diff --git a/plot2d.py b/plot2d.py
index bd1fe0570a730ce0ed34491134c568c06985bd72..0e90de4aaf076d8ef496fca498534a7d8996c699 100644
--- a/plot2d.py
+++ b/plot2d.py
@@ -53,49 +53,6 @@ def multipleScalarFields(field, **kwargs):
         colorbar()
 
 
-def plotBoundaryHandling(boundaryHandling, boundaryNameToColor=None):
-    """
-    Shows boundary cells
-
-    :param boundaryHandling: instance of :class:`lbmpy.boundaries.BoundaryHandling`
-    :param boundaryNameToColor: optional dictionary mapping boundary names to colors
-    """
-    import matplotlib
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-    if len(boundaryHandling.flagField.shape) != 2:
-        raise NotImplementedError("Only implemented for 2D boundary handlings")
-
-    if boundaryNameToColor:
-        fixedColors = boundaryNameToColor
-    else:
-        fixedColors = {
-            'fluid': '#1f77ff11',
-            'noSlip': '#000000'
-        }
-
-    boundaryNames = []
-    flagValues = []
-    for name, flag in sorted(boundaryHandling.getBoundaryNameToFlagDict().items(), key=lambda l: l[1]):
-        boundaryNames.append(name)
-        flagValues.append(flag)
-    defaultCycler = matplotlib.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
-    colorValues = [fixedColors[name] if name in fixedColors else cycle['color']
-                   for cycle, name in zip(defaultCycler, boundaryNames)]
-
-    cmap = matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap(colorValues)
-    bounds = np.array(flagValues, dtype=float) - 0.5
-    bounds = list(bounds) + [bounds[-1] + 1]
-    norm = matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmap.N)
-
-    flagField = boundaryHandling.flagField.swapaxes(0, 1)
-    plt.imshow(flagField, interpolation='none', origin='lower',
-               cmap=cmap, norm=norm)
-
-    patches = [matplotlib.patches.Patch(color=color, label=name) for color, name in zip(colorValues, boundaryNames)]
-    plt.axis('equal')
-    plt.legend(handles=patches, bbox_to_anchor=(1.02, 0.5), loc=2, borderaxespad=0.)
-
 # ------------------------------------------- Animations ---------------------------------------------------------------