diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a605cb2105e..b291f224001 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com>
     Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/>
     Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/>
+	Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>
     jcrasta@gmail.com
     Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/>
     jpellerin@gmail.com
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index bdae7eccc29..13209a97acc 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -376,24 +376,6 @@ class Model(object):
             setattr(self, cachename, get_image_dimensions(filename))
         return getattr(self, cachename)
 
-    # Handles setting many-to-many related objects.
-    # Example: Album.set_songs()
-    def _set_related_many_to_many(self, rel_class, rel_field, id_list):
-        id_list = map(int, id_list) # normalize to integers
-        rel = rel_field.rel.to
-        m2m_table = rel_field.m2m_db_table()
-        this_id = self._get_pk_val()
-        cursor = connection.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("DELETE FROM %s WHERE %s = %%s" % \
-            (backend.quote_name(m2m_table),
-            backend.quote_name(rel_field.m2m_column_name())), [this_id])
-        sql = "INSERT INTO %s (%s, %s) VALUES (%%s, %%s)" % \
-            (backend.quote_name(m2m_table),
-            backend.quote_name(rel_field.m2m_column_name()),
-            backend.quote_name(rel_field.m2m_reverse_name()))
-        cursor.executemany(sql, [(this_id, i) for i in id_list])
-        transaction.commit_unless_managed()
-
 ############################################
 # HELPER FUNCTIONS (CURRIED MODEL METHODS) #
 ############################################