diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/RecentFiles.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/RecentFiles.java
index 328bd71f0c..fbc63578bf 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/RecentFiles.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/RecentFiles.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.SleuthkitCase;
 
 /**
  * Recent files node support
+ * NOTE: As of june '15 we do not display this in the tree.
+ * It can be added back when we have filtering in the results area. 
  */
  class RecentFiles implements AutopsyVisitableItem {
     
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ViewsNode.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ViewsNode.java
index 7431cf247f..45f9c0c6c5 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ViewsNode.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ViewsNode.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public class ViewsNode extends DisplayableItemNode {
     public ViewsNode(SleuthkitCase sleuthkitCase) {
         super(new RootContentChildren(Arrays.asList(
                 new FileTypeExtensionFilters(sleuthkitCase),
-                new RecentFiles(sleuthkitCase),
+                // June '15: Recent Files was removed because it was not useful w/out filtering
+                // add it back in if we can filter the results to a more managable size. 
+                // new RecentFiles(sleuthkitCase),
                 new DeletedContent(sleuthkitCase),
                 new FileSize(sleuthkitCase))),
                 Lookups.singleton(NAME));