diff --git a/modules/ve-cite/ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.js b/modules/ve-cite/ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.js
index 8d220b9d7..f614e832b 100644
--- a/modules/ve-cite/ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.js
+++ b/modules/ve-cite/ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.js
@@ -56,85 +56,6 @@ ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.static.actions = [
 
 ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.static.modelClasses = [ ve.dm.MWReferenceNode ];
 
-ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.static.includeCommands = null;
-
-ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.static.excludeCommands = [
-	// No formatting
-	'paragraph',
-	'heading1',
-	'heading2',
-	'heading3',
-	'heading4',
-	'heading5',
-	'heading6',
-	'preformatted',
-	'blockquote',
-	// No tables
-	'insertTable',
-	'deleteTable',
-	'mergeCells',
-	'tableCaption',
-	'tableCellHeader',
-	'tableCellData',
-	// No structure
-	'bullet',
-	'bulletWrapOnce',
-	'number',
-	'numberWrapOnce',
-	'indent',
-	'outdent',
-	// References
-	'reference',
-	'reference/existing',
-	'citoid',
-	'referencesList'
-];
-
-/**
- * Get the import rules for the surface widget in the dialog.
- *
- * @see ve.dm.ElementLinearData#sanitize
- * @return {Object} Import rules
- */
-ve.ui.MWReferenceDialog.static.getImportRules = function () {
-	const rules = ve.copy( ve.init.target.constructor.static.importRules );
-	return ve.extendObject(
-		rules,
-		{
-			all: {
-				blacklist: ve.extendObject(
-					{
-						// Nested references are impossible
-						mwReference: true,
-						mwReferencesList: true,
-						// Lists and tables are actually possible in wikitext with a leading
-						// line break but we prevent creating these with the UI
-						list: true,
-						listItem: true,
-						definitionList: true,
-						definitionListItem: true,
-						table: true,
-						tableCaption: true,
-						tableSection: true,
-						tableRow: true,
-						tableCell: true,
-						mwTable: true,
-						mwTransclusionTableCell: true
-					},
-					ve.getProp( rules, 'all', 'blacklist' )
-				),
-				// Headings are not possible in wikitext without HTML
-				conversions: ve.extendObject(
-					{
-						mwHeading: 'paragraph'
-					},
-					ve.getProp( rules, 'all', 'conversions' )
-				)
-			}
-		}
-	);
-};
-
 /* Methods */
 
 /**