diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 22a513e70..a50d1d62f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ gem "fastly", "~> 2.5" # Client library for the Fastly acceleration system
 gem "feedjira", "~> 3.1" # A feed fetching and parsing library
 gem "field_test", "~> 0.3" # A/B testing
 gem "figaro", "~> 1.2" # Simple, Heroku-friendly Rails app configuration using ENV and a single YAML file
-gem "flipper", "~> 0.17.2" # Feature flipping / flags for Ruby
-gem "flipper-active_record", "~> 0.17.2" # Store Flipper flags in ActiveRecord
-gem "flipper-ui", "~> 0.17.2"
+gem "flipper", "~> 0.18.0" # Feature flipping / flags for Ruby
+gem "flipper-active_record", "~> 0.18.0" # Store Flipper flags in ActiveRecord
+gem "flipper-ui", "~> 0.18.0"
 gem "fog-aws", "~> 3.6" # 'fog' gem to support Amazon Web Services
 gem "front_matter_parser", "~> 0.2" # Parse a front matter from syntactically correct strings or files
 gem "gemoji", "~> 4.0.0.rc2" # Character information and metadata for standard and custom emoji
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 85269d472..1fe3f9b6c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ GEM
       thor (>= 0.14.0, < 2)
     fix-db-schema-conflicts (3.0.3)
       rubocop (>= 0.38.0)
-    flipper (0.17.2)
-    flipper-active_record (0.17.2)
-      activerecord (>= 4.2, < 7)
-      flipper (~> 0.17.2)
-    flipper-ui (0.17.2)
+    flipper (0.18.0)
+    flipper-active_record (0.18.0)
+      activerecord (>= 5.0, < 7)
+      flipper (~> 0.18.0)
+    flipper-ui (0.18.0)
       erubi (>= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0)
-      flipper (~> 0.17.2)
+      flipper (~> 0.18.0)
       rack (>= 1.4, < 3)
       rack-protection (>= 1.5.3, < 2.1.0)
     fog-aws (3.6.6)
@@ -930,9 +930,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   field_test (~> 0.3)
   figaro (~> 1.2)
   fix-db-schema-conflicts (~> 3.0)
-  flipper (~> 0.17.2)
-  flipper-active_record (~> 0.17.2)
-  flipper-ui (~> 0.17.2)
+  flipper (~> 0.18.0)
+  flipper-active_record (~> 0.18.0)
+  flipper-ui (~> 0.18.0)
   fog-aws (~> 3.6)
   front_matter_parser (~> 0.2)
   gemoji (~> 4.0.0.rc2)
diff --git a/config/initializers/flipper.rb b/config/initializers/flipper.rb
index 1a1a5e565..d4dd55d9a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/flipper.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/flipper.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,3 @@ Flipper.configure do |config|
     Flipper.new(adapter)
   end
 end
-
-Flipper::UI.configure do |config|
-  # Provide guidance on format for user ids
-  config.actors.title = "Actor (ex: User:123)"
-  config.actors.description = "ex: User:123"
-end
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