diff --git a/app/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.js b/app/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.js
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--- a/app/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.js
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-import Component from '@ember/component';
-import moment from 'moment';
-import {computed} from '@ember/object';
-import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
-
-export default Component.extend({
-    clock: service(),
-
-    post: null,
-
-    // countdown timer to show the time left until publish time for a scheduled post
-    // starts 15 minutes before scheduled time
-    countdown: computed('post.{publishedAtUTC,isScheduled}', 'clock.second', function () {
-        let isScheduled = this.get('post.isScheduled');
-        let publishTime = this.get('post.publishedAtUTC') || moment.utc();
-        let timeUntilPublished = publishTime.diff(moment.utc(), 'minutes', true);
-        let isPublishedSoon = timeUntilPublished > 0 && timeUntilPublished < 15;
-
-        // force a recompute
-        this.get('clock.second');
-
-        if (isScheduled && isPublishedSoon) {
-            return moment(publishTime).fromNow();
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    })
-});
diff --git a/app/templates/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.hbs b/app/templates/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.hbs
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--- a/app/templates/components/gh-scheduled-post-countdown.hbs
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-{{#if countdown}}
-    {{yield post countdown}}
-{{/if}}