diff --git a/scripts/geodata/polygons/index.py b/scripts/geodata/polygons/index.py
index 8adb808b..5fb49669 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/polygons/index.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/polygons/index.py
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ class RTreePolygonIndex(object):
         else:
             self.polygons = polygons
 
-        self.post_init()
-
-    def post_init(self):
-        pass
-
     def index_polygon(self, id, polygon):
         self.index.insert(id, polygon.bounds)
 
diff --git a/scripts/geodata/polygons/language_polys.py b/scripts/geodata/polygons/language_polys.py
index 68a87520..ac4c5765 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/polygons/language_polys.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/polygons/language_polys.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ class LanguagePolygonIndex(RTreePolygonIndex):
         'admin_level'
     ])
 
-    simplify_tolerance = 0.00001
-
     @classmethod
     def create_from_shapefiles(cls,
                                admin0_shapefile,