diff --git a/lib/DBD/SQLite.pm b/lib/DBD/SQLite.pm
index abc8064..5c29d90 100644
--- a/lib/DBD/SQLite.pm
+++ b/lib/DBD/SQLite.pm
@@ -1723,10 +1723,10 @@ at runtime; however, since FTS3 was never advertised in versions prior
 to 1.31, the change should be invisible to the vast majority of 
 C<DBD::SQLite> users. If, however, there are any applications
 that nevertheless were built using the "Standard Query" syntax,
-they have to be migrated; but the conversion 
-function provided in in L<DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional>
-is there to help.
-
+they have to be migrated, because the precedence of the C<OR> operator
+has changed. Conversion from old to new syntax can be 
+automated through L<DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional>, published
+in a separate distribution.
 
 =head2 Tokenizers
 
diff --git a/lib/DBD/SQLite/FTS3Transitional.pm b/lib/DBD/SQLite/FTS3Transitional.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index ae19a39..0000000
--- a/lib/DBD/SQLite/FTS3Transitional.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-package DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional;
-
-use 5.006;
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-no warnings 'uninitialized';
-use Exporter ();
-
-our $VERSION   = '1.30_06';
-our @ISA       = 'Exporter';
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw/fts3_convert/;
-
-sub fts3_convert {
-  my $in  = shift;
-  my $out = "";
-
-  # decompose input string into tokens
-  my @tokens = $in =~ / -       # minus sign
-                      | \bOR\b  # OR keyword
-                      | ".*?"   # phrase query
-                      | \S+     # term
-                      /xg;
-
-  # build the output string
-  while (@tokens) {
-
-    # -a => (NOT a)
-    if ($tokens[0] eq '-') {
-      my (undef, $right) = splice(@tokens, 0, 2);
-      $out .= " (NOT $right)";
-    }
-
-    # a OR b => (a OR b)
-    elsif (@tokens >= 2 && $tokens[1] eq 'OR') {
-      my ($left, undef, $right) = splice(@tokens, 0, 3);
-      if ($right eq '-') {
-        $right = "NOT " . shift @tokens;
-      }
-      $out .= " ($left OR $right)";
-    }
-
-    # plain term
-    else {
-      $out .= " " . shift @tokens;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return $out;
-}
-
-
-1;
-
-__END__
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional - helper function for migrating FTS3 applications
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-  use DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional qw/fts3_convert/;
-  my $new_match_syntax = fts3_convert($old_match_syntax);
-  my $sql = "SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE col MATCH $new_match_syntax";
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-Starting from version 1.31, C<DBD::SQLite> uses the new, recommended
-"Enhanced Query Syntax" for binary set operators in fulltext FTS3 queries
-(AND, OR, NOT, possibly nested with parenthesis). 
-
-Previous versions of C<DBD::SQLite> used the
-"Standard Query Syntax" (see L<http://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html#section_3_2>).
-
-This module helps converting SQLite application built with the old,
-"Standard" query syntax, to the new "Extended" syntax.
-
-=head1 FUNCTIONS
-
-=head2 fts3_convert
-
-Takes as input a string for the MATCH clause in a FTS3 fulltext search;
-returns the same clause rewritten in new, "Extended" syntax.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Laurent Dami E<lt>dami@cpan.orgE<gt>
-
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
-
-Copyright 2010 Laurent Dami.
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute
-it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
-
-The full text of the license can be found in the
-LICENSE file included with this module.
-
-=cut
diff --git a/t/44_fts3_transitional.t b/t/44_fts3_transitional.t
deleted file mode 100644
index 25eae45..0000000
--- a/t/44_fts3_transitional.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-use strict;
-BEGIN {
-	$|  = 1;
-	$^W = 1;
-}
-
-use t::lib::Test;
-use Test::More;
-use Test::NoWarnings;
-
-my @tests = (
-  ['foo bar'              => 'foo bar'                       ],
-  ['foo -bar'             => 'foo (NOT bar)'                 ],
-  ['foo* -bar*'           => 'foo* (NOT bar*)'               ],
-  ['foo bar OR bie buz'   => 'foo (bar OR bie) buz'          ],
-  ['-foo bar OR -bie buz' => '(NOT foo) (bar OR NOT bie) buz'],
-  ['"kyrie eleison" OR "christe eleison"' 
-                  => '("kyrie eleison" OR "christe eleison")'],
- );
-
-
-plan tests => 1 + @tests;
-
-use DBD::SQLite::FTS3Transitional qw/fts3_convert/;
-
-foreach my $t (@tests) {
-  my ($old_syntax, $expected_new) = @$t;
-  my $new = fts3_convert($old_syntax);
-  $new =~ s/^\s+//;
-  is($new, $expected_new, $old_syntax);
-}
-
-