diff --git a/src/components/join-flow/email-step.jsx b/src/components/join-flow/email-step.jsx
index 48fe7dad701..448f3919cb7 100644
--- a/src/components/join-flow/email-step.jsx
+++ b/src/components/join-flow/email-step.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const FormattedMessage = require('react-intl').FormattedMessage;
 const validate = require('../../lib/validate');
 const JoinFlowStep = require('./join-flow-step.jsx');
 const FormikInput = require('../../components/formik-forms/formik-input.jsx');
-const FormikCheckbox = require('../../components/formik-forms/formik-checkbox.jsx');
 const InfoButton = require('../info-button/info-button.jsx');
 const Captcha = require('../../components/captcha/captcha.jsx');
 require('./join-flow-steps.scss');
@@ -100,8 +99,7 @@ class EmailStep extends React.Component {
         return (
             <Formik
                 initialValues={{
-                    email: '',
-                    subscribe: false
+                    email: ''
                 }}
                 validate={this.validateForm}
                 validateOnBlur={false}
@@ -186,13 +184,6 @@ class EmailStep extends React.Component {
                                     message={this.props.intl.formatMessage({id: 'registration.emailStepInfo'})}
                                 />
                             </div>
-                            <div className="join-flow-email-checkbox-row">
-                                <FormikCheckbox
-                                    id="subscribeCheckbox"
-                                    label={this.props.intl.formatMessage({id: 'registration.receiveEmails'})}
-                                    name="subscribe"
-                                />
-                            </div>
                             <Captcha
                                 ref={this.setCaptchaRef}
                                 onCaptchaError={this.props.onCaptchaError}
diff --git a/src/components/join-flow/join-flow.jsx b/src/components/join-flow/join-flow.jsx
index c237051446a..8dbd28dbe6f 100644
--- a/src/components/join-flow/join-flow.jsx
+++ b/src/components/join-flow/join-flow.jsx
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ class JoinFlow extends React.Component {
                     'g-recaptcha-response': formData['g-recaptcha-response'],
                     'gender': formData.gender,
                     'country': formData.country,
-                    'subscribe': true,
                     'is_robot': formData.yesno
                     // no need to include csrfmiddlewaretoken; will be provided in
                     // X-CSRFToken header, which scratchr2 looks for in
diff --git a/src/l10n.json b/src/l10n.json
index 4dc24a6d779..6de3b65f19f 100644
--- a/src/l10n.json
+++ b/src/l10n.json
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     "registration.genderOptionAnother": "Another gender:",
     "registration.genderOptionPreferNotToSay": "Prefer not to say",
     "registration.emailStepTitle": "What's your email?",
-    "registration.emailStepInfo": "This will help if you forget your password, or if you want to receive email updates. This information will not be made public on your account.",
+    "registration.emailStepInfo": "This will help if you forget your password. This information will not be made public on your account.",
     "registration.goToClass": "Go to Class",
     "registration.invitedBy": "invited by",
     "registration.lastStepTitle": "Thank you for requesting a Scratch Teacher Account",
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
     "registration.personalStepDescription": "Your individual responses will not be displayed publicly, and will be kept confidential and secure",
     "registration.private": "We will keep this information private.",
     "registration.problemsAre": "The problems are:",
-    "registration.receiveEmails": "I'd like to receive emails from the Scratch Team about project ideas, events, and more.",
     "registration.selectCountry": "Select country",
     "registration.startOverInstruction": "Click \"Start over.\"",
     "registration.studentPersonalStepDescription": "This information will not appear on the Scratch website.",
diff --git a/test/unit/components/email-step.test.jsx b/test/unit/components/email-step.test.jsx
index 25b813d5a8d..cddf6484055 100644
--- a/test/unit/components/email-step.test.jsx
+++ b/test/unit/components/email-step.test.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const {shallowWithIntl} = require('../../helpers/intl-helpers.jsx');
 const {mountWithIntl} = require('../../helpers/intl-helpers.jsx');
 const JoinFlowStep = require('../../../src/components/join-flow/join-flow-step.jsx');
 const FormikInput = require('../../../src/components/formik-forms/formik-input.jsx');
-const FormikCheckbox = require('../../../src/components/formik-forms/formik-checkbox.jsx');
 
 const requestSuccessResponse = {
     requestSucceeded: true,
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ describe('EmailStep test', () => {
             {...defaultProps()}
         />);
         const emailStepWrapper = intlWrapper.dive();
-        expect(emailStepWrapper.props().initialValues.subscribe).toBe(false);
         expect(emailStepWrapper.props().initialValues.email).toBe('');
         expect(emailStepWrapper.props().validateOnBlur).toBe(false);
         expect(emailStepWrapper.props().validateOnChange).toBe(false);
@@ -94,23 +92,6 @@ describe('EmailStep test', () => {
         expect(emailInputWrapper.props().validate).toEqual(emailStepWrapper.instance().validateEmail);
     });
 
-    test('props sent to FormikCheckbox for subscribe', () => {
-        const intlWrapper = shallowWithIntl(<EmailStep
-            {...defaultProps()}
-        />);
-
-        // Dive to get past the intl wrapper
-        const emailStepWrapper = intlWrapper.dive();
-        // Dive to get past the anonymous component.
-        const joinFlowWrapper = emailStepWrapper.dive().find(JoinFlowStep);
-        expect(joinFlowWrapper).toHaveLength(1);
-        const checkboxWrapper = joinFlowWrapper.find(FormikCheckbox).first();
-        expect(checkboxWrapper).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(checkboxWrapper.first().props().id).toEqual('subscribeCheckbox');
-        expect(checkboxWrapper.first().props().label).toEqual('registration.receiveEmails');
-        expect(checkboxWrapper.first().props().name).toEqual('subscribe');
-    });
-
     test('handleValidSubmit passes formData to next step', () => {
         const formikBag = {
             setSubmitting: jest.fn()