diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/RemoveMeshComponents.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/RemoveMeshComponents.cpp
index 2409dc14474e42315035b1bf6502790dbf94ffbe..06a657345bdd9051eb77b115024f4be61d2ebef7 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/RemoveMeshComponents.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/RemoveMeshComponents.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ MeshLib::Mesh* removeElements(const MeshLib::Mesh& mesh, const std::vector<std::
 
 	// delete unused nodes
 	NodeSearch ns(mesh);
-	ns.searchByElementIDs(removed_element_ids, true);
+	ns.searchByElementIDs(removed_element_ids);
 	auto &removed_node_ids(ns.getSearchedNodeIDs());
 	INFO("Removing total %d nodes...", removed_node_ids.size());
 	for (auto nodeid : removed_node_ids)
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.cpp
index 334c49c886d9a5fdeece7906cda13135dac08f9b..ee765ac94a50a68c6dff5d98327afc32e0fa35ad 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.cpp
@@ -47,25 +47,6 @@ std::vector<std::size_t> NodeSearch::searchByElementIDsMatchAllConnectedElements
 	return connected_nodes;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::size_t> NodeSearch::searchByElementIDsNotMatchAllConnectedElements(const std::vector<std::size_t> &elements)
-{
-	std::vector<std::size_t> connected_nodes;
-
-	for(std::size_t eid : elements)
-	{
-		auto* e = _mesh.getElement(eid);
-		for (unsigned i=0; i<e->getNBaseNodes(); i++) {
-			connected_nodes.push_back(e->getNodeIndex(i));
-		}
-	}
-
-	std::sort(connected_nodes.begin(), connected_nodes.end());
-	auto it = std::unique(connected_nodes.begin(), connected_nodes.end());
-	connected_nodes.resize(std::distance(connected_nodes.begin(),it));
-
-	return connected_nodes;
-}
-
 std::size_t NodeSearch::searchUnused()
 {
 	const size_t nNodes (_mesh.getNNodes());
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.h b/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.h
index 77d2a5a5cfc8316d44930e7594749036f4ee9f99..72278be3bafd8729f1bc9e8ac416713eb7ecb0b1 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.h
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshSearch/NodeSearch.h
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ public:
 	/// return marked node IDs
 	const std::vector<std::size_t>& getSearchedNodeIDs() const {return _marked_nodes; }
 
-	/// Marks all nodes connecting to any of the given elements
-	std::size_t searchByElementIDs(const std::vector<std::size_t> &element_ids, bool only_match_all_connected_elements = false)
+	/// Marks all nodes connected to any of the given elements ids.
+	std::size_t searchByElementIDs(const std::vector<std::size_t> &element_ids)
 	{
 		std::vector<std::size_t> connected_nodes =
-			(only_match_all_connected_elements
-				? searchByElementIDsMatchAllConnectedElements(element_ids)
-				: searchByElementIDsNotMatchAllConnectedElements(element_ids));
+				searchByElementIDsMatchAllConnectedElements(element_ids);
 
 		this->updateUnion(connected_nodes);
 		return connected_nodes.size();
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	std::vector<std::size_t> searchByElementIDsMatchAllConnectedElements(const std::vector<std::size_t> &element_ids);
-	std::vector<std::size_t> searchByElementIDsNotMatchAllConnectedElements(const std::vector<std::size_t> &element_ids);
 
 	/// Updates the vector of marked items with values from vec.
 	void updateUnion(const std::vector<std::size_t> &vec);