diff --git a/aleksis/core/templatetags/data_helpers.py b/aleksis/core/templatetags/data_helpers.py
index 871950d9569352e945c824ba2e35f5b68f1e06aa..0b195d136d86587f892635d6d0e41be1aebada68 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/templatetags/data_helpers.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/templatetags/data_helpers.py
@@ -17,30 +17,3 @@ def get_dict(value: Any, arg: Any) -> Any:
         return value[int(arg)]
     else:
         return None
-
-
-class SetVarNode(template.Node):
-    def __init__(self, var_name, var_value):
-        self.var_name = var_name
-        self.var_value = var_value
-
-    def render(self, context):
-        try:
-            value = template.Variable(self.var_value).resolve(context)
-        except template.VariableDoesNotExist:
-            value = ""
-        context[self.var_name] = value
-
-        return u""
-
-
-@register.tag(name='set')
-def set_var(parser, token):
-    """
-    {% set some_var = '123' %}
-    """
-    parts = token.split_contents()
-    if len(parts) < 4:
-        raise template.TemplateSyntaxError("'set' tag must be of the form: {% set <var_name> = <var_value> %}")
-
-    return SetVarNode(parts[1], parts[3])