diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8a4da4e..355fb41 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ code was contributed.)
 Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
 Jason Mooberry <jasonmoo@me.com>
 Sergey Shepelev <temotor@gmail.com>
+Christoph Petrausch <chrobbert@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index 51b32d6..70e4dad 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -1022,22 +1022,6 @@ func (c *cache) Items() map[string]Item {
 	return m
 }
 
-// Returns all not expired items in the cache. This method is save to use with
-// an active janitor since it copies the underlying map. Therefore method is
-// costly in terms of time and memory. You can read while using this method but
-// not write. Use with caution.
-func (c *cache) GetNotExpiredItems() map[string]Item {
-	retMap := make(map[string]Item, c.ItemCount())
-	c.mu.RLock()
-	for key, item := range c.items{
-		if !item.Expired() {
-			retMap[key] = item
-		}
-	}
-	c.mu.RUnlock()
-	return retMap
-}
-
 // Returns the number of items in the cache. This may include items that have
 // expired, but have not yet been cleaned up.
 func (c *cache) ItemCount() int {
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index a2e7981..6ff361b 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ func TestCacheGetAllNotExpiredItems(t *testing.T) {
 	tc.Set("b", "b", DefaultExpiration)
 	tc.Set("c", "c", time.Millisecond*1)
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond*2)
-	allNotExpiredItems := tc.GetNotExpiredItems()
+	allNotExpiredItems := tc.Items()
 	if len(allNotExpiredItems) != 2 {
 		t.Error("There are more or less items in the result than the two unexpired.")
 	}
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ func BenchmarkGetAllNotExpiredItems(b *testing.B) {
 			}
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for j:= 0; j < b.N; j++{
-				tc.GetNotExpiredItems()
+				tc.Items()
 			}
 		})
 	}