diff --git a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
index 31de030..c0f3277 100644
--- a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
+++ b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
@@ -1,56 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from django.template import Library
 from django.template.base import TemplateSyntaxError
-from notifications.models import Notification
 from django.template import Node
 
 register = Library()
 
-# TODO: Simplify this: it's a really simple tag!
-
-class InboxCountNode(Node):
-    "For use in the notifications_unread tag"
-    def __init__(self, asvar=None):
-        self.asvar = asvar
-
-    def render(self, context):
-        """
-        Return the count of unread messages for the user found in context,
-        (may be 0) or an empty string.
-        """
-        try:
-            user = context['user']
-            if user.is_anonymous():
-                count = ''
-            else:
-                count = user.notifications.unread().count()
-        except (KeyError, AttributeError):
-            count = ''
-        if self.asvar:
-            context[self.asvar] = count
-            return ''
-        return count
-
-@register.tag
-def notifications_unread(parser, token):
-    """
-    Give the number of unread notifications for a user,
-    or nothing (an empty string) for an anonymous user.
-
-    Storing the count in a variable for further processing is advised, such as::
-
-        {% notifications_unread as unread_count %}
-        ...
-        {% if unread_count %}
-            You have <strong>{{ unread_count }}</strong> unread notifications.
-        {% endif %}
-    """
-    bits = token.split_contents()
-    if len(bits) > 1:
-        if len(bits) != 3:
-            raise TemplateSyntaxError("'{0}' tag takes no argument or exactly two arguments".format(bits[0]))
-        if bits[1] != 'as':
-            raise TemplateSyntaxError("First argument to '{0}' tag must be 'as'".format(bits[0]))
-        return InboxCountNode(bits[2])
-    else:
-        return InboxCountNode()
+@register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
+def notifications_unread(context):
+    if 'user' not in context:
+        return ''
+    
+    user = context['user']
+    if user.is_anonymous():
+        return ''
+    return user.notifications.unread().count()
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