diff --git a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
index d8e90fd1..e9a56db7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
@@ -67,14 +67,9 @@ class ItemsController < ApplicationController
         
         @contributors_with_counts = @item.contributors_with_counts
 
-        @supported_species_ids = @item.supported_species_ids
-        @basic_colored_pet_types_by_species_id = PetType.special_color_or_basic(@item.special_color).
-          includes_child_translations.group_by(&:species)
-
         trading_closet_hangers = @item.closet_hangers.trading.includes(:user).
           user_is_active.order('users.last_trade_activity_at DESC')
 
-
         owned_trading_hangers = trading_closet_hangers.filter { |c| c.owned? }
         wanted_trading_hangers = trading_closet_hangers.filter { |c| c.wanted? }
 
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index c5d3e43c..8b3a8ee5 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -278,17 +278,6 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
     write_attribute('species_support_ids', replacement)
   end
   
-  def supported_species_ids
-    return Species.select([:id]).map(&:id) if modeled_body_ids.include?(0)
-    
-    pet_types = PetType.where(:body_id => modeled_body_ids).select('DISTINCT species_id')
-    species_ids = pet_types.map(&:species_id)
-    
-    # If there are multiple known supported species, it probably supports them
-    # all. (I've never heard of only a handful of species being supported :P)
-    species_ids.size >= 2 ? Species.select([:id]).map(&:id) : species_ids
-  end
-  
   def support_species?(species)
     species_support_ids.blank? || species_support_ids.include?(species.id)
   end