diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index d48986161d..679873b532 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -462,86 +462,6 @@ function perms2str($p) {
 	return $ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated
- * wrapper to load a view template, checking for alternate
- * languages before falling back to the default
- *
- * @global string $lang
- * @global App $a
- * @param string $s view name
- * @return string
- */
-function load_view_file($s) {
-	global $lang, $a;
-	if (!isset($lang)) {
-		$lang = 'en';
-	}
-	$b = basename($s);
-	$d = dirname($s);
-	if (file_exists("$d/$lang/$b")) {
-		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-		$content = file_get_contents("$d/$lang/$b");
-		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-		return $content;
-	}
-
-	$theme = $a->getCurrentTheme();
-
-	if (file_exists("$d/theme/$theme/$b")) {
-		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-		$content = file_get_contents("$d/theme/$theme/$b");
-		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-		return $content;
-	}
-
-	$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-	$content = file_get_contents($s);
-	$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-	return $content;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * load a view template, checking for alternate
- * languages before falling back to the default
- *
- * @global string $lang
- * @param string $s view path
- * @return string
- */
-function get_intltext_template($s) {
-	global $lang;
-
-	$a = get_app();
-	$engine = '';
-	if ($a->theme['template_engine'] === 'smarty3') {
-		$engine = "/smarty3";
-	}
-
-	if (!isset($lang)) {
-		$lang = 'en';
-	}
-
-	if (file_exists("view/lang/$lang$engine/$s")) {
-		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-		$content = file_get_contents("view/lang/$lang$engine/$s");
-		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-		return $content;
-	} elseif (file_exists("view/lang/en$engine/$s")) {
-		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-		$content = file_get_contents("view/lang/en$engine/$s");
-		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-		return $content;
-	} else {
-		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-		$content = file_get_contents("view$engine/$s");
-		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-		return $content;
-	}
-}
-
-
 /**
  * load template $s
  *