diff --git a/plugins/access/term_parent.inc b/plugins/access/term_parent.inc
index 8587695..a11a25c 100644
--- a/plugins/access/term_parent.inc
+++ b/plugins/access/term_parent.inc
@@ -13,48 +13,11 @@ $plugin = array(
   'title' => t("Taxonomy: parent term"),
   'description' => t('Control access by existence of a parent term.'),
   'callback' => 'ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_check',
-  'default' => array('vid' => array(), 'negate' => 0),
-  'settings form' => 'ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_settings',
-  'settings form validation' => 'ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_settings_validate',
-  'settings form submit' => 'ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_settings_submit',
   'summary' => 'ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_summary',
   'required context' => new ctools_context_required(t('Term'), array('term', 'terms')),
 );
 
 /**
- * Settings form for the 'by parent term' access plugin
- */
-function ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_settings(&$form, &$form_state, $conf) {
-  // If no configuration was saved before, set some defaults.
-  if (empty($conf)) {
-    $conf = array(
-      'vid' => 0,
-    );
-  }
-  if (!isset($conf['vid'])) {
-    $conf['vid'] = 0;
-  }
-
-  $form['settings']['vid'] = array(
-    '#title' => t('Vocabulary'),
-    '#type' => 'select',
-    '#options' => array(),
-    '#description' => t('Select the vocabulary for this form. If there exists a parent term in that vocabulary, this access check will succeed.'),
-    '#id' => 'ctools-select-vid',
-    '#default_value' => $conf['vid'],
-    '#required' => TRUE,
-  );
-
-  $options = array();
-
-  // Loop over each of the configured vocabularies.
-  foreach (taxonomy_get_vocabularies() as $vid => $vocabulary) {
-    $options[$vid] = $vocabulary->name;
-  }
-  $form['settings']['vid']['#options'] = $options;
-}
-
-/**
  * Check for access.
  */
 function ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_check($conf, $context) {
@@ -63,23 +26,15 @@ function ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_check($conf, $context) {
   if (empty($context) || empty($context->data) || empty($context->data->vid) || empty($context->data->tid)) {
     return FALSE;
   }
-
-  // Get the $vid.
-  if (!isset($conf['vid'])) {
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-  $vid = $conf['vid'];
-
-  $count = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {term_hierarchy} th INNER JOIN {term_data} td ON th.parent = td.tid WHERE th.tid = %d AND td.vid = %d',  $context->data->tid, $vid));
-
-  return $count ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  
+  $parents = taxonomy_get_parents($context->data->tid);
+  
+  return !empty($parents);
 }
 
 /**
  * Provide a summary description based upon the checked terms.
  */
 function ctools_term_parent_ctools_access_summary($conf, $context) {
-  $vocab = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($conf['vid']);
-
-  return t('"@term" has parent in vocabulary "@vocab"', array('@term' => $context->identifier, '@vocab' => $vocab->name));
+  return t('"@term" has parent term.', array('@term' => $context->identifier));
 }