diff --git a/Example/TSKitiOSTestApp/Podfile.lock b/Example/TSKitiOSTestApp/Podfile.lock
index 3bf1da513..1975fd0b3 100644
--- a/Example/TSKitiOSTestApp/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Example/TSKitiOSTestApp/Podfile.lock
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PODS:
   - ProtocolBuffers (1.9.10)
   - Reachability (3.2)
   - SAMKeychain (1.5.0)
-  - SignalServiceKit (0.7.1):
+  - SignalServiceKit (0.8.0):
     - '25519'
     - AFNetworking
     - AxolotlKit
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ProtocolBuffers: d088180c10072b3d24a9939a6314b7b9bcc2340b
   Reachability: 33e18b67625424e47b6cde6d202dce689ad7af96
   SAMKeychain: 1fc9ae02f576365395758b12888c84704eebc423
-  SignalServiceKit: 0cd25c4d4c96b541723bfc74f46695cc94e05d5f
+  SignalServiceKit: b4b9e425f4043ed74dd07e243de18de401252462
   SocketRocket: 3f77ec2104cc113add553f817ad90a77114f5d43
   SQLCipher: 4c768761421736a247ed6cf412d9045615d53dff
   TwistedOakCollapsingFutures: f359b90f203e9ab13dfb92c9ff41842a7fe1cd0c
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit.podspec b/SignalServiceKit.podspec
index 774d3d44e..63712808f 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit.podspec
+++ b/SignalServiceKit.podspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = "SignalServiceKit"
-  s.version          = "0.7.2"
+  s.version          = "0.8.0"
   s.summary          = "An Objective-C library for communicating with the Signal messaging service."
 
   s.description      = <<-DESC
diff --git a/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.h b/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.h
index 3f7334314..6761b1122 100644
--- a/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.h
+++ b/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 + (NSString *)callingCodeFromCountryCode:(NSString *)code;
 + (NSString *)countryNameFromCountryCode:(NSString *)code;
 + (NSArray *)countryCodesForSearchTerm:(NSString *)searchTerm;
-+ (NSString *)normalizePhoneNumber:(NSString *)number;
 + (NSArray *)validCountryCallingPrefixes:(NSString *)string;
 
 + (NSUInteger)translateCursorPosition:(NSUInteger)offset
diff --git a/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.m b/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.m
index aa5ce9cc8..9ec95295c 100644
--- a/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.m
+++ b/src/Contacts/PhoneNumberUtil.m
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@
     }];
 }
 
-// normalizes a phone number, so parentheses and spaces are stripped
-+ (NSString *)normalizePhoneNumber:(NSString *)number {
-    return [[[self sharedUtil] nbPhoneNumberUtil] normalizePhoneNumber:number];
-}
-
 // black  magic
 + (NSUInteger)translateCursorPosition:(NSUInteger)offset
                                  from:(NSString *)source
@@ -164,4 +159,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-@end
\ No newline at end of file
+@end