diff --git a/trunk/download.pl b/trunk/download.pl
index 25845ca..7c55bd2 100644
--- a/trunk/download.pl
+++ b/trunk/download.pl
@@ -13,30 +13,7 @@ if($query->param('id'))
     $sth->execute($query->param('id'));
     
     if(($title) = $sth->fetchrow_array())
-    {
-        #if referer is not the local site update referer table
-        $referer = $query->referer() or $referer = '';
-        if($referer !~ /^$domain/)
-        {
-            #check if already in database
-            $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select 1 from referer where videoid = ? and referer = ? }) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            my $rowcount = $sth->execute($query->param('id'), $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            $sth->finish() or die $dbh->errstr;
-            
-            if($rowcount > 0)
-            {
-                #video is in database - increase referercount
-                $dbh->do(qq{update referer set count=count+1 where videoid = ? and referer = ? },
-                        undef, $query->param('id'), $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                #add new referer
-                $dbh->do(qq{insert into referer (videoid, referer) values (?, ?) },
-                        undef, $query->param('id'), $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            }
-        }
-        
+    {   
         #are we only watching this video or downloading it?
         if($query->param('view'))
         {
diff --git a/trunk/init_sql.pl b/trunk/init_sql.pl
index a5dac66..f1f3f8a 100644
--- a/trunk/init_sql.pl
+++ b/trunk/init_sql.pl
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ $dbh->do(qq{drop table uploaded});
 
 $dbh->do(qq{drop table tagcloud});
 
-$dbh->do(qq{drop table referer});
-
 $dbh->do(qq{drop table comments});
 
 $dbh->do(qq{create table
@@ -113,15 +111,6 @@ $dbh->do(qq{create table
     )
 }) or die $dbh->errstr;
 
-$dbh->do(qq{create table
-    referer
-    (
-        videoid         int                 not null,
-        referer         varchar(255)        not null,
-        count           int                 default 1
-    )
-}) or die $dbh->errstr;
-
 $dbh->do(qq{create table
     comments
     (
diff --git a/trunk/video.pl b/trunk/video.pl
index 502350d..912d4b9 100644
--- a/trunk/video.pl
+++ b/trunk/video.pl
@@ -90,27 +90,6 @@ if($query->url_param('id'))
             }
         }
         
-        #if referer is not the local site update referer table
-        $referer = $query->referer() or $referer = '';
-        if($referer !~ /^$domain/)
-        {
-            #check if already in database
-            $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select 1 from referer where videoid = ? and referer = ? }) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            my $rowcount = $sth->execute($id, $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            $sth->finish() or die $dbh->errstr;
-            
-            if($rowcount > 0)
-            {
-                #video is in database - increase referercount
-                $dbh->do(qq{update referer set count=count+1 where videoid = ? and referer = ? }, undef, $id, $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                #add new referer
-                $dbh->do(qq{insert into referer (videoid, referer) values (?, ?) }, undef, $id, $referer) or die $dbh->errstr;
-            }
-        }
-        
         #before code cleanup, this was a really obfuscated array/hash creation
         push @{ $page->{'video'} },
         {
@@ -193,17 +172,6 @@ if($query->url_param('id'))
             };
         }
         
-        #get referers
-        $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select count, referer from referer where videoid=?}) or die $dbh->errstr;
-        $sth->execute($id) or die $dbh->errstr;
-        while (my ($count, $referer) = $sth->fetchrow_array())
-        {
-            $referer or $referer = 'no referer (refreshed, manually entered url or bookmark)';
-            push @{ $page->{'referers'}->{'referer'} }, {
-                'count'     => $count,
-                'referer'   => $referer
-            };
-        }
         print output_page();
     }
 }