diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index 279a5390a8..77aadd23e0 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -175,30 +175,6 @@ var OC={
 	appswebroots:(typeof oc_appswebroots !== 'undefined') ? oc_appswebroots:false,
 	currentUser:(typeof oc_current_user!=='undefined')?oc_current_user:false,
 	coreApps:['', 'admin','log','search','settings','core','3rdparty'],
-
-	/**
-	 * Generates the absolute url for the given relative url, which can contain parameters.
-	 *
-	 * @returns {string}
-	 * @param {string} url
-	 * @param params
-	 */
-	generateUrl: function(url, params) {
-		var _build = function (text, vars) {
-			return text.replace(/{([^{}]*)}/g,
-				function (a, b) {
-					var r = vars[b];
-					return typeof r === 'string' || typeof r === 'number' ? r : a;
-				}
-			);
-		};
-		if (url.charAt(0) !== '/') {
-			url = '/' + url;
-
-		}
-		return OC.webroot + '/index.php' + _build(url, params);
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * get an absolute url to a file in an appen
 	 * @param app the id of the app the file belongs to