diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 84daf81e7c..0000000000
--- a/include/event.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @file include/event.php
- * @brief functions specific to event handling
- */
-
-function format_event_html($ev, $simple = false) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getHTML($ev, $simple);
-}
-
-function format_event_bbcode($ev) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getBBCode($ev);
-}
-
-function bbtoevent($s) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::fromBBCode($s);
-}
-
-function sort_by_date($a) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::sortByDate($a);
-}
-
-function event_delete($event_id) {
-	 \Friendica\Model\Event::delete($event_id);
-}
-
-function event_store($arr) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::store($arr);
-}
-
-function get_event_strings() {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getStrings();
-}
-
-function event_remove_duplicates($dates) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::removeDuplicates($dates);
-}
-
-function event_by_id($owner_uid = 0, $event_params, $sql_extra = '') {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getListById($owner_uid, $event_params['event-id'], $sql_extra);
-}
-
-function events_by_date($owner_uid = 0, $event_params, $sql_extra = '') {
-	$event_params['ignore'] = $event_params['ignored'];
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getListByDate($owner_uid, $event_params, $sql_extra);
-}
-
-function process_events($arr) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::prepareListForTemplate($arr);
-}
-
-function event_format_export($events, $format = 'ical', $timezone)
-{
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::formatListForExport($events, $format, $timezone);
-}
-
-function events_by_uid($uid = 0, $sql_extra = '') {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getListByUserId($uid);
-}
-
-function event_export($uid, $format = 'ical') {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::exportListByUserId($uid, $format);
-}
-
-function widget_events() {
-	return \Friendica\Content\Widget\CalendarExport::getHTML();
-}
-
-function format_event_item($item) {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::getItemHTML($item);
-}
-
-function event_location2array($s = '') {
-	return \Friendica\Model\Event::locationToArray($s);
-}