diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 624c65d579..1b86ce4faa 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
     void Scene::playerCellChange (Ptr::CellStore *cell, const ESM::Position& position,
         bool adjustPlayerPos)
     {
-        mWorld->makeNewPlayer();
         if (adjustPlayerPos)
             mWorld->getPlayer().setPos (position.pos[0], position.pos[1], position.pos[2]);
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index 4439d4c666..a5fcfe093c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -182,17 +182,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     }
 
-    void World::makeNewPlayer(){
-        bool initialCollision = bCollision;
-        if(bCollision)
-            toggleCollisionMode();
-        MWRender::Player* play = &(mRendering.getPlayer());
-        delete mPlayer;
-        mPlayer = new MWWorld::Player (play, mStore.npcs.find ("player"), *this);
-        mPhysics->addActor (mPlayer->getPlayer().getRefData().getHandle(), "", Ogre::Vector3 (0, 0, 0));
-        if(initialCollision)
-            toggleCollisionMode();
-    }
 
     World::~World()
     {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
index eef2f8da3f..db5b0b9cc9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             /// references that are currently not in the rendered scene should be ignored.
             void setObjectPhysicsRotation(const std::string& handle,Ogre::Quaternion quat);
             void setObjectPhysicsPosition(const std::string& handle,Ogre::Vector3 vector);
-            void makeNewPlayer();
+           
     };
 }