diff --git a/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js b/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
index 8d40b1c44..6b1b25ee3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/*global web3*/
 let toposort = require('toposort');
 let async = require('async');
 const cloneDeep = require('clone-deep');
@@ -405,43 +404,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
           }
         }
         callback();
-      },
-      function setDependencyCount(callback) {
-        let className;
-
-        function getDependencyCount(contractName, cycleDetector) {
-          if (!self.contracts[contractName]) {
-            return 0;
-          }
-          if (self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount || self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount === 0) {
-            // Already have that count
-            return self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount;
-          }
-          if (!self.contractDependencies[contractName] || !self.contractDependencies[contractName].length) {
-            self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount = 0;
-            return 0;
-          }
-          let total = self.contractDependencies[contractName].length;
-          self.contractDependencies[contractName].some(dependencyName => {
-            if (cycleDetector.indexOf(dependencyName) > -1) {
-              // We are in a cycle because of the dependency, set both to Infinity
-              self.contracts[dependencyName].dependencyCount = Infinity;
-              total = Infinity;
-              return true;
-            }
-            cycleDetector.push(dependencyName);
-            total += getDependencyCount(dependencyName, cycleDetector);
-          });
-          self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount = total;
-          return total;
-        }
-
-        let cycleDetector;
-        for (className in self.contracts) {
-          cycleDetector = [];
-          getDependencyCount(className, cycleDetector);
-        }
-        callback();
       }
     ], function (err) {
       if (err) {