diff --git a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
index fb478b827..5afbe41ac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @news = News.latest User.current
-    @projects = Project.latest User.current
   end
 
   def robots
diff --git a/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb b/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb
index dab9bff38..ba0924a7c 100644
--- a/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
   <div class="wiki">
     <%= textilizable Setting.welcome_text %>
   </div>
+  <%= call_hook(:view_welcome_index_left) %>
+</div>
+
+<div class="splitcontentright">
   <% if @news.any? %>
   <div class="news box">
   <h3><%=l(:label_news_latest)%></h3>
@@ -11,28 +15,7 @@
     <%= link_to l(:label_news_view_all), :controller => 'news' %>
   </div>
   <% end %>
-  <%= call_hook(:view_welcome_index_left, :projects => @projects) %>
-</div>
-
-<div class="splitcontentright">
-    <% if @projects.any? %>
-  <div class="projects box">
-  <h3><%=l(:label_project_latest)%></h3>
-    <ul>
-    <% for project in @projects %>
-      <% @project = project %>
-      <li>
-      <%= link_to_project project %> (<%= format_time(project.created_on) %>)
-      <div class="wiki">
-        <%= textilizable project.short_description, :project => project %>
-      </div>
-      </li>
-    <% end %>
-    <% @project = nil %>
-    </ul>
-  </div>
-  <% end %>
-    <%= call_hook(:view_welcome_index_right, :projects => @projects) %>
+  <%= call_hook(:view_welcome_index_right) %>
 </div>
 
 <% content_for :header_tags do %>
diff --git a/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
index 73434dfbb..2a8064fea 100644
--- a/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class WelcomeControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_response :success
     assert_template 'index'
     assert_not_nil assigns(:news)
-    assert_not_nil assigns(:projects)
     assert !assigns(:projects).include?(Project.where(:is_public => false).first)
   end