diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/mod_contacts.js b/view/theme/frio/js/mod_contacts.js
index ab57218100..dd7ae43568 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/mod_contacts.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/mod_contacts.js
@@ -2,22 +2,6 @@
 var batchConfirmed = false;
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
-	// Add contact_filter autocompletion to the search field.
-	$("#contacts-search").contact_filter(baseurl + '/acl', 'r', true);
-
-	// Hide the viewcontact_wrapper if there is an input in the search field
-	// We are doing this to let the the contact_filter replace the original
-	// shown contacts.
-	$("#contacts-search").keyup(function(){
-		var elText = $(this).val();
-		if (elText.length !== 0) {
-			$("#viewcontact_wrapper").hide();
-			$("ul.textcomplete-dropdown").addClass("show media-list");
-		} else {
-			$("#viewcontact_wrapper").show();
-			$("ul.textcomplete-dropdown").removeClass("show");
-		}
-	});
 	// Initiale autosize for the textareas.
 	autosize($("textarea.text-autosize"));
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
index 44a24b30a1..ad6308595c 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
@@ -504,75 +504,11 @@ function qOrAmp(url) {
 	}
 }
 
-function contact_filter(item) {
-	// get the html content from the js template of the contact-wrapper
-	contact_tpl = unescape($(".javascript-template[rel=contact-template]").html());
-
-	var variables = {
-			id:		item.id,
-			name:		item.name,
-			username:	item.username,
-			thumb:		item.thumb,
-			img_hover:	item.img_hover,
-			edit_hover:	item.edit_hover,
-			account_type:	item.account_type,
-			photo_menu:	item.photo_menu,
-			alt_text:	item.alt_text,
-			dir_icon:	item.dir_icon,
-			sparkle:	item.sparkle,
-			itemurl:	item.itemurl,
-			url:		item.url,
-			network:	item.network,
-			tags:		item.tags,
-			details:	item.details,
-	};
-
-	// open a new jSmart instance with the template
-	var tpl = new jSmart (contact_tpl);
-
-	// replace the variable with the values
-	var html = tpl.fetch(variables);
-
-	return html;
-}
-
 function filter_replace(item) {
 
 	return item.name;
 }
 
-(function($) {
-	$.fn.contact_filter = function(backend_url, typ, autosubmit, onselect) {
-		if (typeof typ === 'undefined') {
-			typ = '';
-		}
-
-		if (typeof autosubmit === 'undefined') {
-			autosubmit = false;
-		}
-
-		// Autocomplete contacts
-		contacts = {
-			match: /(^)([^\n]+)$/,
-			index: 2,
-			search: function(term, callback) {contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, typ);},
-			replace: filter_replace,
-			template: contact_filter
-		};
-
-		this.attr('autocomplete','off');
-		var a = this.textcomplete([contacts], {className:'accontacts', appendTo: '#contact-list'});
-
-		if(autosubmit) {
-			a.on('textComplete:select', function(e,value,strategy) {submit_form(this);});
-		}
-
-		a.on('textComplete:select', function(e, value, strategy) {
-			$(".dropdown-menu.textcomplete-dropdown.media-list").show();
-		});
-	};
-})( jQuery );
-
 // current time in milliseconds, to send each request to make sure
 // we 're not getting 304 response
 function timeNow() {