diff --git a/contracts/ForkonomicToken.sol b/contracts/ForkonomicToken.sol
index 65242169..289ce220 100644
--- a/contracts/ForkonomicToken.sol
+++ b/contracts/ForkonomicToken.sol
@@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ contract ForkonomicToken is
         );
     }
 
-    /// @dev Allows anyone to prepare the splitting of tokens
-    /// by burning them
-    /// @param amount The amount of tokens to burn
-    function prepareSplittingTokens(uint256 amount) public onlyAfterForking {
-        _burn(msg.sender, amount);
-        childTokenAllowances[msg.sender][false] += amount;
-        childTokenAllowances[msg.sender][true] += amount;
-    }
-
     /// @dev Allows anyone to split the tokens from the parent contract into the tokens of the children
     /// @param amount The amount of tokens to split
     function splitTokensIntoChildTokens(uint256 amount) external {