diff --git a/forms/CompositeField.php b/forms/CompositeField.php
index 0078e33be..5cce84b82 100755
--- a/forms/CompositeField.php
+++ b/forms/CompositeField.php
@@ -193,39 +193,6 @@ class CompositeField extends FormField {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Return a readonly version of this field.  Keeps the composition but returns readonly
-	 * versions of all the children
-	 */
-	public function dropDatalessField() {
-		$newChildren = new FieldSet();
-
-		foreach($this->children as $idx => $child) {
-			
-			if(is_object($child)){
-				if(get_class($child)=='HeaderField'||get_class($child)=='LabelField'||get_class($child)=='TableListField'||is_subclass_of($child, 'TableListField')||get_class($field)=='SelectionGroup'||is_subclass_of($field, 'SelectionGroup')){
-					$newChildren->push($child, $idx);
-				}elseif($child->isComposite()){
-					$newChildren->push($child->dropDatalessField());
-				}elseif((get_class($child)!='DatalessField'&&!is_subclass_of($child, 'DatalessField'))){
-					if($this->hasClass('Undropable')||$child->Value()!==NULL){
-						$newChildren->push($child, $idx);
-					}
-				}
-			}elseif(is_array($child)){
-				foreach($child as $idx=>$subChild){
-					if(is_object($subChild)){
-						if($subChild->isComposite){
-							$newChildren->push($subChild->dropDatalessField());
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		$this->children = $newChildren;
-		return $this;
-	}
-	
 	function IsReadonly() {
 		return $this->readonly;
 	}