diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js
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--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js
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@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
-Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import sdk from '../../../index';
-import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
-import MatrixClientPeg from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
-import DMRoomMap from '../../../utils/DMRoomMap';
-import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
-import Unread from '../../../Unread';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-
-export default class ChatCreateOrReuseDialog extends React.Component {
-    constructor(props) {
-        super(props);
-        this.onFinished = this.onFinished.bind(this);
-        this.onRoomTileClick = this.onRoomTileClick.bind(this);
-
-        this.state = {
-            tiles: [],
-            profile: {
-                displayName: null,
-                avatarUrl: null,
-            },
-            profileError: null,
-        };
-    }
-
-    componentWillMount() {
-        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
-
-        const dmRoomMap = new DMRoomMap(client);
-        const dmRooms = dmRoomMap.getDMRoomsForUserId(this.props.userId);
-
-        const RoomTile = sdk.getComponent("rooms.RoomTile");
-
-        const tiles = [];
-        for (const roomId of dmRooms) {
-            const room = client.getRoom(roomId);
-            if (room && room.getMyMembership() === "join") {
-                const member = room.getMember(this.props.userId);
-                if (!member || member.membership !== "join") {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                const isInvite = room.getMyMembership() === "invite";
-                const highlight = room.getUnreadNotificationCount('highlight') > 0 || isInvite;
-                tiles.push(
-                    <RoomTile key={room.roomId} room={room}
-                        transparent={true}
-                        collapsed={false}
-                        selected={false}
-                        unread={Unread.doesRoomHaveUnreadMessages(room)}
-                        highlight={highlight}
-                        isInvite={isInvite}
-                        onClick={this.onRoomTileClick}
-                    />,
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
-        this.setState({
-            tiles: tiles,
-        });
-
-        if (tiles.length === 0) {
-            this.setState({
-                busyProfile: true,
-            });
-            MatrixClientPeg.get().getProfileInfo(this.props.userId).done((resp) => {
-                const profile = {
-                    displayName: resp.displayname,
-                    avatarUrl: null,
-                };
-                if (resp.avatar_url) {
-                    profile.avatarUrl = MatrixClientPeg.get().mxcUrlToHttp(
-                        resp.avatar_url, 48, 48, "crop",
-                    );
-                }
-                this.setState({
-                    busyProfile: false,
-                    profile: profile,
-                });
-            }, (err) => {
-                console.error(
-                    'Unable to get profile for user ' + this.props.userId + ':',
-                    err,
-                );
-                this.setState({
-                    busyProfile: false,
-                    profileError: err,
-                });
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    onRoomTileClick(roomId) {
-        this.props.onExistingRoomSelected(roomId);
-    }
-
-    onFinished() {
-        this.props.onFinished(false);
-    }
-
-    render() {
-        let title = '';
-        let content = null;
-        if (this.state.tiles.length > 0) {
-            // Show the existing rooms with a "+" to add a new dm
-            title = _t('Create a new chat or reuse an existing one');
-            const labelClasses = classNames({
-                mx_MemberInfo_createRoom_label: true,
-                mx_RoomTile_name: true,
-            });
-            const startNewChat = <AccessibleButton
-                className="mx_MemberInfo_createRoom"
-                onClick={this.props.onNewDMClick}
-            >
-                <div className="mx_RoomTile_avatar">
-                    <img src={require("../../../../res/img/create-big.svg")} width="26" height="26" />
-                </div>
-                <div className={labelClasses}><i>{ _t("Start new chat") }</i></div>
-            </AccessibleButton>;
-            content = <div className="mx_Dialog_content" id='mx_Dialog_content'>
-                { _t('You already have existing direct chats with this user:') }
-                <div className="mx_ChatCreateOrReuseDialog_tiles">
-                    { this.state.tiles }
-                    { startNewChat }
-                </div>
-            </div>;
-        } else {
-            // Show the avatar, name and a button to confirm that a new chat is requested
-            const BaseAvatar = sdk.getComponent('avatars.BaseAvatar');
-            const DialogButtons = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.DialogButtons');
-            const Spinner = sdk.getComponent('elements.Spinner');
-            title = _t('Start chatting');
-
-            let profile = null;
-            if (this.state.busyProfile) {
-                profile = <Spinner />;
-            } else if (this.state.profileError) {
-                profile = <div className="error" role="alert">
-                    Unable to load profile information for { this.props.userId }
-                </div>;
-            } else {
-                profile = <div className="mx_ChatCreateOrReuseDialog_profile">
-                    <BaseAvatar
-                        name={this.state.profile.displayName || this.props.userId}
-                        url={this.state.profile.avatarUrl}
-                        width={48} height={48}
-                    />
-                    <div className="mx_ChatCreateOrReuseDialog_profile_name">
-                        { this.state.profile.displayName || this.props.userId }
-                    </div>
-                </div>;
-            }
-            content = <div>
-                <div className="mx_Dialog_content" id='mx_Dialog_content'>
-                    <p>
-                        { _t('Click on the button below to start chatting!') }
-                    </p>
-                    { profile }
-                </div>
-                <DialogButtons primaryButton={_t('Start Chatting')}
-                    onPrimaryButtonClick={this.props.onNewDMClick} focus={true} />
-            </div>;
-        }
-
-        const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent('views.dialogs.BaseDialog');
-        return (
-            <BaseDialog className='mx_ChatCreateOrReuseDialog'
-                onFinished={this.onFinished}
-                title={title}
-                contentId='mx_Dialog_content'
-            >
-                { content }
-            </BaseDialog>
-        );
-    }
-}
-
-ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.propTypes = {
-    userId: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    // Called when clicking outside of the dialog
-    onFinished: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    onNewDMClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    onExistingRoomSelected: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-};
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 4155120608..2a7b14170f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     "Send Invites": "Send Invites",
     "Failed to start chat": "Failed to start chat",
     "Operation failed": "Operation failed",
-    "Failed to invite user": "Failed to invite user",
     "Failed to invite": "Failed to invite",
     "Failed to invite users to the room:": "Failed to invite users to the room:",
     "Failed to invite the following users to the %(roomName)s room:": "Failed to invite the following users to the %(roomName)s room:",
@@ -1125,12 +1124,6 @@
     "Unable to load commit detail: %(msg)s": "Unable to load commit detail: %(msg)s",
     "Unavailable": "Unavailable",
     "Changelog": "Changelog",
-    "Create a new chat or reuse an existing one": "Create a new chat or reuse an existing one",
-    "Start new chat": "Start new chat",
-    "You already have existing direct chats with this user:": "You already have existing direct chats with this user:",
-    "Start chatting": "Start chatting",
-    "Click on the button below to start chatting!": "Click on the button below to start chatting!",
-    "Start Chatting": "Start Chatting",
     "You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)": "You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)",
     "Removing…": "Removing…",
     "Confirm Removal": "Confirm Removal",