Getting rid of the obnoxious GitLab activity sections (7.10.4 omnibus)

dashboard_show.html.haml

-# /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/app/views/dashboard/show.html.haml
- if @projects.any?
  = render 'sidebar'
  = link_to '#aside', class: 'show-aside' do
    %i.fa.fa-angle-left

- else
  = render "zero_authorized_projects"

groups_show.html.haml

-# /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/app/views/groups/show.html.haml
.dashboard
  .header-with-avatar.clearfix
    = image_tag group_icon(@group), class: "avatar group-avatar s90"
    %h3
      = @group.name
    .username
      @#{@group.path}
    - if @group.description.present?
      .description
        = escaped_autolink(@group.description)
  %hr
  .row
    = render "projects", projects: @projects
    = link_to '#aside', class: 'show-aside' do
      %i.fa.fa-angle-left

projects_show.html.haml

-# /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
- if current_user && can?(current_user, :download_code, @project)
  = render 'shared/no_ssh'
  = render 'shared/no_password'

= render "home_panel"

%ul.nav.nav-tabs
  %li.active
    = link_to '#tab-activity', 'data-toggle' => 'tab' do
      Home
  - if @repository.changelog
    %li
      = link_to changelog_url(@project) do
        Changelog
  - if @repository.contribution_guide
    %li
      = link_to contribution_guide_url(@project) do
        Contribution guide
  - if @repository.license
    %li
      = link_to license_url(@project) do
        License

  .project-home-links
    - unless @project.empty_repo?
      = link_to pluralize(number_with_delimiter(@repository.commit_count), 'commit'), namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, @ref || @repository.root_ref)
      = link_to pluralize(number_with_delimiter(@repository.branch_names.count), 'branch'), namespace_project_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project)
      = link_to pluralize(number_with_delimiter(@repository.tag_names.count), 'tag'), namespace_project_tags_path(@project.namespace, @project)
      %span.light.prepend-left-20= repository_size

.tab-content
  .tab-pane.active#tab-activity
    .row
      = link_to '#aside', class: 'show-aside' do
        %i.fa.fa-angle-left
      - if readme = @repository.readme
        %section.col-md-9
          .tab-pane#tab-readme
            %article.readme-holder#README
              .wiki
                = render_readme(readme)
      %aside.col-md-3.project-side
        .clearfix
          - if @project.archived?
            .alert.alert-warning
              %h4
                %i.fa.fa-exclamation-triangle
                Archived project!
              %p Repository is read-only

          - if @project.forked_from_project
            .well
              %i.fa.fa-code-fork.project-fork-icon
              Forked from:
              %br
              = link_to @project.forked_from_project.name_with_namespace, project_path(@project.forked_from_project)

          - unless @project.empty_repo?
            = link_to namespace_project_compare_index_path(@project.namespace, @project, from: @repository.root_ref, to: @ref || @repository.root_ref), class: 'btn btn-block' do
              %i.fa.fa-exchange
              Compare code

            - if can?(current_user, :download_code, @project)
              = render 'projects/repositories/download_archive', split_button: true, btn_class: 'btn-block'

            - if version = @repository.version
              - detail_url = changelog_url(@project) || version_url(@project)
              = link_to detail_url, class: 'btn btn-block' do
                %i.fa.fa-file-text-o
                Version:
                %span.count
                  = @repository.blob_by_oid(version.id).data

        .prepend-top-10.append-bottom-10
          %p
            %span.light Created on
            #{@project.created_at.stamp('Aug 22, 2013')}
          %p
            %span.light Owned by #{@project.group ? "the" : nil}
            - if @project.group
              #{link_to @project.group.name, @project.group} group
            - else
              #{link_to @project.owner_name, @project.owner}


        .prepend-top-10
          - @project.ci_services.each do |ci_service|
            - if ci_service.active? && ci_service.respond_to?(:builds_path)
              %hr
              - if ci_service.respond_to?(:status_img_path)
                = link_to ci_service.builds_path, :'data-no-turbolink' => 'data-no-turbolink' do
                  = image_tag ci_service.status_img_path, alt: "build status"
              - else
                %span.light CI provided by
                = link_to ci_service.title, ci_service.builds_path, :'data-no-turbolink' => 'data-no-turbolink'

restart.bash

sudo gitlab-ctl restart