diff --git a/js/id/renderer/map.js b/js/id/renderer/map.js
index 3d3978b5d..bc6dfd940 100644
--- a/js/id/renderer/map.js
+++ b/js/id/renderer/map.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ iD.Map = function() {
                 else ways.push(a);
             } else if (a._poi) {
                 points.push(a);
-            } else if (!a._poi && a.type === 'node' && iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect(a, extent)) {
+            } else if (!a._poi && a.type === 'node' && a.intersects(extent)) {
                 waynodes.push(a);
             }
         }
diff --git a/js/id/util.js b/js/id/util.js
index 7128673f0..ddc6fc070 100644
--- a/js/id/util.js
+++ b/js/id/util.js
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ iD.util.geo.dist = function(a, b) {
         Math.pow(a[1] - b[1], 2));
 };
 
-iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect = function(entity, extent) {
-    return entity.loc[0] > extent[0][0] &&
-        entity.loc[0] < extent[1][0] &&
-        entity.loc[1] < extent[0][1] &&
-        entity.loc[1] > extent[1][1];
-};
-
 iD.util.geo.chooseIndex = function(way, point, map) {
     var dist = iD.util.geo.dist;
     var projNodes = way.nodes.map(function(n) {
diff --git a/test/spec/util.js b/test/spec/util.js
index 6cd2e62aa..1dccda623 100644
--- a/test/spec/util.js
+++ b/test/spec/util.js
@@ -35,20 +35,7 @@ describe('Util', function() {
                 expect(iD.util.geo.interp(a, b, 0)).to.eql([0, 0]);
             });
         });
-        describe('#nodeIntersect', function() {
-            it('correctly says that a node is in an extent', function() {
-                expect(iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect({
-                    loc: [0, 0]
-                }, [[-180, 90],
-                    [180, -90]])).to.be.true;
-            });
-            it('correctly says that a node is outside of an extent', function() {
-                expect(iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect({
-                    loc: [0, 0]
-                }, [[100, 90],
-                    [180, -90]])).to.be.false;
-            });
-        });
+
         describe('#dist', function() {
             it('distance between two same points is zero', function() {
                 var a = [0, 0],