diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 688eee2ee2..c82b203863 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ require_once("dba.php");
 $db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
         unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
-require_once('util/profiler.php'); 
-
 if(! $install) {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/util/profiler.php b/util/profiler.php
deleted file mode 100755
index fe33fe429d..0000000000
--- a/util/profiler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-function microtime_float()
-{
-	return microtime(true);
-}
-
-function tick_event() {
-	$db_info=debug_backtrace(); 
-	$db_info=$db_info[1]; 
-	$function=$db_info['function']; 
-	$file=$db_info['file'];
-	$line=$db_info['line'];
-	$class=$db_info['class'];
-	
-	//save results
-	q("INSERT INTO `profiling` (`function`, `file`, `line`, `class`, `time`) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%d', '%s', '%f'); ", 
-			dbesc($function), dbesc($file), intval($line), dbesc($class), microtime_float()*1000); 
-}
-
-register_tick_function('tick_event');
-declare(ticks=50);
\ No newline at end of file