diff --git a/recipes/politico.recipe b/recipes/politico.recipe
index db7ebfc3cd..024021a4ae 100644
--- a/recipes/politico.recipe
+++ b/recipes/politico.recipe
@@ -70,19 +70,8 @@ class Politico(BasicNewsRecipe):
             del item['style']
         return soup
 
-    url_pat = re.compile(r'<a href="([^"]+print.*\.cfm[^"]+)"')
-
     def postprocess_html(self, soup, first):
 
         for tag in soup.findAll(name=['table', 'tr', 'td']):
             tag.name = 'div'
         return soup
-
-    def print_version(self, url):
-        raw = self.index_to_soup(url, raw=True)
-        try:
-            url = self.url_pat.search(raw).group(1)
-        except:
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            url = None
-        return url