diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java
index f8416fe2..9cc7a26a 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 
@@ -236,35 +235,6 @@ public class Factions extends MPlugin
 		Conf.chatTagHandledByAnotherPlugin = notByFactions;
 	}
 
-	// Simply put, should this chat event be left for Factions to handle? For now, that means players with Faction Chat
-	// enabled or use of the Factions f command without a slash; combination of isPlayerFactionChatting() and isFactionsCommand()
-	
-	
-	public boolean shouldLetFactionsHandleThisChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event)
-	{
-		if (event == null) return false;
-		return (isPlayerFactionChatting(event.getPlayer()) || isFactionsCommand(event.getMessage()));
-	}
-
-	// Does player have Faction Chat enabled? If so, chat plugins should preferably not do channels,
-	// local chat, or anything else which targets individual recipients, so Faction Chat can be done
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated  As of release 1.8, there is no built in faction chat.
-	 */
-	public boolean isPlayerFactionChatting(Player player)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	// Is this chat message actually a Factions command, and thus should be left alone by other plugins?
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated As of release 1.8.1 the normal Bukkit command-handling is used. 
-	 */
-	public boolean isFactionsCommand(String check)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	// Get a player's faction tag (faction name), mainly for usage by chat plugins for local/channel chat
 	public String getPlayerFactionTag(Player player)
 	{
diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsFeatures.java b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsFeatures.java
index 39bbc25b..cc25fa30 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsFeatures.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsFeatures.java
@@ -59,27 +59,15 @@ public class EssentialsFeatures
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex)
 		{
-			// no? try older Essentials 2.x integration method
-			try
-			{
-				EssentialsOldVersionFeatures.integrateChat(essChat);
-			}
-			catch (NoClassDefFoundError ex2) { /* no known integration method, then */ }
+			
 		}
 	}
 
 	public static void unhookChat()
 	{
 		if (essChat == null) return;
-
-		try
-		{
-			EssentialsOldVersionFeatures.unhookChat();
-		}
-		catch (NoClassDefFoundError ex) {}
 	}
 
-
 	// return false if feature is disabled or Essentials isn't available
 	public static boolean handleTeleport(Player player, Location loc)
 	{
diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsOldVersionFeatures.java b/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsOldVersionFeatures.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 905c3488..00000000
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/EssentialsOldVersionFeatures.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package com.massivecraft.factions.integration;
-
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent;
-
-import com.massivecraft.factions.Factions;
-import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsChatListener;
-
-import com.earth2me.essentials.chat.EssentialsChat;
-import com.earth2me.essentials.chat.IEssentialsChatListener;
-
-
-/*
- * This Essentials integration handler is for older 2.x.x versions of Essentials which have "IEssentialsChatListener"
- */
-
-public class EssentialsOldVersionFeatures
-{
-	private static EssentialsChat essChat;
-
-	public static void integrateChat(EssentialsChat instance)
-	{
-		essChat = instance;
-		try
-		{
-			essChat.addEssentialsChatListener("Factions", new IEssentialsChatListener()
-			{
-				public boolean shouldHandleThisChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event)
-				{
-					return Factions.p.shouldLetFactionsHandleThisChat(event);
-				}
-				public String modifyMessage(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event, Player target, String message)
-				{
-					return FactionsChatListener.parseTags(message, event.getPlayer(), target);
-					//return message.replace(Conf.chatTagReplaceString, P.p.getPlayerFactionTagRelation(event.getPlayer(), target)).replace("[FACTION_TITLE]", P.p.getPlayerTitle(event.getPlayer()));
-				}
-			});
-			Factions.p.log("Found and will integrate chat with "+essChat.getDescription().getFullName());
-		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodError ex)
-		{
-			essChat = null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public static void unhookChat()
-	{
-		if (essChat != null)
-		{
-			essChat.removeEssentialsChatListener("Factions");
-		}
-	}
-}