diff --git a/include/db.php b/include/db.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c02e90ef2..000000000
--- a/include/db.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-function db_escape_string($s, $strip_tags = true) {
-	return Db::get()->escape_string($s, $strip_tags);
-}
-
-function db_query($query, $die_on_error = true) {
-	return Db::get()->query($query, $die_on_error);
-}
-
-function db_fetch_assoc($result) {
-	return Db::get()->fetch_assoc($result);
-}
-
-
-function db_num_rows($result) {
-	return Db::get()->num_rows($result);
-}
-
-function db_fetch_result($result, $row, $param) {
-	return Db::get()->fetch_result($result, $row, $param);
-}
-
-function db_affected_rows($result) {
-	return Db::get()->affected_rows($result);
-}
-
-function db_last_error() {
-	return Db::get()->last_error();
-}
-
-function db_last_query_error() {
-	return Db::get()->last_query_error();
-}
-
-function db_quote($str){
-	return Db::get()->quote($str);
-}