diff --git a/lindenmayer-system/lindenmeyer-system.html b/lindenmayer-system/lindenmeyer-system.html
index a512192..e06ad67 100644
--- a/lindenmayer-system/lindenmeyer-system.html
+++ b/lindenmayer-system/lindenmeyer-system.html
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function sierpinski() {
   * some other tree
   ************************************************/
 
- function other_tree(num_defects) {
+ function other_tree() {
      project.clear();
      if(typeof num_defects == 'undefined') { num_defects = 0 };
      var r = generate(
@@ -204,22 +204,6 @@ function sierpinski() {
          8
      );
 
-     var n = 0;
-     while(n < num_defects) {
-         var rnd = Math.floor(Math.random()*r.length);
-         if((r[rnd] != '[') & (r[rnd] != ']')) {
-            r[rnd] = '*';
-            if(Math.random() > 0.9) {
-                if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
-                    r.splice(rnd, 0, '+');
-                } else {
-                    r.splice(rnd, 0, '-');
-                }
-            }
-            n += 1;
-         }
-     }
-
      console.log(r);
      var p = draw(
          r,