diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/activity-column.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/activity-column.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f6a20aee8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/activity-column.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { daysSinceEpoch } from "discourse/helpers/cold-age-class";
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+  tagName: 'td',
+  classNameBindings: [':activity', 'coldness'],
+  attributeBindings: ['title'],
+
+  // returns createdAt if there's no bumped date
+  bumpedAt: function() {
+    var bumpedAt = this.get('topic.bumped_at');
+    if (bumpedAt) {
+      return new Date(bumpedAt);
+    } else {
+      return this.get('createdAt');
+    }
+  }.property('topic.bumped_at', 'createdAt'),
+
+  createdAt: function() {
+    return new Date(this.get('topic.created_at'));
+  }.property('topic.created_at'),
+
+  coldness: function() {
+    var bumpedAt = this.get('bumpedAt'),
+        createdAt = this.get('createdAt');
+
+    if (!bumpedAt) { return; }
+    var delta = daysSinceEpoch(bumpedAt) - daysSinceEpoch(createdAt);
+
+    if (delta > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_high) { return 'coldmap-high'; }
+    if (delta > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_medium) { return 'coldmap-med'; }
+    if (delta > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_low) { return 'coldmap-low'; }
+  }.property('bumpedAt', 'createdAt'),
+
+  title: function() {
+    return I18n.t('first_post') + ": " + Discourse.Formatter.longDate(this.get('createdAt')) + "\n" +
+           I18n.t('last_post') + ": " + Discourse.Formatter.longDate(this.get('bumpedAt'));
+  }.property('bumpedAt', 'createdAt'),
+
+  render: function(buffer) {
+    buffer.push("<a href='" + this.get('topic.lastPostUrl') +"'>" + Discourse.Formatter.autoUpdatingRelativeAge(this.get('bumpedAt')) + "</a>");
+  }
+
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/cold-age-class.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/cold-age-class.js.es6
index 1727448e6fd..d7d644a79a0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/cold-age-class.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/cold-age-class.js.es6
@@ -8,25 +8,18 @@ export function daysSinceEpoch(dt) {
 **/
 function coldAgeClass(property, options) {
   var dt = Em.Handlebars.get(this, property, options);
-  var className = (options && options.hash && options.hash.class !== undefined) ? options.hash.class : 'age';
 
-  if (!dt) { return className; }
-
-  var startDate = (options && options.hash && options.hash.startDate) || new Date();
-
-  if (typeof startDate === "string") {
-    startDate = Em.Handlebars.get(this, startDate, options);
-  }
+  if (!dt) { return 'age'; }
 
   // Show heat on age
-  var nowDays = daysSinceEpoch(startDate),
+  var nowDays = daysSinceEpoch(new Date()),
       epochDays = daysSinceEpoch(new Date(dt));
 
-  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_high) return className + ' coldmap-high';
-  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_medium) return className + ' coldmap-med';
-  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_low) return className + ' coldmap-low';
+  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_high) return 'age coldmap-high';
+  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_medium) return 'age coldmap-med';
+  if (nowDays - epochDays > Discourse.SiteSettings.cold_age_days_low) return 'age coldmap-low';
 
-  return className;
+  return 'age';
 }
 
 Handlebars.registerHelper('cold-age-class', coldAgeClass);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/format-date.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/format-date.js.es6
index 312d8947b01..1de71f4c22e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/format-date.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/format-date.js.es6
@@ -3,27 +3,19 @@
   update the dates on a regular interval.
 **/
 Handlebars.registerHelper('format-date', function(property, options) {
-  var leaveAgo, format = 'medium', title = true;
-  var hash = property.hash || (options && options.hash);
-
-  if (hash) {
-    if (hash.leaveAgo) {
-      leaveAgo = hash.leaveAgo === "true";
+  var leaveAgo;
+  if (property.hash) {
+    if (property.hash.leaveAgo) {
+      leaveAgo = property.hash.leaveAgo === "true";
     }
-    if (hash.path) {
-      property = hash.path;
-    }
-    if (hash.format) {
-      format = hash.format;
-    }
-    if (hash.noTitle) {
-      title = false;
+    if (property.hash.path) {
+      property = property.hash.path;
     }
   }
 
   var val = Ember.Handlebars.get(this, property, options);
   if (val) {
     var date = new Date(val);
-    return new Handlebars.SafeString(Discourse.Formatter.autoUpdatingRelativeAge(date, {format: format, title: title, leaveAgo: leaveAgo}));
+    return new Handlebars.SafeString(Discourse.Formatter.autoUpdatingRelativeAge(date, {format: 'medium', title: true, leaveAgo: leaveAgo}));
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/handlebars.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/handlebars.js.es6
deleted file mode 100644
index 18931346b42..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/handlebars.js.es6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Handlebars.registerHelper('handlebars', function(property, options) {
-
-  var template = Em.TEMPLATES[property + ".raw"];
-  var params = options.hash;
-
-  if(params) {
-    for(var prop in params){
-      if(options.hashTypes[prop] === "ID") {
-        params[prop] = Em.Handlebars.get(this, params[prop], options);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return new Handlebars.SafeString(template(params));
-});
-
-Handlebars.registerHelper('get', function(property) {
-  return Em.get(this, property);
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
index f748e2b33e8..40c0d9eb877 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 Discourse.Topic = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
-  // returns createdAt if there's no bumped date
-  bumpedAt: function() {
-    var bumpedAt = this.get('bumped_at');
-    if (bumpedAt) {
-      return new Date(bumpedAt);
-    } else {
-      return this.get('createdAt');
-    }
-  }.property('bumped_at', 'createdAt'),
-
-  bumpedAtTitle: function() {
-    return I18n.t('first_post') + ": " + Discourse.Formatter.longDate(this.get('createdAt')) + "\n" +
-           I18n.t('last_post') + ": " + Discourse.Formatter.longDate(this.get('bumpedAt'));
-  }.property('bumpedAt'),
-
-  createdAt: function() {
-    return new Date(this.get('created_at'));
-  }.property('created_at'),
-
   postStream: function() {
     return Discourse.PostStream.create({topic: this});
   }.property(),
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/basic-topic-list.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
index 1cdf72cd357..706b2ce3b1c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
               {{number topic.views numberKey="views_long"}}
             </td>
 
-            {{handlebars "list/activity_column" topic=topic class="num" tagName="td"}}
+            {{activity-column topic=topic class="num"}}
           </tr>
         {{/grouped-each}}
       </tbody>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/activity_column.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/activity_column.raw.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f532c9b57d..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/activity_column.raw.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<{{this.tagName}} class="{{cold-age-class "topic.createdAt" startDate="topic.bumpedAt" class=this.class}} activity" title="{{get "topic.bumpedAtTitle"}}"><a href="{{get "topic.lastPostUrl"}}">{{format-date "topic.bumpedAt" format="tiny" noTitle=true}}</a></{{this.tagName}}>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/category_column.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/category_column.raw.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5978e08b496..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/category_column.raw.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{{#unless hideCategory}}
-<td class='category'>{{category-link "category" showParent=true}}</td>
-{{/unless}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/posters_column.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/posters_column.raw.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index b091db1aac6..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/posters_column.raw.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<td class='posters'>
-{{#each posters}}
-<a href="{{get "user.path"}}" data-user-card="{{this.user.username}}" class="{{get "extras"}}">{{avatar this usernamePath="user.username" imageSize="small"}}</a>
-{{/each}}
-</td>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic_list_item.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic_list_item.hbs
index 3e108d328a3..6735b9b8c22 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic_list_item.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic_list_item.hbs
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
   {{/if}}
 </td>
 
-{{handlebars "list/category_column" hideCategory=hideCategory category=category}}
-{{handlebars "list/posters_column" posters=posters}}
+{{#unless hideCategory}}
+<td class='category'>{{bound-category-link category showParent=true}}</td>
+{{/unless}}
+
+{{view 'posters-column' posters=posters}}
 
 {{posts-count-column topic=model class="num" action="showTopicEntrance"}}
-<td class="num views {{unbound viewsHeat}}">{{number views numberKey="views_long"}}</td>
+<td {{bind-attr class=":num :views viewsHeat"}}>{{number views numberKey="views_long"}}</td>
 
-{{handlebars "list/activity_column" topic=model class="num" tagName="td"}}
+{{activity-column topic=model class="num"}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/components/basic-topic-list.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
index 2b5f07508b1..3c03c87774f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/components/basic-topic-list.hbs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <div class="topic-item-stats clearfix">
               <div class="pull-right">
                 {{posts-count-column topic=topic tagName="div" class="num posts" action="clickedPosts"}}
-                {{handlebars "list/activity_column" topic=topic tagName="div" class="num activity last"}}
+                {{activity-column topic=topic tagName="div" class="num activity last"}}
               </div>
               {{#unless controller.hideCategory}}
                 <div class='category'>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/list/topic_list_item.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/list/topic_list_item.hbs
index 7ba927d93a6..670c9f5b140 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/list/topic_list_item.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/list/topic_list_item.hbs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     {{posts-count-column topic=this tagName="div" class="num posts" action="showTopicEntrance"}}
     <div class='num activity last'>
       <a href="{{lastPostUrl}}" title='{{i18n last_post}}: {{{raw-date bumped_at}}}'>{{last_poster_username}}</a>
-      {{handlebars "list/activity_column" topic=this tagName="span" class="age"}}
+      {{activity-column topic=this tagName="span" class="age"}}
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class="clearfix"></div>