diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/adaptors.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/adaptors.py
index d9559de2f..040b84fdb 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/adaptors.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/adaptors.py
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ class ExtractAdaptor(ExtendedAdaptor):
 
     def function(self, item, location, **pipeargs):
         return self.do(self.extract, location, **pipeargs)
-
-    def _extract(self, location, **kwargs):
-        return self.extract(location, **kwargs)
     
     def extract(self, location, **kwargs):
         """Extract a list of strings from the location passed.