diff --git a/addons/mail/res_partner.py b/addons/mail/res_partner.py
index a283cd0d5da..fc36a0fae4a 100644
--- a/addons/mail/res_partner.py
+++ b/addons/mail/res_partner.py
@@ -40,36 +40,4 @@ class res_partner(osv.osv):
             search_domain = ['|'] + initial_domain + [('partner_id', 'in', ids)]
         return search_domain
 
-    def name_create(self, cr, uid, name, context=None):
-        """ Overrider of orm's name_create method for partners. The purpose is
-            to handle some basic syntaxic tricks to create partners using the
-            name_create.
-            Supported syntax:
-            - 'info@mail.com': create a partner with name info@mail.com, and
-              sets its email to info@mail.com
-            - 'Raoul Grosbedon <raoul@grosbedon.fr>': create a partner with name
-              Raoul Grosbedon, and set its email to raoul@grosbedon.fr
-            - anything else: fall back on the default name_create
-            Regex :
-            - (^|\s)([\w|\.]+)@([\w|\.]*): (void), info, openerp.com
-            - (^|\s)([\w|\.|\s]+)[\<]([\w|\.]+)@([\w|\.]*)[\>]: (void), Raoul
-              Grosbedon, raoul, grosbedon.fr
-        """
-        contact_regex = re.compile('(^|\s)([\w|\.|\s]+)[\<]([\w|\.]+)@([\w|\.]*)[\>]')
-        email_regex = re.compile('(^|\s)([\w|\.]+)@([\w|\.]*)')
-        contact_regex_res = contact_regex.findall(name)
-        email_regex_res = email_regex.findall(name)
-        if contact_regex_res:
-            name = contact_regex_res[0][1]
-            name = name.rstrip(' ') # remove extra spaces on the right
-            email = '%s@%s' % (contact_regex_res[0][2], contact_regex_res[0][3])
-            rec_id = self.create(cr, uid, {self._rec_name: name, 'email': email}, context);
-            return self.name_get(cr, uid, [rec_id], context)[0]
-        elif email_regex:
-            email = '%s@%s' % (email_regex_res[0][1], email_regex_res[0][2])
-            rec_id = self.create(cr, uid, {self._rec_name: email, 'email': email}, context);
-            return self.name_get(cr, uid, [rec_id], context)[0]
-        else:
-            return super(res_partner, self).create(cr, uid, name, context)
-
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