diff --git a/core/util.inc.php b/core/util.inc.php
index 36f37cae..1a17f70c 100644
--- a/core/util.inc.php
+++ b/core/util.inc.php
@@ -432,24 +432,6 @@ function endsWith(/*string*/ $haystack, /*string*/ $needle) {
 	return (substr($haystack, $start) === $needle);
 }
 
-if(!function_exists("mb_strlen")) {  // D:
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $str
-	 */
-	function mb_strlen($str) {return strlen($str);}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $enc
-	 */
-	function mb_internal_encoding($enc) {}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $str
-	 */
-	function mb_strtolower($str) {return strtolower($str);}
-}
-
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 \* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */