Trying to remove meta widget from sidebar

I am working with Jessica Fletcher Redux template, and would like to remove the Meta widget from the sidebar. The sidebar boxes do not show up in the “Widgets” editing area of WordPress. I’ve tried removing it’s block of code from the sidebar code, but that didn’t work. Any suggestions? Here is the sidebar code:

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Jessica_Fletcher_Redux
 */

 global $options;
foreach ($options as $value) {
    if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); }
}
?>	

<div id="sidebar_container">
<div id="tabs">
	<?php generate_sidebar_box($jfr_twitter, $jfr_sidebox_order, $jfr_nav_box, $jfr_sidebox_title); ?>

</div><!--#sidebar_tabs-->
</div><!--#sidebar_box-->
<script type="text/javascript">
  $("#tabs ul").idTabs();
</script>
 <?php 	/* Widgetized footer, if you have the plugin installed. */
            if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar') ) : ?>
<div class="sidebar_widget">
    <div class="sb_corner_tl"></div>
    <div class="corner_tr"></div>
    <div class="sidebar_top"></div>
    <div><?php the_widget('WP_Widget_Meta', 'title=Meta', ''); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="corner_bl"></div>
    <div class="corner_br"></div>
    <div class="sidebar_bottom"></div>
</div>
<div class="sidebar_widget">
    <div class="sb_corner_tl"></div>
    <div class="corner_tr"></div>
    <div class="sidebar_top"></div>
    <div><?php the_widget('WP_Widget_Search', 'title=', ''); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="corner_bl"></div>
    <div class="corner_br"></div>
    <div class="sidebar_bottom"></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div id="credits"><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" class="icon_social" title="<?php _e('Follow via RSS', 'jfr_theme')?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/rss.png" alt="RSS" /></a><?php if ($jfr_facebook != "" && $jfr_facebook != " "){?><a href="<?php echo $jfr_facebook; ?>" class="icon_social" title="<?php _e('Follow me on Facebook', 'jfr_theme')?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a><?php } ?><?php if ($jfr_twitter != " "){?><a href="http://twitter.com/<?php echo $jfr_twitter;  if ($jfr_twitter == ""){echo "wordpress";}?>" class="icon_social" title="<?php _e('Follow me on Twitter', 'jfr_theme')?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" /></a><?php } ?>
<?php if ($jfr_youtube != "" && $jfr_youtube != " "){?><a href="<?php echo $jfr_youtube; ?>" class="icon_social" title="<?php _e('Follow me on YouTube', 'jfr_theme')?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/youtube.png" alt="YouTube" /></a><?php } ?><hr/><?php _e('themeby', 'jfr_theme')?><a href="http://www.spaceperson.net/" target="_blank">spaceperson</a><br /><?php _e('poweredby', 'jfr_theme')?><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>
</div>

</div> <!--#sidebar_container-->