diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
index 87395546..43ad5a2b 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_information.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 
 import { AclInformationText } from '../../constants/acl_information_text';
-import { replaceSubstringAtIndex, sanitize, intersectLists } from '../../utils/general';
+import { intersectLists, sanitize } from '../../utils/general';
 import { getLangText } from '../../utils/lang';
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ let AclInformation = React.createClass({
                 return (
                     <p key={title}>
                         <span className="info">
-                            {replaceSubstringAtIndex(info.slice(2), 's ', ' ')}
+                            {info.slice(2).replace('s', '')}
                         </span>
                         <span className="example">
                             {' ' + example}
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_detail/history_iterator.js b/js/components/ascribe_detail/history_iterator.js
index 62ac9db4..6cc9552e 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_detail/history_iterator.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_detail/history_iterator.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import Form from '../ascribe_forms/form';
 import Property from '../ascribe_forms/property';
 
-import { replaceSubstringAtIndex } from '../../utils/general';
-
 
 let HistoryIterator = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ let HistoryIterator = React.createClass({
             // We want to get the capturing group without the quotes,
             // which is why we access the match list at index 1 and not 0
             const contractName = historicalEvent[1].match(/\"(.*)\"/)[1];
-            const historicalEventDescription = replaceSubstringAtIndex(historicalEvent[1], `"${contractName}"`, '');
+            const historicalEventDescription = historicalEvent[1].replace(`"${contractName}"`, '');
             return (
                 <span>
                     {historicalEventDescription}
diff --git a/js/utils/general.js b/js/utils/general.js
index 7b2a1bd4..42ea3bba 100644
--- a/js/utils/general.js
+++ b/js/utils/general.js
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ export function escapeHTML(s) {
     return document.createElement('div').appendChild(document.createTextNode(s)).parentNode.innerHTML;
 }
 
-/**
- * @param index, int, the starting index of the substring to be replaced
- * @param character, substring to be replaced
- * @returns {string}
- */
-export function replaceSubstringAtIndex(baseString, substrToReplace, stringToBePut) {
-    let index = baseString.indexOf(substrToReplace);
-    return baseString.substr(0, index) + stringToBePut + baseString.substr(index + substrToReplace.length);
-}
-
 /**
  * Extracts the user's subdomain from the browser's window.
  * If no subdomain is found (for example on a naked domain), the default "www" is just assumed.