diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
index 7df096ad65..09a8812450 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
     public class RelatedLinksData : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         public RelatedLinksData(umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType DataType) : base(DataType) { }
-
-        public override System.Xml.XmlNode ToXMl(System.Xml.XmlDocument data)
-        {
-            if (this.Value != null && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Value.ToString())) {
-                XmlDocument xd = new XmlDocument();
-                xd.LoadXml(this.Value.ToString());
-                return data.ImportNode(xd.DocumentElement, true);
-            } else {
-                return base.ToXMl(data);
-            }
-        }
-
+        
     }
 }