diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index cdb20c7..b252c8b 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ class Person < Profile
     self.user.destroy if self.user
   end
 
-  named_scope :connected,
-    :select => Profile.qualified_column_names,
-    :joins => :user,
-    :conditions => ['presence_status IS NOT NULL AND presence_status != ? AND presence_status != ?', 'offline', '']
-
   # Sets the identifier for this person. Raises an exception when called on a
   # existing person (since peoples' identifiers cannot be changed)
   def identifier=(value)
diff --git a/test/unit/person_test.rb b/test/unit/person_test.rb
index daeacc4..cf1625d 100644
--- a/test/unit/person_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/person_test.rb
@@ -635,16 +635,6 @@ class PersonTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal [p1,p2] , Person.more_popular
   end
 
-  should 'who is connected and available for chat' do
-    online_user = create_user('Online')
-    online_user.update_attribute(:presence_status, 'chat')
-
-    offline_user = create_user('Offline')
-
-    assert_includes Person.connected, online_user.person(true)
-    assert_not_includes Person.connected, offline_user.person(true)
-  end
-
   should 'persons has reference to user' do
     person = Person.new
     assert_nothing_raised do
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