diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2d116d6..4789429 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -503,32 +503,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     sex
   end
 
-  def profile_cat_icons( profile )
-    if profile.class == Enterprise
-      icons = profile.product_categories.unique_by_level(2).limit(3).map do |c|
-        filtered_category = c.filtered_category.blank? ? c.path.split('/').last : c.filtered_category
-        category_title = filtered_category.split(/[-_\s,.;'"]+/).map(&:capitalize).join(' ')
-        category_name = category_title.gsub(' ', '_' )
-        category_icon = "/images/icons-cat/#{category_name}.png"
-        if ! File.exists?(Rails.root.join('public', category_icon))
-          category_icon = '/images/icons-cat/undefined.png'
-        end
-        content_tag('span',
-          content_tag( 'span', category_title ),
-          :title => category_title,
-          :class => 'product-cat-icon cat_icon_' + category_name,
-          :style => "background-image:url(#{category_icon})"
-        )
-      end.join("\n").html_safe
-      content_tag('div',
-        content_tag( 'span', _('Principal Product Categories'), :class => 'header' ) +"\n"+ icons,
-        :class => 'product-category-icons'
-      )
-    else
-      ''
-    end
-  end
-
   def links_for_balloon(profile)
     if environment.enabled?(:show_balloon_with_profile_links_when_clicked)
       if profile.kind_of?(Person)
@@ -587,7 +561,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     link_to(
       content_tag( 'span', profile_image( profile, size ), :class => 'profile-image' ) +
       content_tag( 'span', h(name), :class => ( profile.class == Person ? 'fn' : 'org' ) ) +
-      extra_info + profile_sex_icon( profile ) + profile_cat_icons( profile ),
+      extra_info + profile_sex_icon( profile ),
       profile.url,
       :class => 'profile_link url',
       :help => _('Click on this icon to go to the <b>%s</b>\'s home page') % profile.name,
diff --git a/app/models/product_category.rb b/app/models/product_category.rb
index 4039b88..e880323 100644
--- a/app/models/product_category.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_category.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ class ProductCategory < Category
   scope :by_environment, -> environment {
     where 'environment_id = ?', environment.id
   }
-  scope :unique_by_level, -> level {
-    select "DISTINCT ON (filtered_category) split_part(path, '/', #{level}) AS filtered_category, categories.*"
-  }
 
   def all_products
     Product.where(product_category_id: (all_children << self).map(&:id))
diff --git a/app/views/blocks/profile_info.html.erb b/app/views/blocks/profile_info.html.erb
index 0595b86..39025a6 100644
--- a/app/views/blocks/profile_info.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/blocks/profile_info.html.erb
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
     <span class="profile-info-picture-inner2">
       <%=
         profile_image(block.owner, :thumb) +"\n"+
-        profile_sex_icon( profile ) +
-        profile_cat_icons( profile )
+        profile_sex_icon( profile )
       %>
     </span>
   </div>
diff --git a/test/unit/product_category_test.rb b/test/unit/product_category_test.rb
index 6973558..766f7bb 100644
--- a/test/unit/product_category_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/product_category_test.rb
@@ -85,14 +85,4 @@ class ProductCategoryTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equivalent [c1,c3], ProductCategory.by_environment(Environment.default)
   end
 
-  should 'fetch unique categories by level' do
-    c1 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'test cat 1', :environment => Environment.default)
-    c11 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'test cat 11', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c1)
-    c12 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'test cat 12', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c1)
-    c111 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'test cat 111', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c11)
-    c112 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'test cat 112', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c11)
-
-    assert_equivalent ['', 'test-cat-11', 'test-cat-12'], ProductCategory.unique_by_level(2).map(&:filtered_category)
-  end
-
 end
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