diff --git a/util/maintenance.php b/util/maintenance.php
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--- a/util/maintenance.php
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@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @file util/maintenance.php
- */
-
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\BaseObject;
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-use Friendica\Core\L10n;
-
-require_once 'boot.php';
-require_once 'include/dba.php';
-
-$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
-BaseObject::setApp($a);
-
-@include(".htconfig.php");
-
-$lang = L10n::getBrowserLanguage();
-L10n::loadTranslationTable($lang);
-
-dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, false);
-unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-
-Config::load();
-
-$maint_mode = 1;
-if ($argc > 1) {
-	$maint_mode = intval($argv[1]);
-}
-
-Config::set('system', 'maintenance', $maint_mode);
-
-if ($maint_mode && ($argc > 2)) {
-	$reason_arr = $argv;
-	array_shift($reason_arr);
-	array_shift($reason_arr);
-
-	$reason = implode(' ', $reason_arr);
-	Config::set('system', 'maintenance_reason', $reason);
-} else {
-	Config::set('system', 'maintenance_reason', '');
-}
-
-if ($maint_mode) {
-	$mode_str = "maintenance mode";
-} else {
-	$mode_str = "normal mode";
-}
-
-echo "\n\tSystem set in $mode_str\n";
-
-if ($reason != '') {
-	echo "\tMaintenance reason: $reason\n\n";
-} else {
-	echo "\n";
-}
-
-echo "Usage:\n\n";
-echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} [1] [Maintenance reason|redirection url]\n";
-echo "\t\tSet the system in maintenance mode\n\n";
-echo "\t\tIf the optionally entered maintenance reason is an url\n";
-echo "\t\tthe visitor is redirected to that page.\n";
-echo "\n";
-echo "\t\tExamples:\n";
-echo "\t\t\tphp {$argv[0]} 1 System upgrade\n";
-echo "\t\t\tphp {$argv[0]} 1 http://domain.tld/downtime\n";
-echo "\n";
-echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} 0\n";
-echo "\t\tSet the system in normal mode\n\n";