diff --git a/app/models/spree/product.rb b/app/models/spree/product.rb
index 20b4fa05d8..1a97a28ea3 100755
--- a/app/models/spree/product.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/product.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ module Spree
     delegate :images_attributes=, :display_as=, to: :master
 
     after_create :set_master_variant_defaults
-    after_create :build_variants_from_option_values_hash, if: :option_values_hash
     after_save :save_master
 
     delegate :images, to: :master, prefix: true
@@ -116,16 +115,12 @@ module Spree
               presence: { if: ->(p) { p.variant_unit == 'items' } }
     validate :validate_image_for_master
 
-    attr_accessor :option_values_hash
-
     accepts_nested_attributes_for :product_properties,
                                   allow_destroy: true,
                                   reject_if: lambda { |pp| pp[:property_name].blank? }
 
     make_permalink order: :name
 
-    alias :options :product_option_types
-
     after_initialize :ensure_master
     after_initialize :set_available_on_to_now, if: :new_record?
 
@@ -260,32 +255,12 @@ module Spree
       end
     end
 
-    # Ensures option_types and product_option_types exist for keys in option_values_hash
-    def ensure_option_types_exist_for_values_hash
-      return if option_values_hash.nil?
-
-      option_values_hash.keys.map(&:to_i).each do |id|
-        option_type_ids << id unless option_type_ids.include?(id)
-        unless product_option_types.pluck(:option_type_id).include?(id)
-          product_option_types.create(option_type_id: id)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     # for adding products which are closely related to existing ones
     def duplicate
       duplicator = Spree::Core::ProductDuplicator.new(self)
       duplicator.duplicate
     end
 
-    # split variants list into hash which shows mapping of opt value onto matching variants
-    # eg categorise_variants_from_option(color) => {"red" -> [...], "blue" -> [...]}
-    def categorise_variants_from_option(opt_type)
-      return {} unless option_types.include?(opt_type)
-
-      variants.active.group_by { |v| v.option_values.detect { |o| o.option_type == opt_type } }
-    end
-
     def self.like_any(fields, values)
       where fields.map { |field|
         values.map { |value|
@@ -376,21 +351,6 @@ module Spree
 
     private
 
-    # Builds variants from a hash of option types & values
-    def build_variants_from_option_values_hash
-      ensure_option_types_exist_for_values_hash
-      values = option_values_hash.values
-      values = values.inject(values.shift) { |memo, value| memo.product(value).map(&:flatten) }
-
-      values.each do |ids|
-        variants.create(
-          option_value_ids: ids,
-          price: master.price
-        )
-      end
-      save
-    end
-
     # ensures the master variant is flagged as such
     def set_master_variant_defaults
       master.is_master = true