diff --git a/adminsortable/fields.py b/adminsortable/fields.py
index 380f555..3376f12 100644
--- a/adminsortable/fields.py
+++ b/adminsortable/fields.py
@@ -7,14 +7,4 @@ class SortableForeignKey(ForeignKey):
     This field replaces previous functionality where `sortable_by` was
     defined as a model property that specified another model class.
     """
-
-    def south_field_triple(self):
-        try:
-            from south.modelsinspector import introspector
-            cls_name = '{0}.{1}'.format(
-                self.__class__.__module__,
-                self.__class__.__name__)
-            args, kwargs = introspector(self)
-            return cls_name, args, kwargs
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
+    pass