diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LoginController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LoginController.php
index c12a00153..8065b637d 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LoginController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LoginController.php
@@ -58,11 +58,7 @@ class LoginController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             //Open the session for writing, because we close it for writing by default in Bootstrap.php as an optimization.
             //session_start();
 
-            // if the post contains recaptcha field, which means form had recaptcha field.
-            // Hence add the element for validation.
-            if (array_key_exists('recaptcha_response_field', $request->getPost())) {
-                $form->addRecaptcha();
-            }
+
             if ($form->isValid($request->getPost())) {
                 //get the username and password from the form
                 $username = $form->getValue('username');
@@ -276,10 +272,6 @@ class LoginController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         Application_Model_LoginAttempts::increaseAttempts($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
         $form = new Application_Form_Login();                            
         $this->view->error = true;
-        //Only show the captcha if you get your login wrong 4 times in a row.
-        if (Application_Model_Subjects::getLoginAttempts($username) > 3) {
-            $form->addRecaptcha();
-        }
         return $form;
     }
 }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/Login.php b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/Login.php
index fd99e0537..d9713852a 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/Login.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/Login.php
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ class Application_Form_Login extends Zend_Form
             "locale" => Application_Model_Locale::getUserLocale()
         ));
 
-        if (Application_Model_LoginAttempts::getAttempts($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) >= 3) {
-            $this->addRecaptcha();
-        }
-
         // Add the submit button
         $this->addElement('submit', 'submit', array(
             'ignore'   => true,
@@ -87,26 +83,6 @@ class Application_Form_Login extends Zend_Form
 
     }
 
-    public function addRecaptcha()
-    {
-        $pubKey = '6Ld4JsISAAAAAIxUKT4IjjOGi3DHqdoH2zk6WkYG';
-        $privKey = '6Ld4JsISAAAAAJynYlXdrE4hfTReTSxYFe5szdyv';
-
-        $params= array('ssl' => true);
-        $recaptcha = new Zend_Service_ReCaptcha($pubKey, $privKey, $params);
-
-        $captcha = new Zend_Form_Element_Captcha('captcha',
-            array(
-                'label' => _('Type the characters you see in the picture below.'),
-                'captcha' =>  'ReCaptcha',
-                'captchaOptions'        => array(
-                    'captcha'   => 'ReCaptcha',
-                    'service' => $recaptcha
-                )
-            )
-        );
-        $this->addElement($captcha);
-    }
 
     /**
      * tests if a string starts with a given string