diff --git a/lib/PearlBee/Helpers/Util.pm b/lib/PearlBee/Helpers/Util.pm
index f549fabd..31384cd7 100644
--- a/lib/PearlBee/Helpers/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/PearlBee/Helpers/Util.pm
@@ -72,51 +72,4 @@ Generate a valid slug kind name
 
 =cut
 
-sub map_posts {
-    my (@posts) = @_;
-
-    # map info (utf8 compliance)
-    my @mapped_posts = ();
-    foreach my $post (@posts) {
-        my $el;
-        map {
-            $el->{$_} = eval { $post->$_ }
-            } (
-            'title',        'content',
-            'id',           'slug',
-            'description',  'cover',
-            'created_date', 'status',
-            'user_id',      'nr_of_comments'
-            );
-
-        # extract a sample from the content (first words)
-        my $chunk        = 600;
-        my $post_content = $el->{content};
-
-=aaa
-        $el->{content} = substr($post_content, 0, $chunk);
-        $el->{content} =~ s/([,\s\.])*[^,\s\.]*$/ /is; # make sure we do not split inside of a word
-        $el->{content} =~ s/\W*$//is; # make sure we do not split inside of a word
-        
-        $el->{content} .= ' ...';
-=cut
-
-        # get post author
-        $el->{user}->{username} = $post->user->username;
-        $el->{user}->{id}       = $post->user->id;
-
-        # add post categories
-        foreach my $category ( $post->post_categories ) {
-            my $details;
-            $details->{category}->{name} = $category->category->name;
-            $details->{category}->{slug} = $category->category->slug;
-            push( @{ $el->{post_categories} }, $details );
-        }
-
-        push( @mapped_posts, $el );
-    }
-
-    return @mapped_posts;
-}
-
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PearlBee/Posts.pm b/lib/PearlBee/Posts.pm
index fe4a9c83..b22ece29 100644
--- a/lib/PearlBee/Posts.pm
+++ b/lib/PearlBee/Posts.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package PearlBee::Posts;
 use Dancer2 appname => 'PearlBee';
 use Dancer2::Plugin::DBIC;
 
-use PearlBee::Helpers::Util qw<map_posts>;
 use PearlBee::Helpers::Pagination qw<get_total_pages get_previous_next_link>;
 use PearlBee::Helpers::Captcha;
 
@@ -31,16 +30,13 @@ prefix '/posts' => sub {
         my @popular
             = resultset('View::PopularPosts')->search( {}, { rows => 3 } );
 
-        # extract demo posts info
-        my @mapped_posts = map_posts(@posts);
-
         # Calculate the next and previous page link
         my $total_pages = get_total_pages( $nr_of_posts, $nr_of_rows );
         my ( $previous_link, $next_link )
             = get_previous_next_link( $page, $total_pages );
 
         template 'index' => {
-            posts         => \@mapped_posts,
+            posts         => \@posts,
             recent        => \@recent,
             popular       => \@popular,
             tags          => \@tags,