diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5d86012f..f46e8f6a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ begin
   require 'cucumber/rake/task'
 
   Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
-    t.cucumber_opts = "--format pretty"
+    t.cucumber_opts = "--format progress"
   end
 rescue LoadError
   desc 'Cucumber rake task not available'
diff --git a/features/post_data.feature b/features/post_data.feature
index fcba1507..93ec0a94 100644
--- a/features/post_data.feature
+++ b/features/post_data.feature
@@ -105,19 +105,6 @@ Feature: Post data
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And I should see "Post categories: movies and scifi" in "_site/movies/scifi/2009/03/27/star-wars.html"
 
-  Scenario: Use post.topics variable
-    Given I have a _posts directory
-    And I have a _posts/movies directory
-    And I have a _posts/movies/scifi directory
-    And I have a _layouts directory
-    And I have the following post under "movies/scifi":
-      | title     | date      | layout | content                 |
-      | Star Wars | 3/27/2009 | simple | Luke, I am your father. |
-    And I have a simple layout that contains "Post topics: {{ site.posts.first.topics | array_to_sentence_string }}"
-    When I run jekyll
-    Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "Post topics: movies and scifi" in "_site/2009/03/27/star-wars.html"
-
   Scenario: Disable a post from being published
     Given I have a _posts directory
     And I have an "index.html" file that contains "Published!"
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index aa2c91b0..61bfc8e2 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Jekyll
       name =~ MATCHER
     end
 
-    attr_accessor :site, :date, :slug, :ext, :topics, :published, :data, :content, :output
+    attr_accessor :site, :date, :slug, :ext, :published, :data, :content, :output
     attr_writer :categories
 
     def categories
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ module Jekyll
       @name = name
 
       self.categories = dir.split('/').reject { |x| x.empty? }
-
-      parts = name.split('/')
-      self.topics = parts.size > 1 ? parts[0..-2] : []
-
       self.process(name)
       self.read_yaml(@base, name)
 
@@ -209,7 +205,6 @@ module Jekyll
         "url" => self.url,
         "date" => self.date,
         "id" => self.id,
-        "topics" => self.topics,
         "categories" => self.categories,
         "next" => self.next,
         "previous" => self.previous,
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 176e5ef7..9964cc69 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -214,15 +214,12 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns {"site" => {"time" => <Time>,
     #                     "posts" => [<Post>],
-    #                     "categories" => [<Post>],
-    #                     "topics" => [<Post>] }}
+    #                     "categories" => [<Post>]}
     def site_payload
       {"site" => {
-        "time" => Time.now,
-        "posts" => self.posts.sort { |a,b| b <=> a },
-        "categories" => post_attr_hash('categories'),
-        "topics" => post_attr_hash('topics')
-      }}
+          "time"       => Time.now,
+          "posts"      => self.posts.sort { |a,b| b <=> a },
+          "categories" => post_attr_hash('categories')}}
     end
 
     # Filter out any files/directories that are hidden or backup files (start
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index 662ae76b..e39f7b6e 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert !Post.valid?("blah")
     end
 
-
     context "processing posts" do
       setup do
         @post = Post.allocate
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     should "generate categories and topics" do
       post = Post.new(@site, File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source]), 'foo', 'bar/2008-12-12-topical-post.textile')
       assert_equal ['foo'], post.categories
-      assert_equal ['bar'], post.topics
     end
 
   end