diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
index 49fb6ee64..44d52a1d1 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
@@ -215,75 +215,6 @@ Zotero.Items = new function() {
 	};
 	
 	
-	/*
-	 * Create a new item with optional metadata and pass back the primary reference
-	 *
-	 * Using "var item = new Zotero.Item()" and "item.save()" directly results
-	 * in an orphaned reference to the created item. If other code retrieves the
-	 * new item with Zotero.Items.get() and modifies it, the original reference
-	 * will not reflect the changes.
-	 *
-	 * Using this method avoids the need to call Zotero.Items.get() after save()
-	 * in order to get the primary item reference. Since it accepts metadata
-	 * as a JavaScript object, it also offers a simpler syntax than
-	 * item.setField() and item.setCreator().
-	 *
-	 * Callers with no need for an up-to-date reference after save() (or who
-	 * don't mind doing an extra Zotero.Items.get()) can use Zotero.Item
-	 * directly if they prefer.
-	 *
-	 * Sample usage:
-	 *
-	 * var data = {
-	 *     title: "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human",
-	 *     publisher: "Riverhead Hardcover",
-	 *     date: '1998-10-26',
-	 *     ISBN: 1573221201,
-	 *     pages: 745,
-	 *     creators: [
-	 *         ['Harold', 'Bloom', 'author']
-	 *     ]
-	 * };
-	 * var item = Zotero.Items.add('book', data);
-	 */
-	function add(itemTypeOrID, data) {
-		var item = new Zotero.Item(itemTypeOrID);
-		for (var field in data) {
-			if (field == 'creators') {
-				var i = 0;
-				for each(var creator in data.creators) {
-					// TODO: accept format from toArray()
-					
-					var fields = {
-						firstName: creator[0],
-						lastName: creator[1],
-						fieldMode: creator[3] ? creator[3] : 0
-					};
-					
-					var creatorDataID = Zotero.Creators.getDataID(fields);
-					if (creatorDataID) {
-						var linkedCreators = Zotero.Creators.getCreatorsWithData(creatorDataID);
-						// TODO: identical creators?
-						var creatorID = linkedCreators[0];
-					}
-					else {
-						var creatorObj = new Zotero.Creator;
-						creatorObj.setFields(fields);
-						var creatorID = creatorObj.save();
-					}
-					
-					item.setCreator(i, Zotero.Creators.get(creatorID), creator[2]);
-					i++;
-				}
-			}
-			else {
-				item.setField(field, data[field]);
-			}
-		}
-		var id = item.save();
-		
-		return this.getAsync(id);
-	}
 	
 	
 	this.cacheFields = Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (libraryID, fields, items) {