diff --git a/include/shadowupdate.php b/include/shadowupdate.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c41b231221..0000000000
--- a/include/shadowupdate.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-
-require_once("boot.php");
-require_once("include/threads.php");
-
-function shadowupdate_run(&$argv, &$argc){
-	global $a;
-
-	if (empty($a)) {
-		$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
-	}
-
-	@include(".htconfig.php");
-	require_once("include/dba.php");
-	dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-
-	Config::load();
-
-	update_shadow_copy();
-}
-
-if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
-	shadowupdate_run($_SERVER["argv"],$_SERVER["argc"]);
-	killme();
-}