diff --git a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/edit.js~HEAD b/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/edit.js~HEAD
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--- a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/edit.js~HEAD
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-/* eslint-disable wpcalypso/jsx-classname-namespace */
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-import { get } from 'lodash';
-
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { IconButton, Placeholder, Toolbar } from '@wordpress/components';
-import { withState } from '@wordpress/compose';
-import { BlockControls } from '@wordpress/editor';
-import { Fragment, RawHTML } from '@wordpress/element';
-import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
-
-/**
- * Internal dependencies
- */
-import PostAutocomplete from '../../components/post-autocomplete';
-
-const ContentSlotEdit = withState( {
-	isEditing: false,
-	selectedPost: null,
-} )( ( { attributes, isEditing, selectedPost, setState } ) => {
-	const { align } = attributes;
-
-	const toggleEditing = () => setState( { isEditing: ! isEditing } );
-
-	const onSelectPost = post => {
-		setState( { isEditing: false, selectedPost: post } );
-	};
-
-	const showToggleButton = ! isEditing || !! selectedPost;
-	const showPlaceholder = isEditing || ! selectedPost;
-	const showPreview = ! isEditing && !! selectedPost;
-
-	return (
-		<Fragment>
-			{ showToggleButton && (
-				<BlockControls>
-					<Toolbar>
-						<IconButton
-							className={ classNames( 'components-icon-button components-toolbar__control', {
-								'is-active': isEditing,
-							} ) }
-							label={ __( 'Change Preview' ) }
-							onClick={ toggleEditing }
-							icon="edit"
-						/>
-					</Toolbar>
-				</BlockControls>
-			) }
-			<div
-				className={ classNames( 'a8c-content-slot-block', {
-					[ `align${ align }` ]: align,
-				} ) }
-			>
-				{ showPlaceholder && (
-					<Placeholder
-						icon="layout"
-						label={ __( 'Content Slot' ) }
-						instructions={ __( 'Placeholder for a post or a page.' ) }
-					>
-						<div className="a8c-content-slot-block__selector">
-							<div>{ __( 'Select something to preview:' ) }</div>
-							<PostAutocomplete
-								selectedPostTitle={ get( selectedPost, 'title.rendered' ) }
-								onSelectPost={ onSelectPost }
-							/>
-							{ !! selectedPost && (
-								<a href={ `?post=${ selectedPost.id }&action=edit` }>{ __( 'Edit' ) }</a>
-							) }
-						</div>
-					</Placeholder>
-				) }
-				{ showPreview && (
-					<RawHTML className="a8c-content-slot-block__preview">
-						{ get( selectedPost, 'content.rendered' ) }
-					</RawHTML>
-				) }
-			</div>
-		</Fragment>
-	);
-} );
-
-export default ContentSlotEdit;
diff --git a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.js~HEAD b/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.js~HEAD
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--- a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.js~HEAD
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-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { registerBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
-import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
-
-/**
- * Internal dependencies
- */
-import edit from './edit';
-import './style.scss';
-
-registerBlockType( 'a8c/content-slot', {
-	title: __( 'Content Slot' ),
-	description: __( 'Placeholder for a post or a page.' ),
-	icon: 'layout',
-	category: 'layout',
-	supports: {
-		align: [ 'wide', 'full' ],
-		anchor: true,
-		html: false,
-		multiple: false,
-		reusable: false,
-	},
-	edit,
-	save: () => null,
-} );
diff --git a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.php~HEAD b/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.php~HEAD
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--- a/apps/full-site-editing/full-site-editing-plugin/blocks/content-slot/index.php~HEAD
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-<?php
-
-function render_content_slot_block( $attributes, $content ) {
-	$align = isset( $attributes['align'] ) ? ' align' . $attributes['align'] : '';
-
-	$content = '<div class="a8c-content'. $align . '">'
-		. __( '[Renders some content]' )
-		. '</div>';
-
-	return $content;
-}