diff --git a/src/utils/index.js b/src/utils/index.js
index 1c9cb03..25b5861 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/utils/index.js
@@ -1,60 +1,5 @@
 import I18n from '../i18n';
 
-/**
- * 'Deflates' the HTML contained in the given parent node.
- * Deflation will completely drop empty text nodes, and replace
- * multiple spaces, tabs, newlines with a single space. This way,
- * character offsets in the markup will more closely represent
- * character offsets experienced in the browser.
- */
-export const deflateHTML = parent => {
-  deflateNodeList([ parent ]);
-  return parent;
-}
-
-const deflateNodeList = parents => {
-
-  // Deflates the immediate children of one parent (but not children of children)
-  const deflateOne = parent => {
-    return Array.from(parent.childNodes).reduce((compacted, node) => {
-      if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-        if (node.textContent.trim().length > 0) {
-          // Text node - trim
-          const trimmed = node.textContent.replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ');
-          return [...compacted, document.createTextNode(trimmed)];
-        } else {
-          // Empty text node - discard
-          return compacted;
-        }
-      } else {
-        return [...compacted, node];
-      }
-    }, []);
-  }
-
-  // Replace original children with deflated
-  parents.forEach(parent => {
-    const deflatedChildren = deflateOne(parent);
-
-    // This would be easier, but breaks on IE11
-    // parent.innerHTML = '';
-    while (parent.firstChild)
-      parent.removeChild(parent.lastChild);
-
-    deflatedChildren.forEach(node => parent.appendChild(node));
-  });
-
-  // Then, get all children that have more children
-  const childrenWithChildren = parents.reduce((childrenWithChildren, parent) => {
-    return childrenWithChildren.concat(Array.from(parent.childNodes).filter(c => c.firstChild));
-  }, []);
-
-  // Recursion
-  if (childrenWithChildren.length > 0)
-    deflateNodeList(childrenWithChildren);
-
-}
-
 /**
  * Adds DOM polyfills that babel polyfill doesn't include
  */