diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index a89b283be..f9c153f58 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -2574,7 +2574,6 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
                    suggested_comment_sort=VOneOf('suggested_comment_sort',
                                                  CommentSortMenu._options,
                                                  default=None),
-                   quarantine = VBoolean('quarantine'),
                    # community_rules = VLength('community_rules', max_length=1024),
                    # related_subreddits = VSubredditList('related_subreddits', limit=20),
                    # key_color = VColor('key_color'),
@@ -2648,7 +2647,6 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
             'over_18',
             'public_description',
             'public_traffic',
-            'quarantine',
             'related_subreddits',
             'show_cname_sidebar',
             'show_media',
@@ -2738,13 +2736,6 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
         if kw['type'] == 'employees_only' and not can_set_employees_only:
             c.errors.add(errors.INVALID_OPTION, field='type')
 
-        # if user is not an admin, set the quarantine argument to the original value
-        if not c.user_is_admin:
-            if sr:
-                kw['quarantine'] = sr.quarantine
-            else:
-                kw['quarantine'] = False
-
         if not sr and form.has_errors("ratelimit", errors.RATELIMIT):
             pass
         elif not sr and form.has_errors("", errors.CANT_CREATE_SR):
@@ -2815,12 +2806,10 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
 
             update_wiki_text(sr)
 
-            update_stylesheet = kw['quarantine'] != sr.quarantine
-
             if not sr.domain:
                 del kw['css_on_cname']
 
-            if kw['quarantine']:
+            if sr.quarantine:
                 del kw['allow_top']
                 del kw['show_media']
 
@@ -2855,11 +2844,6 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
                 setattr(sr, k, v)
             sr._commit()
 
-            if update_stylesheet:
-                stylesheet_contents = sr.fetch_stylesheet_source()
-                css_errors, parsed = sr.parse_css(stylesheet_contents)
-                sr.change_css(stylesheet_contents, parsed)
-
             #update the domain cache if the domain changed
             if sr.domain != old_domain:
                 Subreddit._by_domain(old_domain, _update = True)
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py
index baee5253c..75c4d6551 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ class ApidocsController(RedditController):
                     docs['parameters'] = {}
                 docs.update(api_doc)
 
-                # hide quarantine as a parameter
-                if 'parameters' in api_doc:
-                    docs['parameters'].pop('quarantine', None)
-
                 # append a message to the docstring if supplied
                 notes = docs.get("notes")
                 if notes:
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
index 606ba7960..9cc9e471c 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
@@ -175,16 +175,6 @@ try participating in other communities on reddit for a little while first before
       ${error_field("GOLD_REQUIRED", "type")}
       ${error_field("CANT_CONVERT_TO_GOLD_ONLY", "type")}
     </div>
-
-    %if c.user_is_admin:
-      <input class="nomargin" type="checkbox"
-                 name="quarantine" id="quarantine"
-                 %if thing.site and thing.site.quarantine:
-                   checked="checked"
-                 %endif
-      >
-      <label for="quarantine">quarantine this subreddit</label>
-    %endif
   </%utils:line_field>
 
   <%utils:line_field title="${_('content options')}">