diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/fw/util/fn.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/fw/util/fn.js
index 0d5d4cc..e3b9600 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/fw/util/fn.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/fw/util/fn.js
@@ -265,12 +265,6 @@
         return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
     }
 
-    function parseBitRate(str) {
-        return Number(str.replace(/,/, '')
-                        .replace(/\s+.bps/i, '')
-                        .replace(/\.\d*/, ''));
-    }
-
     // return true if the given debug flag was specified in the query params
     function debugOn(tag) {
         return debugFlags[tag];
@@ -471,7 +465,6 @@
                 noPx: noPx,
                 noPxStyle: noPxStyle,
                 endsWith: endsWith,
-                parseBitRate: parseBitRate,
                 addToTrie: addToTrie,
                 removeFromTrie: removeFromTrie,
                 trieLookup: trieLookup,
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo/topoOverlay.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo/topoOverlay.js
index d51d8fc..f953911 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo/topoOverlay.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/app/view/topo/topoOverlay.js
@@ -393,32 +393,15 @@
         });
 
         data.links.forEach(function (link) {
-            var ldata = api.findLinkById(link.id),
-                lab = link.label,
-                units, portcls, magnitude;
+            var ldata = api.findLinkById(link.id);
 
             if (ldata && ldata.el && !ldata.el.empty()) {
                 if (!link.subdue) {
                     api.unsupLink(ldata.key, less);
                 }
                 ldata.el.classed(link.css, true);
-                ldata.label = lab;
+                ldata.label = link.label;
 
-                // TODO: this needs to be pulled out into traffic overlay
-                // inject additional styling for port-based traffic
-                if (fs.endsWith(lab, 'bps')) {
-                    units = lab.substring(lab.length-4);
-                    portcls = 'port-traffic-' + units;
-
-                    // for GBps
-                    if (units.substring(0,1) === 'G') {
-                        magnitude = fs.parseBitRate(lab);
-                        if (magnitude >= 9) {
-                            portcls += '-choked'
-                        }
-                    }
-                    ldata.el.classed(portcls, true);
-                }
             } else {
                 $log.warn('HILITE: no link element:', link.id);
             }
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/tests/app/fw/util/fn-spec.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/tests/app/fw/util/fn-spec.js
index bc434ca..6f999a6 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/tests/app/fw/util/fn-spec.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/tests/app/fw/util/fn-spec.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
             'isMobile', 'isChrome', 'isSafari', 'isFirefox',
             'debugOn', 'debug',
             'find', 'inArray', 'removeFromArray', 'isEmptyObject', 'sameObjProps', 'containsObj', 'cap',
-            'eecode', 'noPx', 'noPxStyle', 'endsWith', 'parseBitRate', 'addToTrie', 'removeFromTrie', 'trieLookup',
+            'eecode', 'noPx', 'noPxStyle', 'endsWith', 'addToTrie', 'removeFromTrie', 'trieLookup',
             'classNames', 'extend'
         ])).toBeTruthy();
     });
@@ -425,25 +425,5 @@
         expect(fs.endsWith("barfood", "foo")).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    // === Tests for parseBitRate()
-    it('should return 5 - a', function () {
-        expect(fs.parseBitRate('5.47 KBps')).toBe(5);
-    });
-
-    it('should return 5 - b', function () {
-        expect(fs.parseBitRate('5. KBps')).toBe(5);
-    });
-
-    it('should return 5 - c', function () {
-        expect(fs.parseBitRate('5 KBps')).toBe(5);
-    });
-
-    it('should return 5 - d', function () {
-        expect(fs.parseBitRate('5 Kbps')).toBe(5);
-    });
-
-    it('should return 2001', function () {
-        expect(fs.parseBitRate('2,001.59 Gbps')).toBe(2001);
-    });
 });