diff --git a/telegram-purple.c b/telegram-purple.c
index cf9786f..b95b079 100755
--- a/telegram-purple.c
+++ b/telegram-purple.c
@@ -1026,47 +1026,6 @@ static void tgprpl_convo_closed (PurpleConnection * gc, const char *who) {
   debug ("tgprpl_convo_closed()\n");
 }
 
-static char *strdup_replace (char *str, const char *replace, char *with) {
-  char **splitted = g_strsplit (str, replace, -1);
-  char *joined = g_strjoinv ("", splitted);
-  g_strfreev (splitted);
-  return joined;
-}
-
-static const char *tgprpl_normalize_phone_number (const PurpleAccount *account, const char *phone) {
-  
-  // remove all special characters
-  char *a = g_strdup(phone);
-  char *b = strdup_replace (a, " ", "");
-  char *c = strdup_replace (b, "/", "");
-  char *normalized = strdup_replace (c, "-", "");
-  g_free (b);
-  g_free (a);
-  g_free (c);
-  
-  if (strlen (normalized) >= 22 ||
-      strlen (normalized) < 5) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  
-  if (normalized[0] != '+') {
-    char *fixed = g_strdup_printf ("+%s", normalized);
-    g_free (normalized);
-    normalized = fixed;
-  }
-  
-  regex_t exp;
-  if (regcomp (&exp, "\\+[0-9]+$", REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
-    warning ("Regex invalid");
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  if (regexec (&exp, normalized, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  
-  return normalized;
-}
-
 static void tgprpl_set_buddy_icon (PurpleConnection * gc, PurpleStoredImage * img) {
   debug ("tgprpl_set_buddy_icon()\n");
   
@@ -1146,7 +1105,7 @@ static PurplePluginProtocolInfo prpl_info = {
   tgprpl_rename_group,
   NULL,                    // buddy_free
   tgprpl_convo_closed,     
-  tgprpl_normalize_phone_number,
+  NULL,                    // normalize
   tgprpl_set_buddy_icon,
   NULL,                    // remove_group
   NULL,                    // get_cb_real_name