diff --git a/src/client/content_cao.cpp b/src/client/content_cao.cpp
index f056035f5..ecfe0f2de 100644
--- a/src/client/content_cao.cpp
+++ b/src/client/content_cao.cpp
@@ -1386,43 +1386,6 @@ void GenericCAO::updateAnimationSpeed()
 	m_animated_meshnode->setAnimationSpeed(m_animation_speed);
 }
 
-void GenericCAO::updateBones(f32 dtime)
-{
-	if (!m_animated_meshnode)
-		return;
-	if (m_bone_override.empty())
-		return;
-
-	// FIXME these need to be applied at a different point in time
-	// in order to be relative to the animated bone positions of the current frame
-	for (auto &it : m_bone_override) {
-		std::string bone_name = it.first;
-		scene::IBoneSceneNode* bone = m_animated_meshnode->getJointNode(bone_name.c_str());
-		if (!bone)
-			continue;
-
-		BoneOverride &props = it.second;
-		props.dtime_passed += dtime;
-
-		bone->setPosition(props.getPosition(bone->getPosition()));
-		bone->setRotation(props.getRotationEulerDeg(bone->getRotation()));
-		bone->setScale(props.getScale(bone->getScale()));
-	}
-
-	// The following is needed for set_bone_pos to propagate to
-	// attached objects correctly.
-	// Irrlicht ought to do this, but doesn't when using EJUOR_CONTROL.
-	for (u32 i = 0; i < m_animated_meshnode->getJointCount(); ++i) {
-		auto bone = m_animated_meshnode->getJointNode(i);
-		// Look for the root bone.
-		if (bone && bone->getParent() == m_animated_meshnode) {
-			// Update entire skeleton.
-			bone->updateAbsolutePositionOfAllChildren();
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void GenericCAO::updateAttachments()
 {
 	ClientActiveObject *parent = getParent();