diff --git a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
index 8bee3d5..726ef5a 100644
--- a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
+++ b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTree.RawInternalBasic do
   def partition_inlinelevel([]), do: []
 
 
-  def flatten_element_contents([ node | rest ]) when is_list(node.content) do
-    [ %InternalNode{node | content: flatten_element_contents(List.flatten(node.content))}
-     | flatten_element_contents(rest) ]
-  end
-
-  def flatten_element_contents([ node | rest ]) do
-    [ node | flatten_element_contents(rest) ]
-  end
-
-  def flatten_element_contents([]), do: []
-
-
   @doc """
     iex> chunk_with_list([1, 1, [2, 2], 3, 3, [4, 4, 4], 5, 5])
     [[1, 1, 2], [2, 3, 3, 4], [4], [4, 5, 5]]