diff --git a/js/views/new_conversation_view.js b/js/views/new_conversation_view.js
index 8a7760e1..3d0c1fc4 100644
--- a/js/views/new_conversation_view.js
+++ b/js/views/new_conversation_view.js
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ var Whisper = Whisper || {};
       storeName: 'conversations',
       model: Whisper.Conversation,
 
-      comparator: function(m) {
-          return m.get('name');
-      },
-
       _tokenize: function(s) {
           s = $.trim(s);
           if (s.length === 0) {