diff --git a/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FieldNormModifier.java b/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FieldNormModifier.java
index 1498cc1a714..ce326ce7fea 100644
--- a/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FieldNormModifier.java
+++ b/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FieldNormModifier.java
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ public class FieldNormModifier {
   public void reSetNorms(String field) throws IOException {
     String fieldName = StringHelper.intern(field);
     int[] termCounts = new int[0];
-    byte[] fakeNorms = new byte[0];
     
     IndexReader reader = null;
     TermEnum termEnum = null;
@@ -113,9 +112,6 @@ public class FieldNormModifier {
     try {
       reader = IndexReader.open(dir, true);
       termCounts = new int[reader.maxDoc()];
-      // if we are killing norms, get fake ones
-      if (sim == null)
-        fakeNorms = SegmentReader.createFakeNorms(reader.maxDoc());
       try {
         termEnum = reader.terms(new Term(field));
         try {
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ public class FieldNormModifier {
       for (int d = 0; d < termCounts.length; d++) {
         if (! reader.isDeleted(d)) {
           if (sim == null)
-            reader.setNorm(d, fieldName, fakeNorms[0]);
+            reader.setNorm(d, fieldName, Similarity.encodeNorm(1.0f));
           else
             reader.setNorm(d, fieldName, Similarity.encodeNorm(sim.lengthNorm(fieldName, termCounts[d])));
         }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
index 413b618891e..132fdf04e84 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MultiReader.java
@@ -290,12 +290,6 @@ public class MultiReader extends IndexReader implements Cloneable {
     }
     return false;
   }
-
-  private byte[] ones;
-  private byte[] fakeNorms() {
-    if (ones==null) ones=SegmentReader.createFakeNorms(maxDoc());
-    return ones;
-  }
   
   @Override
   public synchronized byte[] norms(String field) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java
index b17abf991b2..5aec0156868 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentReader.java
@@ -988,14 +988,6 @@ public class SegmentReader extends IndexReader implements Cloneable {
     return norms.containsKey(field);
   }
 
-  static byte[] createFakeNorms(int size) {
-    byte[] ones = new byte[size];
-    Arrays.fill(ones, DefaultSimilarity.encodeNorm(1.0f));
-    return ones;
-  }
-
-  private byte[] ones;
-
   // can return null if norms aren't stored
   protected synchronized byte[] getNorms(String field) throws IOException {
     Norm norm = norms.get(field);