diff --git a/lib/expector.js b/lib/expector.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/expector.js
+++ b/lib/expector.js
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ var checkJSONExpression = function(expression, json) {
     return json.length === length;
   }
 
-  var val = expression["$contains"];
-  if (val) {
-    return json.indexOf(val) !== -1;
-  }
-
   var unordered = expression["$unordered"];
 
   if (unordered) {
contains is funky and no one uses it.