array(
     'toggle_logo' => 1,