diff --git a/replacements.lua b/replacements.lua
index 4f8e741..b3ddcea 100644
--- a/replacements.lua
+++ b/replacements.lua
@@ -744,47 +744,3 @@ mg_villages.get_replacement_table = function( housetype, pr, replacements )
 	end
         return { table = rtable, list = replacements};
 end
-
-
--- they don't all grow cotton; farming_plus fruits are far more intresting!
--- Note: This function modifies replacements.ids and replacements.table for each building
---       as far as fruits are concerned. It needs to be called before placing a building
---       which contains fruits.
--- The function might as well be a local one.
-mg_villages.get_fruit_replacements = function( replacements, fruit)
-
-	if( not( fruit )) then
-		return;
-	end
-
-	for i=1,8 do
-		local old_name = '';
-		local new_name = '';
-		-- farming_plus plants sometimes come in 3 or 4 variants, but not in 8 as cotton does
-		if(     minetest.registered_nodes[ 'farming_plus:'..fruit..'_'..i ]) then
-			old_name = "farming:cotton_"..i;
-			new_name = 'farming_plus:'..fruit..'_'..i;
-	
-		-- "surplus" cotton variants will be replaced with the full grown fruit
-		elseif( minetest.registered_nodes[ 'farming_plus:'..fruit ]) then
-			old_name = "farming:cotton_"..i;
-			new_name = 'farming_plus:'..fruit;
-
-		-- and plants from farming: are supported as well
-		elseif( minetest.registered_nodes[ 'farming:'..fruit..'_'..i ]) then
-			old_name = "farming:cotton_"..i;
-			new_name = 'farming:'..fruit..'_'..i;
-
-		elseif( minetest.registered_nodes[ 'farming:'..fruit ]) then
-			old_name = "farming:cotton_"..i;
-			new_name = 'farming:'..fruit;
-		end
-
-		if( old_name ~= '' and new_name ~= '' ) then
-			-- this is mostly used by the voxelmanip based spawning of .we files
-			replacements.ids[ minetest.get_content_id( old_name )] = minetest.get_content_id( new_name );
-			-- this is used by the place_schematic based spawning	
-			replacements.table[ old_name ] = new_name;
-		end
-	end
-end