diff --git a/lib/active_resource/base_ext.rb b/lib/active_resource/base_ext.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/active_resource/base_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/active_resource/base_ext.rb
@@ -17,10 +17,5 @@ module ActiveResource
         connection.delete(element_path(id, options), headers)
       end
     end
-
-    def self.build(attributes = {})
-      attrs = self.format.decode(connection.get("#{new_element_path}", headers).body).merge(attributes)
-      self.new(attrs)
-    end
   end
 end
don't bother overriding ActiveResource::Base.build