diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index f13dff4..e5c5206 100755
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def main(params):
     # acquire gwl and visdata for each batman instance
     mesh_info = []
     for batman in batman_instances:
-        vd = batman.vis_data(True)
+        vd = batman.vis_data()
         gwl = batman.gateway_list()
 
         mesh_info.append((vd, gwl))
diff --git a/lib/batman.py b/lib/batman.py
index 4f6b943..5c48740 100644
--- a/lib/batman.py
+++ b/lib/batman.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ class Batman(object):
         # compile regular expressions only once on startup
         self.mac_addr_pattern = re.compile(r'(([a-z0-9]{2}:){5}[a-z0-9]{2})')
 
-    def vis_data(self, batadv_vis=False):
-        vds = self.vis_data_batctl_legacy()
-        if batadv_vis:
-            vds += self.vis_data_batadv_vis()
-        return vds
+    def vis_data(self):
+        return self.vis_data_batadv_vis()
 
     @staticmethod
     def vis_data_helper(lines):
@@ -32,17 +29,6 @@ class Batman(object):
                 pass
         return vd_tmp
 
-    def vis_data_batctl_legacy(self):
-        """
-        Parse "batctl -m <mesh_interface> vd json -n"
-        into an array of dictionaries.
-        """
-        output = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['batctl', '-m', self.mesh_interface, 'vd', 'json', '-n'])
-        lines = output.splitlines()
-        vds = self.vis_data_helper(lines)
-        return vds
-
     def vis_data_batadv_vis(self):
         """
         Parse "batadv-vis -i <mesh_interface> -f json"