diff --git a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
index 78627a8fec8d8634ca6cabfd2d812607688be3ca..52a47b4bc3713021c7720221f65249b3dfafbff1 100755
--- a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
+++ b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -282,10 +282,6 @@ module SGXbwmsgsv2
 		client.write(stanza)
 	end
 
-	def self.before_handler(type, *guards, &block)
-		client.register_handler_before(type, *guards, &block)
-	end
-
 	def self.send_media(from, to, media_url, desc=nil, subject=nil, m=nil)
 		# we assume media_url is one of these (always the case so far):
 		#  https://messaging.bandwidth.com/api/v2/users/[u]/media/[path]