diff --git a/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/messages.js b/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/messages.js
index a61239c65075a5b221b0cb51947e475354128678..a7c3f7f7bb84db0cf999263b4ebd9eea14593bc0 100644
--- a/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/messages.js
+++ b/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/messages.js
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ STUDIP.domReady(() => {
                             var more_indicator = jQuery('#reloader').detach();
 
                             jQuery('#loaded').val(parseInt(jQuery('#loaded').val(), 10) + 1);
-                            jQuery.each(response.messages, function(index, message) {
-                                STUDIP.Messages.createDraggable(message).appendTo('#messages > tbody');
+                            jQuery.each(response.messages, (index, message) => {
+                                jQuery(message).appendTo('#messages > tbody');
                             });
 
                             if (response.more) {
@@ -60,21 +60,6 @@ STUDIP.domReady(() => {
         );
     }
 
-    /*********** dragging the messages to the tags ***********/
-
-    jQuery('#messages > tbody').on('mouseover touchstart', function() {
-        if ($('html').is('.responsive-display') || jQuery('#messages-tags ul > li').length === 0) {
-            jQuery('#messages > tbody > tr').draggable('disable');
-        } else {
-            jQuery('#messages > tbody > tr').draggable('enable');
-        }
-    });
-
-    $('#messages > tbody > tr').each(STUDIP.Messages.createDraggable)
-
-    jQuery('#messages > tbody').trigger('touchstart');
-    jQuery('.widget-links li:has(.tag)').each(STUDIP.Messages.createDroppable);
-
     jQuery(document).on('click', '.adressee .remove_adressee', STUDIP.Messages.remove_adressee);
     jQuery(document).on('click', '.file .remove_attachment', STUDIP.Messages.remove_attachment);
 });
diff --git a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/messages.js b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/messages.js
index 30481b7d87441e8c9305e44531729c1fcfb15676..886d527087a4813afe8ad70b1c010a1a6aba034e 100644
--- a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/messages.js
+++ b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/messages.js
@@ -245,49 +245,7 @@ const Messages = {
             $(container).append(html);
         });
         $('#messages-tags')
-            .toggle(tags.length !== 0)
-            .find('li:has(.tag):not(.ui-droppable)')
-            .each(Messages.createDroppable);
-    },
-    createDroppable: function(element) {
-        jQuery(arguments.length === 1 ? element : this).droppable({
-            hoverClass: 'dropping',
-            drop: function(event, ui) {
-                var message_id = ui.draggable.attr('id').substr(ui.draggable.attr('id').lastIndexOf('_') + 1),
-                    tag = jQuery(this)
-                        .text()
-                        .trim();
-                jQuery
-                    .post(STUDIP.URLHelper.getURL('dispatch.php/messages/tag/' + message_id), {
-                        add_tag: tag
-                    })
-                    .then(function(response, status, xhr) {
-                        var tags = jQuery.parseJSON(xhr.getResponseHeader('X-Tags'));
-                        Messages.setTags(message_id, tags);
-                    });
-            }
-        });
-    },
-    createDraggable: function(element) {
-        return $(arguments.length === 1 ? element : this).draggable({
-            //cursor: "move",
-            distance: 10,
-            cursorAt: { left: 28, top: 15 },
-            helper() {
-                const title = $(this).find('.title').text().trim();
-                return $('<div id="message-move-handle">').text(title);
-            },
-            revert: true,
-            revertDuration: '200',
-            appendTo: 'body',
-            zIndex: 1000,
-            start() {
-                $('#messages-tags').addClass('dragging');
-            },
-            stop() {
-                $('#messages-tags').removeClass('dragging');
-            }
-        });
+            .toggle(tags.length !== 0);
     },
     toggleSetting: function(name) {
         jQuery('#' + name).toggle('fade');
diff --git a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/messages.scss b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/messages.scss
index 63a78f96250b2f94d3f447d1572ff1f7d87217bb..63549304506b126423a6b39a33c96aeb6f853179 100644
--- a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/messages.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/messages.scss
@@ -6,32 +6,11 @@
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-.dropping {
-    background-color: $content-color;
-
-    a {
-        color: $white;
-    }
-}
-
 a.message-tag {
     $white-space: nowrap;
     @include icon(before, tag, clickable);
 }
 
-#message-move-handle {
-    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
-    padding: 3px;
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    border: thin solid $black;
-
-    @include icon(before, mail, clickable, 20px, 2px);
-}
-
-#messages-tags.dragging .sidebar-widget-content {
-    background-color: $activity-color-20;
-}
-
 #statusbar_container {
     > .statusbar {
         border: thin solid $light-gray-color;