diff --git a/lib/Permissions.jar b/lib/Permissions.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 31c3e5d9..00000000
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diff --git a/lib/PermissionsEx.jar b/lib/PermissionsEx.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 37121e65..00000000
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diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/P.java b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/P.java
index b0d89cb8..8dfc6046 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/P.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/P.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import com.massivecraft.factions.struct.Rel;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.zcore.MPlugin;
 
 import com.griefcraft.lwc.LWCPlugin;
-import com.nijiko.permissions.PermissionHandler;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.chat.EssentialsChat;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -75,8 +74,7 @@ public class P extends MPlugin
 	}
 	
 	
-	
-	public static PermissionHandler Permissions;
+
 	private static EssentialsChat essChat;
 	
 	
diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/zcore/util/PermUtil.java b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/zcore/util/PermUtil.java
index 72e05d46..f68d19a9 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/zcore/util/PermUtil.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/zcore/util/PermUtil.java
@@ -3,25 +3,16 @@ package com.massivecraft.factions.zcore.util;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.permissions.Permission;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
-
-import ru.tehkode.permissions.PermissionManager;
-import ru.tehkode.permissions.bukkit.PermissionsEx;
 
 import com.massivecraft.factions.zcore.Lang;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.zcore.MPlugin;
-import com.nijiko.permissions.PermissionHandler;
-import com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions.Permissions;
 
 
 public class PermUtil {
-	
-	public PermissionManager pex = null;
-	public PermissionHandler perm2or3 = null;
+
 	public Map<String, String> permissionDescriptions = new HashMap<String, String>();
 	
 	protected MPlugin p;
@@ -40,30 +31,13 @@ public class PermUtil {
 	/**
 	 * This method hooks into all permission plugins we are supporting
 	 */
-	public void setup()
+	public final void setup()
 	{
 		for(Permission permission : p.getDescription().getPermissions())
 		{
 			//p.log("\""+permission.getName()+"\" = \""+permission.getDescription()+"\"");
 			this.permissionDescriptions.put(permission.getName(), permission.getDescription());
 		}
-		
-		if ( Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("PermissionsEx"))
-		{
-			pex = PermissionsEx.getPermissionManager();
-			p.log("Will use this plugin for permissions: " + Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("PermissionsEx").getDescription().getFullName());
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		if ( Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("Permissions"))
-		{
-			Plugin permissionsPlugin = Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Permissions");
-			perm2or3 = ((Permissions) permissionsPlugin).getHandler();
-			p.log("Will use this plugin for permissions: " + permissionsPlugin.getDescription().getFullName());
-			return;
-		}
-		
-	    p.log("No permission plugin detected. Defaulting to native bukkit permissions.");
 	}
 
 	public String getPermissionDescription (String perm)
@@ -88,19 +62,7 @@ public class PermUtil {
 		{
 			return me.hasPermission(perm);
 		}
-		
-		if (pex != null)
-		{
-			//return pex.has((Player)me, perm);
-			// Since pex supports superperms we should use those instead.
-			return ((Player)me).hasPermission(perm);
-		} 
-		
-		if (perm2or3 != null)
-		{
-			return perm2or3.has((Player)me, perm);
-		}
-		
+
 		return me.hasPermission(perm);
 	}