diff --git a/inc/inc.Utils.php b/inc/inc.Utils.php
index 9b65b958c..69780e777 100644
--- a/inc/inc.Utils.php
+++ b/inc/inc.Utils.php
@@ -166,53 +166,6 @@ function getReadableDurationArray($secs) { /* {{{ */
 	return $units;
 } /* }}} */
 
-//
-// The original string sanitizer, kept for reference.
-//function sanitizeString($string) {
-//	$string = str_replace("'",  "'", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("--", "", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("<",  "&lt;", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace(">",  "&gt;", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("/*", "", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("*/", "", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("\"", "&quot;", $string);
-//
-//	return $string;
-//}
-
-/* Deprecated, do not use anymore */
-function sanitizeString($string) { /* {{{ */
-
-	$string = (string) $string;
-	if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-		$string = stripslashes($string);
-	}
-
-	// The following three are against sql injection. They are not
-	// needed anymore because strings are quoted propperly when saved into
-	// the database.
-//	$string = str_replace("\\", "\\\\", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace("--", "\-\-", $string);
-//	$string = str_replace(";", "\;", $string);
-	// Use HTML entities to represent the other characters that have special
-	// meaning in SQL. These can be easily converted back to ASCII / UTF-8
-	// with a decode function if need be.
-	$string = str_replace("&", "&amp;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace("%", "&#0037;", $string); // percent
-	$string = str_replace("\"", "&quot;", $string); // double quote
-	$string = str_replace("/*", "&#0047;&#0042;", $string); // start of comment
-	$string = str_replace("*/", "&#0042;&#0047;", $string); // end of comment
-	$string = str_replace("<", "&lt;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace(">", "&gt;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace("=", "&#0061;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace(")", "&#0041;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace("(", "&#0040;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace("'", "&#0039;", $string);
-	$string = str_replace("+", "&#0043;", $string);
-
-	return trim($string);
-} /* }}} */
-
 /* Deprecated, do not use anymore, but keep it for upgrading
  * older versions
  */