diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index 64acda56b6e72..4fe69490ce191 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ exclude_paths:
 - "**.gz"
 - "env/"
 - "tests/"
-- "superset/ascii_art.py"
 - "superset/assets/images/"
 - "superset/assets/vendor/"
 - "superset/assets/node_modules/"
diff --git a/.landscape.yml b/.landscape.yml
index 5b0e8ad51ac49..12c19b482e2a7 100644
--- a/.landscape.yml
+++ b/.landscape.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ pep8:
 ignore-paths:
     - docs
     - superset/migrations/env.py
-    - superset/ascii_art.py
 ignore-patterns:
     - ^example/doc_.*\.py$
     - (^|/)docs(/|$)
diff --git a/superset/ascii_art.py b/superset/ascii_art.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fdd6c21fd4810..0000000000000
--- a/superset/ascii_art.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-error = (
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM8OI++=~~~~~~=+?IODMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMD$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=$MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN8?:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=+8NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMO=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+I??~~~~~~~~~~~~~+DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~IIIII=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM+=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=III+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~?8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+++=~~~~8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMI=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~III?I~~~~~~~~,:++++++~~8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMN7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~==+=~~~~~~=IIIII~~~~~~:.  ..:=++=~=MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMO=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+++=~~~~~~~~??I?I~~~~~~.     ...,~~~~IMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+++:,~~~~~~~~~~~?=~~~~~:.       ..~~~~~OMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMM$=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=++:.. ..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,.     . . :~~~~~OMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+++,.     .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..    .. . .~~~~~=OMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMM?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=+~.        .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.    ,MMMMM,=~~~~~~NMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,.         .,~~~~~~~~~~~~~..   ZMMM,+Z:~~~~~~$MMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMM8?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..         ..~~~~~~~~~~~~~:.   DMMM,+D~~~~~~~~IMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..     :MMMO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,.. ?MMMMMI~~~~~~~~~MMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMM=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..     MMM+=M:~~~~~~~~~~~~~:.  .:IM$~~~~~~~~~~~8MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:.     MMM:,M:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.......:~~~~~~~~~~$MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,     MMMMMM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,..:~~~~~~~~~~~~+MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMD+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.    $MMMM$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMM8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:.    .  .:~~~~~~,..:.  .=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:,     .:~~~~~=8.. .+ . =8ZI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMZ=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:,,,:~~~~~~IZ8:. .O....888?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMO=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~?888=...I~I88888O?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7MMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Z888OO88888888888O?~~~~~~~~~~~~~OMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMD+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=8888888888888888888~~~~~~~~~~~~+MMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMM7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~?8888888888888888888?~~~~~~~~~~=$MMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=$8888888888888888888O~~~~~~~~~~8MMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMN=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+Z88888888888888888ZZ7=~~~~~~~~?MMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMZ=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+Z88888888Z7I===~~~~~~~~~~~~~=OMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMN$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=$88888O7?=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMM?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I8OZ+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=DMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMM8=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+$+=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMD7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=$DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMM?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=$OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMD7=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMZ7=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~78MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM8OI=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=+?ZDNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNDZ7?++~=~==~+?IONMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n"+
-"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM")
-
-stacktrace="""
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-=======================================================================================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-             ___                          ___          ___
-            (   )                        (   )        (   )
-    .--.     | |_       .---.    .--.     | |   ___    | |_      ___ .-.      .---.    .--.      .--.
-  /  _  \   (   __)    / .-, \  /    \    | |  (   )  (   __)   (   )   \    / .-, \  /    \    /    \\
- . .' `. ;   | |      (__) ; | |  .-. ;   | |  ' /     | |       | ' .-. ;  (__) ; | |  .-. ;  |  .-. ;
- | '   | |   | | ___    .'`  | |  |(___)  | |,' /      | | ___   |  / (___)   .'`  | |  |(___) |  | | |
- _\_`.(___)  | |(   )  / .'| | |  |       | .  '.      | |(   )  | |         / .'| | |  |      |  |/  |
-(   ). '.    | | | |  | /  | | |  | ___   | | `. \     | | | |   | |        | /  | | |  | ___  |  ' _.'
- | |  `\ |   | ' | |  ; |  ; | |  '(   )  | |   \ \    | ' | |   | |        ; |  ; | |  '(   ) |  .'.-.
- ; '._,' '   ' `-' ;  ' `-'  | '  `-' |   | |    \ .   ' `-' ;   | |        ' `-'  | '  `-' |  '  `-' /
-  '.___.'     `.__.   `.__.'_.  `.__,'   (___ ) (___)   `.__.   (___)       `.__.'_.  `.__,'    `.__.'
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-=======================================================================================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-"""
-
-boat = """\
-        + +
-        )`.).
-      )``)``) .~~
-      ).-'.-')|)
-    |-).-).-'_'-/
- ~~~\ `o-o-o'  /~~~~
-  ~~~'---.____/~~~"""
diff --git a/superset/cli.py b/superset/cli.py
index 3c32e14a75c86..1b108b68530eb 100755
--- a/superset/cli.py
+++ b/superset/cli.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from flask_migrate import MigrateCommand
 from flask_script import Manager
 
-from superset import app, ascii_art, db, data, security
+from superset import app, db, data, security
 
 config = app.config
 
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ def init():
 def version(verbose):
     """Prints the current version number"""
     s = (
-        "\n{boat}\n\n"
-        "-----------------------\n"
+        "\n-----------------------\n"
         "Superset {version}\n"
         "-----------------------").format(
-        boat=ascii_art.boat, version=config.get('VERSION_STRING'))
+        version=config.get('VERSION_STRING'))
     print(s)
     if verbose:
         print("[DB] : " + "{}".format(db.engine))
diff --git a/superset/templates/superset/traceback.html b/superset/templates/superset/traceback.html
index 97fc6b4961cfe..d3e333b235170 100644
--- a/superset/templates/superset/traceback.html
+++ b/superset/templates/superset/traceback.html
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <html>
   <body>
+    <h1>Sorry, something went wrong</h1>
+    <h3>500 - Internal Server Error</h3>
+    <hr>
+    <h2>Stacktrace</h2>
+    <hr>
     <code>
-      <pre>{{ art }}
-{{ title }}
-{{ error_msg }}
-</pre>
+      <pre>
+        {{ error_msg }}
+      </pre>
     </code>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/superset/views.py b/superset/views.py
index a0abda93b67fb..38d771a03a7d8 100755
--- a/superset/views.py
+++ b/superset/views.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import superset
 from superset import (
     appbuilder, cache, db, models, viz, utils, app,
-    sm, ascii_art, sql_lab, results_backend, security,
+    sm, sql_lab, results_backend, security,
 )
 from superset.source_registry import SourceRegistry
 from superset.models import DatasourceAccessRequest as DAR
@@ -2542,12 +2542,10 @@ def refresh_datasources(self):
 
     @app.errorhandler(500)
     def show_traceback(self):
-        error_msg = get_error_msg()
         return render_template(
             'superset/traceback.html',
-            error_msg=error_msg,
-            title=ascii_art.stacktrace,
-            art=ascii_art.error), 500
+            error_msg=get_error_msg(),
+        ), 500
 
     @expose("/welcome")
     def welcome(self):