diff --git a/include/message.php b/include/message.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4404163dc..000000000
--- a/include/message.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-// send a private message
-
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\System;
-use Friendica\Core\Worker;
-use Friendica\Database\DBM;
-
-function send_message($recipient = 0, $body = '', $subject = '', $replyto = '')
-{
-	$a = get_app();
-
-	if (!$recipient) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!strlen($subject)) {
-		$subject = t('[no subject]');
-	}
-
-	$me = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
-		intval(local_user())
-	);
-	$contact = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-		intval($recipient),
-		intval(local_user())
-	);
-
-	if (!(count($me) && (count($contact)))) {
-		return -2;
-	}
-
-	$guid = get_guid(32);
-	$uri = 'urn:X-dfrn:' . System::baseUrl() . ':' . local_user() . ':' . $guid;
-
-	$convid = 0;
-	$reply = false;
-
-	// look for any existing conversation structure
-
-	if (strlen($replyto)) {
-		$reply = true;
-		$r = q("SELECT `convid` FROM `mail` WHERE `uid` = %d AND (`uri` = '%s' OR `parent-uri` = '%s') LIMIT 1",
-			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($replyto),
-			dbesc($replyto)
-		);
-		if (DBM::is_result($r)) {
-			$convid = $r[0]['convid'];
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!$convid) {
-		// create a new conversation
-		$recip_host = substr($contact[0]['url'], strpos($contact[0]['url'], '://') + 3);
-		$recip_host = substr($recip_host, 0, strpos($recip_host, '/'));
-
-		$recip_handle = (($contact[0]['addr']) ? $contact[0]['addr'] : $contact[0]['nick'] . '@' . $recip_host);
-		$sender_handle = $a->user['nickname'] . '@' . substr(System::baseUrl(), strpos(System::baseUrl(), '://') + 3);
-
-		$conv_guid = get_guid(32);
-		$convuri = $recip_handle . ':' . $conv_guid;
-
-		$handles = $recip_handle . ';' . $sender_handle;
-
-		$fields = array('uid' => local_user(), 'guid' => $conv_guid, 'creator' => $sender_handle,
-			'created' => datetime_convert(), 'updated' => datetime_convert(),
-			'subject' => $subject, 'recips' => $handles);
-		if (dba::insert('conv', $fields)) {
-			$convid = dba::lastInsertId();
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!$convid) {
-		logger('send message: conversation not found.');
-		return -4;
-	}
-
-	if (!strlen($replyto)) {
-		$replyto = $convuri;
-	}
-
-	$post_id = null;
-	$result = q("INSERT INTO `mail` ( `uid`, `guid`, `convid`, `from-name`, `from-photo`, `from-url`,
-		`contact-id`, `title`, `body`, `seen`, `reply`, `replied`, `uri`, `parent-uri`, `created`)
-		VALUES ( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
-		intval(local_user()),
-		dbesc($guid),
-		intval($convid),
-		dbesc($me[0]['name']),
-		dbesc($me[0]['thumb']),
-		dbesc($me[0]['url']),
-		intval($recipient),
-		dbesc($subject),
-		dbesc($body),
-		1,
-		intval($reply),
-		0,
-		dbesc($uri),
-		dbesc($replyto),
-		datetime_convert()
-	);
-	if ($result) {
-		$post_id = dba::lastInsertId();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * When a photo was uploaded into the message using the (profile wall) ajax
-	 * uploader, The permissions are initially set to disallow anybody but the
-	 * owner from seeing it. This is because the permissions may not yet have been
-	 * set for the post. If it's private, the photo permissions should be set
-	 * appropriately. But we didn't know the final permissions on the post until
-	 * now. So now we'll look for links of uploaded messages that are in the
-	 * post and set them to the same permissions as the post itself.
-	 *
-	 */
-	$match = null;
-	if (preg_match_all("/\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]/", $body, $match)) {
-		$images = $match[1];
-		if (count($images)) {
-			foreach ($images as $image) {
-				if (!stristr($image, System::baseUrl() . '/photo/')) {
-					continue;
-				}
-				$image_uri = substr($image, strrpos($image, '/') + 1);
-				$image_uri = substr($image_uri, 0, strpos($image_uri, '-'));
-				q("UPDATE `photo` SET `allow_cid` = '%s'
-					WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `album` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
-					dbesc('<' . $recipient . '>'),
-					dbesc($image_uri),
-					dbesc( t('Wall Photos')),
-					intval(local_user())
-				);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if ($post_id) {
-		Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, "Notifier", "mail", $post_id);
-		return intval($post_id);
-	} else {
-		return -3;
-	}
-}
-
-function send_wallmessage($recipient = '', $body = '', $subject = '', $replyto = '')
-{
-	if (!$recipient) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!strlen($subject)) {
-		$subject = t('[no subject]');
-	}
-
-	$guid = get_guid(32);
-	$uri = 'urn:X-dfrn:' . System::baseUrl() . ':' . local_user() . ':' . $guid;
-
-	$me = Probe::uri($replyto);
-
-	if (!$me['name']) {
-		return -2;
-	}
-
-	$conv_guid = get_guid(32);
-
-	$recip_handle = $recipient['nickname'] . '@' . substr(System::baseUrl(), strpos(System::baseUrl(), '://') + 3);
-
-	$sender_nick = basename($replyto);
-	$sender_host = substr($replyto, strpos($replyto, '://') + 3);
-	$sender_host = substr($sender_host, 0, strpos($sender_host, '/'));
-	$sender_handle = $sender_nick . '@' . $sender_host;
-
-	$handles = $recip_handle . ';' . $sender_handle;
-
-	$convid = null;
-	$fields = array('uid' => $recipient['uid'], 'guid' => $conv_guid, 'creator' => $sender_handle,
-		'created' => datetime_convert(), 'updated' => datetime_convert(),
-		'subject' => $subject, 'recips' => $handles);
-	if (dba::insert('conv', $fields)) {
-		$convid = dba::lastInsertId();
-	}
-	
-	if (!$convid) {
-		logger('send message: conversation not found.');
-		return -4;
-	}
-
-	q("INSERT INTO `mail` ( `uid`, `guid`, `convid`, `from-name`, `from-photo`, `from-url`,
-		`contact-id`, `title`, `body`, `seen`, `reply`, `replied`, `uri`, `parent-uri`, `created`, `unknown`)
-		VALUES ( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d )",
-		intval($recipient['uid']),
-		dbesc($guid),
-		intval($convid),
-		dbesc($me['name']),
-		dbesc($me['photo']),
-		dbesc($me['url']),
-		0,
-		dbesc($subject),
-		dbesc($body),
-		0,
-		0,
-		0,
-		dbesc($uri),
-		dbesc($replyto),
-		datetime_convert(),
-		1
-	);
-
-	return 0;
-}