diff --git a/instana/eum.js b/instana/eum.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c5390faf5..000000000
--- a/instana/eum.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['InstanaEumObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-    (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-      m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-      })(window,document,'script','//eum.instana.io/eum.min.js','ineum');
-  ineum('apiKey', '$eum_api_key');
-  ineum('traceId', '$trace_id');
-
-  $meta_kvs
-</script>
diff --git a/instana/eum_test.js b/instana/eum_test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e1fff8bc4..000000000
--- a/instana/eum_test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<script nonce="68afd870-ae85-48c6-9689-9a5c359d5a1f">
-  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['InstanaEumObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-    (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-      m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-      })(window,document,'script','//eum-test-fullstack-0-us-west-2.instana.io/eum.min.js','ineum');
-
-  ineum('reportingUrl', '//eum-test-fullstack-0-us-west-2.instana.io');
-  ineum('apiKey', '$eum_api_key');
-  ineum('traceId', '$trace_id');
-
-  $meta_kvs
-</script>
diff --git a/instana/helpers.py b/instana/helpers.py
index 8c4a852e2..16eba1a9b 100644
--- a/instana/helpers.py
+++ b/instana/helpers.py
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 def eum_snippet(trace_id=None, eum_api_key=None, meta=None):
     """
-    Return an EUM snippet for use in views, templates and layouts that reports
-    client side metrics to Instana that will automagically be linked to the
-    current trace.
+    This method has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
 
     @param trace_id [optional] the trace ID to insert into the EUM string
     @param eum_api_key [optional] the EUM API key from your Instana dashboard
@@ -25,44 +23,12 @@ def eum_snippet(trace_id=None, eum_api_key=None, meta=None):
 
     @return string
     """
-    try:
-        eum_file = open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/eum.js')
-        eum_src = Template(eum_file.read())
-
-        # Prepare the standard required IDs
-        ids = dict()
-        ids['meta_kvs'] = ''
-
-        parent_span = tracer.active_span
-
-        if trace_id or parent_span:
-            ids['trace_id'] = trace_id or parent_span.trace_id
-        else:
-            # No trace_id passed in and tracer doesn't show an active span so
-            # return nothing, nada & zip.
-            return ''
-
-        if eum_api_key:
-            ids['eum_api_key'] = eum_api_key
-        else:
-            ids['eum_api_key'] = global_eum_api_key
-
-        # Process passed in EUM 'meta' key/values
-        if meta is not None:
-            for key, value in meta.items():
-                ids['meta_kvs'] += ("'ineum('meta', '%s', '%s');'" % (key, value))
-
-        return eum_src.substitute(ids)
-    except Exception:
-        logger.debug("eum_snippet: ", exc_info=True)
-        return ''
+    return ''
 
 
 def eum_test_snippet(trace_id=None, eum_api_key=None, meta=None):
     """
-    Return an EUM snippet for use in views, templates and layouts that reports
-    client side metrics to Instana that will automagically be linked to the
-    current trace.
+    This method has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
 
     @param trace_id [optional] the trace ID to insert into the EUM string
     @param eum_api_key [optional] the EUM API key from your Instana dashboard
@@ -71,34 +37,4 @@ def eum_test_snippet(trace_id=None, eum_api_key=None, meta=None):
 
     @return string
     """
-
-    try:
-        eum_file = open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/eum_test.js')
-        eum_src = Template(eum_file.read())
-
-        # Prepare the standard required IDs
-        ids = {}
-        ids['meta_kvs'] = ''
-
-        parent_span = tracer.active_span
-        if trace_id or parent_span:
-            ids['trace_id'] = trace_id or parent_span.trace_id
-        else:
-            # No trace_id passed in and tracer doesn't show an active span so
-            # return nothing, nada & zip.
-            return ''
-
-        if eum_api_key:
-            ids['eum_api_key'] = eum_api_key
-        else:
-            ids['eum_api_key'] = global_eum_api_key
-
-        # Process passed in EUM 'meta' key/values
-        if meta is not None:
-            for key, value in meta.items():
-                ids['meta_kvs'] += ("'ineum('meta', '%s', '%s');'" % (key, value))
-
-        return eum_src.substitute(ids)
-    except Exception:
-        logger.debug("eum_snippet: ", exc_info=True)
-        return ''
+    return ''
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 41eeae818..000000000
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-from nose.tools import assert_equals
-
-from instana.helpers import eum_snippet, eum_test_snippet
-
-# fake trace_id to test against
-trace_id = "aMLx9G2GnnQ6QyMCLJLuCM8nw"
-# fake api key to test against
-eum_api_key = "FJB66VjwGgGQX6jiCpekoR4vf"
-
-# fake meta key/values
-meta1 = "Z7RmMKQAiyCLEAmseNy7e6Vm4"
-meta2 = "Dp2bowfm6kJVD9CccmyBt4ePD"
-meta3 = "N4poUwbNz98YcvWRAizy2phCo"
-
-
-def test_vanilla_eum_snippet():
-    eum_string = eum_snippet(trace_id=trace_id, eum_api_key=eum_api_key)
-    assert type(eum_string) is str
-
-    assert eum_string.find(trace_id) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(eum_api_key) != -1
-
-
-def test_eum_snippet_with_meta():
-    meta_kvs = {}
-    meta_kvs['meta1'] = meta1
-    meta_kvs['meta2'] = meta2
-    meta_kvs['meta3'] = meta3
-
-    eum_string = eum_snippet(trace_id=trace_id, eum_api_key=eum_api_key, meta=meta_kvs)
-    assert type(eum_string) is str
-
-    assert eum_string.find(trace_id) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(eum_api_key) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta1) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta2) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta3) != -1
-
-
-def test_eum_snippet_error():
-    meta_kvs = {}
-    meta_kvs['meta1'] = meta1
-    meta_kvs['meta2'] = meta2
-    meta_kvs['meta3'] = meta3
-
-    # No active span on tracer & no trace_id passed in.
-    eum_string = eum_snippet(eum_api_key=eum_api_key, meta=meta_kvs)
-    assert_equals('', eum_string)
-
-
-def test_vanilla_eum_test_snippet():
-    eum_string = eum_test_snippet(trace_id=trace_id, eum_api_key=eum_api_key)
-    assert type(eum_string) is str
-
-    assert eum_string.find(trace_id) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(eum_api_key) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find('reportingUrl') != -1
-    assert eum_string.find('//eum-test-fullstack-0-us-west-2.instana.io') != -1
-
-
-def test_eum_test_snippet_with_meta():
-    meta_kvs = {}
-    meta_kvs['meta1'] = meta1
-    meta_kvs['meta2'] = meta2
-    meta_kvs['meta3'] = meta3
-
-    eum_string = eum_test_snippet(trace_id=trace_id, eum_api_key=eum_api_key, meta=meta_kvs)
-    assert type(eum_string) is str
-    assert eum_string.find('reportingUrl') != -1
-    assert eum_string.find('//eum-test-fullstack-0-us-west-2.instana.io') != -1
-
-    assert eum_string.find(trace_id) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(eum_api_key) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta1) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta2) != -1
-    assert eum_string.find(meta3) != -1
-
-
-def test_eum_test_snippet_error():
-    meta_kvs = {}
-    meta_kvs['meta1'] = meta1
-    meta_kvs['meta2'] = meta2
-    meta_kvs['meta3'] = meta3
-
-    # No active span on tracer & no trace_id passed in.
-    eum_string = eum_test_snippet(eum_api_key=eum_api_key, meta=meta_kvs)
-    assert_equals('', eum_string)