diff --git a/kunst b/kunst
index 1ca4676..fbb4b1a 100755
--- a/kunst
+++ b/kunst
@@ -94,62 +94,7 @@ iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAYAAABXAvmHAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8
 EOF
 
 
-is_connected() {
-    # Check if internet is connected. We are using api.deezer.com to test
-    # if the internet is connected because if api.deezer.com is down or
-    # the internet is not connected this script will work as expected
-    if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 api.deezer.com >/dev/null; then
-        connected=true
-    else
-        log "unable to check online for the album art"
-        connected=false
-    fi
-}
-
-
-get_cover_online() {
-    # Check if connected to internet
-    is_connected
-
-    if [ "$connected" == false ];then
-        ARTLESS=true
-        return
-    fi
-
-    # If the current playing song ends with .mp3 or something similar, remove
-    # it before searching for the album art because including the file extension
-    # reduces the chance of good results in the search query
-    QUERY=$(mpc current | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT -f utf8)
-
-    # Try to get the album cover online from api.deezer.com
-    API_URL="https://api.deezer.com/search/autocomplete?q=$QUERY" && API_URL=${API_URL//' '/'%20'}
-    log "fetching $API_URL"
-    # Extract the albumcover from the json returned
-    JSON=$(curl -s "$API_URL")
-    ALBUM=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r '.tracks.data[0].album.picture_big' | sed 's/null//');
-    ARTIST=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r '.tracks.data[0].artist.picture_big' | sed 's/null//');
-    IMG_URL="${ALBUM:-$ARTIST}"
-
-    if [ "$IMG_URL" = '' ] || [ "$IMG_URL" = 'null' ];then
-        log "cover not found online"
-        ARTLESS=true
-    else
-        log "cover found online"
-        curl -o "$COVER" -s "$IMG_URL"
-        ARTLESS=false
-    fi
-
-}
-
 find_album_art(){
-    # Check if the user wants to get the album art from the internet,
-    # regardless if the current song has an embedded album art or not
-    if [ ! -z "$ONLINE_ALBUM_ART" ]; then
-        log "getting cover from internet"
-        get_cover_online
-        return
-    fi
-
     # Extract the album art from the mp3 file and dont show the messsy
     # output of ffmpeg
     ffmpeg -i "$MUSIC_DIR$(mpc current -f %file%)" "$COVER" -y &> /dev/null
@@ -179,7 +124,7 @@ find_album_art(){
 
     if [ "$STATUS" -ne 0 ];then
         log "file does not have an album art"
-        get_cover_online
+        ARTLESS=true
     fi
 }