diff --git a/blogger/blogger.php b/blogger/blogger.php
index 76c12bbb6..30c450bda 100644
--- a/blogger/blogger.php
+++ b/blogger/blogger.php
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ function blogger_send(&$a, &$b)
 	$bl_blog = PConfig::get($b['uid'], 'blogger', 'bl_blog');
 
 	if ($bl_username && $bl_password && $bl_blog) {
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$title = '<title>' . (($b['title']) ? $b['title'] : L10n::t('Post from Friendica')) . '</title>';
 		$post = $title . BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = xmlify($post);
diff --git a/dwpost/dwpost.php b/dwpost/dwpost.php
index 7e8488c37..a46f55b2a 100644
--- a/dwpost/dwpost.php
+++ b/dwpost/dwpost.php
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ function dwpost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 	$dw_blog = 'http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/xmlrpc';
 
 	if($dw_username && $dw_password && $dw_blog) {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$title = $b['title'];
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = xmlify($post);
diff --git a/ijpost/ijpost.php b/ijpost/ijpost.php
index 439018f41..8d5290855 100644
--- a/ijpost/ijpost.php
+++ b/ijpost/ijpost.php
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ function ijpost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 	$ij_blog = 'http://www.insanejournal.com/interface/xmlrpc';
 
 	if($ij_username && $ij_password && $ij_blog) {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$title = $b['title'];
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = xmlify($post);
diff --git a/impressum/impressum.php b/impressum/impressum.php
index ae6ddf18d..50458ee5e 100644
--- a/impressum/impressum.php
+++ b/impressum/impressum.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  * License: 3-clause BSD license
  */
 
-require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 require_once 'mod/proxy.php';
 
 use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
diff --git a/ljpost/ljpost.php b/ljpost/ljpost.php
index 97daf519e..ec99f9ba9 100644
--- a/ljpost/ljpost.php
+++ b/ljpost/ljpost.php
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ function ljpost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 		$lj_blog = xmlify('http://www.livejournal.com/interface/xmlrpc');
 
 	if($lj_username && $lj_password && $lj_blog) {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$title = xmlify($b['title']);
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = xmlify($post);
diff --git a/mailstream/mailstream.php b/mailstream/mailstream.php
index acab59145..6c057b21b 100644
--- a/mailstream/mailstream.php
+++ b/mailstream/mailstream.php
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function mailstream_send($a, $message_id, $item, $user) {
 		return;
 	}
 	require_once(dirname(__file__).'/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php');
-	require_once('include/bbcode.php');
+
 	$attachments = [];
 	mailstream_do_images($a, $item, $attachments);
 	$frommail = Config::get('mailstream', 'frommail');
diff --git a/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php b/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
index 6ea833670..57b49230c 100644
--- a/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
+++ b/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * Author: Tobias Diekershoff <https://f.diekershoff.de/profile/tobias>
  ***/
 
-require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
-
 use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 129f2738d..a1ca2ade7 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -471,9 +471,6 @@ function pumpio_send(&$a,&$b) {
 	$public = PConfig::get($b['uid'], "pumpio", "public");
 
 	if($oauth_token && $oauth_token_secret) {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$title = trim($b['title']);
 
 		$content = BBCode::convert($b['body'], false, 4);
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index f1c080f49..c54ff55f6 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(App $a, &$b)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 		$dent = new StatusNetOAuth($api, $ckey, $csecret, $otoken, $osecret);
 		$max_char = $dent->get_maxlength(); // max. length for a dent
 
diff --git a/tumblr/tumblr.php b/tumblr/tumblr.php
index 831dd6156..b2dec5b54 100644
--- a/tumblr/tumblr.php
+++ b/tumblr/tumblr.php
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ function tumblr_send(&$a,&$b) {
 	$tmbl_blog = 'blog/'.$page.'/post';
 
 	if($oauth_token && $oauth_token_secret && $tmbl_blog) {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
 		$tag_arr = [];
 		$tags = '';
 		$x = preg_match_all('/\#\[(.*?)\](.*?)\[/',$b['tag'],$matches,PREG_SET_ORDER);
diff --git a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
index 346f550f2..206b0883e 100644
--- a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
+++ b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ function windowsphonepush_cron()
 						if (substr($body, 0, 4) == "[url") {
 							$body = "URL/Image ...";
 						} else {
-							require_once('include/bbcode.php');
 							require_once("include/html2plain.php");
+
 							$body = BBCode::convert($body, false, 2, true);
 							$body = html2plain($body, 0);
 							$body = ((strlen($body) > 137) ? substr($body, 0, 137) . "..." : $body);
diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index 23f928bcc..8d14b1701 100644
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ function wppost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 	}
 
 	if ($wp_username && $wp_password && $wp_blog) {
-		require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 		require_once 'include/html2plain.php';
 
 		$wptitle = trim($b['title']);