diff --git a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
index 7b1bfa82a..6a6f09305 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
+++ b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT Optimizer
             COMBINE_ADJACENT_LODS =     (1 << 3),
             SHARE_DUPLICATE_STATE =     (1 << 4),
             MERGE_GEOMETRY =            (1 << 5),
-            CHECK_GEOMETRY =            (1 << 6),
+            CHECK_GEOMETRY =            (1 << 6), // deprecated, currently no-op
             MAKE_FAST_GEOMETRY =        (1 << 7),
             SPATIALIZE_GROUPS =         (1 << 8),
             COPY_SHARED_NODES =         (1 << 9),
@@ -501,20 +501,6 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT Optimizer
 
         };
 
-        class OSGUTIL_EXPORT CheckGeometryVisitor : public BaseOptimizerVisitor
-        {
-            public:
-
-                /// default to traversing all children.
-                CheckGeometryVisitor(Optimizer* optimizer=0):
-                    BaseOptimizerVisitor(optimizer, CHECK_GEOMETRY) {}
-
-                virtual void apply(osg::Geometry& geom);
-
-                void checkGeode(osg::Geode& geode);
-
-        };
-
         class OSGUTIL_EXPORT MakeFastGeometryVisitor : public BaseOptimizerVisitor
         {
             public:
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
index 6bfbcc607..b3ae72f07 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 
 using namespace osgUtil;
 
-// #define GEOMETRYDEPRECATED
-
 void Optimizer::reset()
 {
 }
@@ -290,14 +288,6 @@ void Optimizer::optimize(osg::Node* node, unsigned int options)
         OSG_INFO<<"MERGE_GEODES took "<<osg::Timer::instance()->delta_s(startTick,endTick)<<std::endl;
     }
 
-    if (options & CHECK_GEOMETRY)
-    {
-        OSG_INFO<<"Optimizer::optimize() doing CHECK_GEOMETRY"<<std::endl;
-
-        CheckGeometryVisitor mgv(this);
-        node->accept(mgv);
-    }
-
     if (options & MAKE_FAST_GEOMETRY)
     {
         OSG_INFO<<"Optimizer::optimize() doing MAKE_FAST_GEOMETRY"<<std::endl;
@@ -1732,20 +1722,8 @@ struct LessGeometryPrimitiveType
     }
 };
 
-void Optimizer::CheckGeometryVisitor::apply(osg::Geometry& geom)
-{
-    if (isOperationPermissibleForObject(&geom))
-    {
-#ifdef GEOMETRYDEPRECATED
-        geom
-        .computeCorrectBindingsAndArraySizes();
-#endif
-    }
-}
-
 void Optimizer::MakeFastGeometryVisitor::apply(osg::Geometry& geom)
 {
-    // GeometryDeprecated CAN REMOVED
     if (isOperationPermissibleForObject(&geom))
     {
         if (geom.checkForDeprecatedData())