diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/actions.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/actions.js
index d2e14608f044a403b41836f4011f08c6bade693e..05ccf503a20a37d94a32200ae929a7addac78d00 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/actions.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/actions.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import _ from "underscore";
 import { createAction } from "redux-actions";
-import { normalize, Schema, arrayOf } from "normalizr";
 import moment from "moment";
 
 
@@ -38,18 +37,6 @@ const ActivityApi = new AngularResourceProxy("Activity", ["list", "recent_views"
 const CardApi = new AngularResourceProxy("Card", ["list"]);
 const MetadataApi = new AngularResourceProxy("Metabase", ["db_list", "db_metadata"]);
 
-// normalizr schemas
-const activity = new Schema('activity');
-const card = new Schema('card');
-// const database = new Schema('database');
-// const table = new Schema('table');
-// const user = new Schema('user');
-
-// activity.define({
-//     user: user,
-//     database: database,
-//     table: table
-// })
 
 // action constants
 export const SET_SELECTED_TAB = 'SET_SELECTED_TAB';
@@ -63,7 +50,6 @@ export const FETCH_RECENT_VIEWS = 'FETCH_RECENT_VIEWS';
 
 
 // action creators
-
 export const setSelectedTab = createAction(SET_SELECTED_TAB);
 
 export const setCardsFilter = createThunkAction(SET_CARDS_FILTER, function(filterDef) {
@@ -96,14 +82,14 @@ export const setCardsFilter = createThunkAction(SET_CARDS_FILTER, function(filte
 
 export const fetchActivity = createThunkAction(FETCH_ACTIVITY, function() {
     return async function(dispatch, getState) {
-        let activityItems = await ActivityApi.list();
-        for (var ai of activityItems) {
+        let activity = await ActivityApi.list();
+        for (var ai of activity) {
             ai.timestamp = moment(ai.timestamp);
             ai.hasLinkableModel = function() {
                 return (_.contains(["card", "dashboard"], this.model));
             };
         }
-        return normalize(activityItems, arrayOf(activity));
+        return activity;
     };
 });
 
@@ -117,6 +103,7 @@ export const fetchRecentViews = createThunkAction(FETCH_RECENT_VIEWS, function()
     };
 });
 
+
 export const fetchCards = createThunkAction(FETCH_CARDS, function(filterMode, filterModelId) {
     return async function(dispatch, getState) {
         let cards = await CardApi.list({'filterMode' : filterMode, 'model_id' : filterModelId });
@@ -125,26 +112,21 @@ export const fetchCards = createThunkAction(FETCH_CARDS, function(filterMode, fi
             c.updated_at = moment(c.updated_at);
             c.icon = c.display ? 'illustration_visualization_' + c.display : null;
         }
-        return normalize(cards, arrayOf(card));
+        return cards;
     };
 });
 
 export const fetchDatabases = createThunkAction(FETCH_DATABASES, function() {
     return async function(dispatch, getState) {
-        let databases = await MetadataApi.db_list();
-        return databases;
+        return await MetadataApi.db_list();
     };
 });
 
+
+export const clearDatabaseMetadata = createAction(CLEAR_DATABASE_METADATA);
+
 export const fetchDatabaseMetadata = createThunkAction(FETCH_DATABASE_METADATA, function(database_id) {
     return async function(dispatch, getState) {
-        let metadata = await MetadataApi.db_metadata({'dbId': database_id});
-        return metadata;
+        return await MetadataApi.db_metadata({'dbId': database_id});
     };
 });
-
-export const clearDatabaseMetadata = createAction(CLEAR_DATABASE_METADATA);
-
-// fetch recent items (user)
-// fetch table list (database)
-
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/reducers.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/reducers.js
index 4023bf083af004f3ab3a208c8be2f76ea3887bd7..c8bbbd2874c38929417e1575cec0b5b388aa12a9 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/reducers.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/reducers.js
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ export const cardsFilter = handleActions({
 
 
 export const activity = handleActions({
-    [FETCH_ACTIVITY]: { next: (state, { payload }) => ({ ...payload.entities.activity }) }
-}, {});
-
-export const activityIdList = handleActions({
-    [FETCH_ACTIVITY]: { next: (state, { payload }) => payload.result }
-}, null);
+    [FETCH_ACTIVITY]: { next: (state, { payload }) => payload }
+}, []);
 
 export const recentViews = handleActions({
 	[FETCH_RECENT_VIEWS]: { next: (state, { payload }) => payload }
@@ -37,12 +33,8 @@ export const recentViews = handleActions({
 
 
 export const cards = handleActions({
-    [FETCH_CARDS]: { next: (state, { payload }) => ({ ...payload.entities.card }) }
-}, {});
-
-export const cardIdList = handleActions({
-    [FETCH_CARDS]: { next: (state, { payload }) => payload.result }
-}, null);
+    [FETCH_CARDS]: { next: (state, { payload }) => payload }
+}, []);
 
 
 export const databases = handleActions({
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/selectors.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/selectors.js
index 120b3c19b9e0b22a7a8a5db0939bd4d766a7c9b6..d60d162cbe3e7fa3f96373dd43f4d65f8ea68612 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/selectors.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/selectors.js
@@ -7,29 +7,16 @@ const selectedTabSelector         = state => state.selectedTab;
 const cardsFilterSelector         = state => state.cardsFilter;
 
 const activitySelector            = state => state.activity;
-const activityIdListSelector      = state => state.activityIdList;
-
 const recentViewsSelector         = state => state.recentViews;
 
 const cardsSelector               = state => state.cards;
-const cardIdListSelector          = state => state.cardIdList;
 
 const databasesSelector           = state => state.databases;
 const databaseMetadataSelector    = state => state.databaseMetadata;
 
 
-const activityListSelector = createSelector(
-    [activityIdListSelector, activitySelector],
-    (activityIdList, activity) => activityIdList && activityIdList.map(id => activity[id])
-);
-
-const cardListSelector = createSelector(
-    [cardIdListSelector, cardsSelector],
-    (cardIdList, cards) => cardIdList && cardIdList.map(id => cards[id])
-);
-
 // our master selector which combines all of our partial selectors above
 export const homepageSelectors = createSelector(
-	[selectedTabSelector, cardsFilterSelector, activityListSelector, recentViewsSelector, cardListSelector, databasesSelector, databaseMetadataSelector],
+	[selectedTabSelector, cardsFilterSelector, activitySelector, recentViewsSelector, cardsSelector, databasesSelector, databaseMetadataSelector],
 	(selectedTab, cardsFilter, activity, recentViews, cards, databases, databaseMetadata) => ({selectedTab, cardsFilter, activity, recentViews, cards, databases, databaseMetadata})
 );
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