diff --git a/lib/private/helper.php b/lib/private/helper.php
index 72282362fe..92ae25de4c 100644
--- a/lib/private/helper.php
+++ b/lib/private/helper.php
@@ -69,18 +69,6 @@ class OC_Helper {
 		);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Makes an $url absolute
-	 * @param string $url the url
-	 * @return string the absolute url
-	 * @deprecated Use \OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->getAbsoluteURL($url)
-	 *
-	 * Returns a absolute url to the given app and file.
-	 */
-	public static function makeURLAbsolute($url) {
-		return OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->getAbsoluteURL($url);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Creates an url for remote use
 	 * @param string $service id
diff --git a/tests/lib/helper.php b/tests/lib/helper.php
index 51f7342f45..794502e5e2 100644
--- a/tests/lib/helper.php
+++ b/tests/lib/helper.php
@@ -243,48 +243,6 @@ class Test_Helper extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 	// Url generator methods
 
-	/**
-	 * @small
-	 * test absolute URL construction
-	 * @dataProvider provideDocRootURLs
-	 */
-	function testMakeAbsoluteURLDocRoot($url, $expectedResult) {
-		\OC::$WEBROOT = '';
-		$result = \OC_Helper::makeURLAbsolute($url);
-
-		$this->assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @small
-	 * test absolute URL construction
-	 * @dataProvider provideSubDirURLs
-	 */
-	function testMakeAbsoluteURLSubDir($url, $expectedResult) {
-		\OC::$WEBROOT = '/owncloud';
-		$result = \OC_Helper::makeURLAbsolute($url);
-
-		$this->assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
-	}
-
-	public function provideDocRootURLs() {
-		return array(
-			array('index.php', 'http://localhost/index.php'),
-			array('/index.php', 'http://localhost/index.php'),
-			array('/apps/index.php', 'http://localhost/apps/index.php'),
-			array('apps/index.php', 'http://localhost/apps/index.php'),
-		);
-	}
-
-	public function provideSubDirURLs() {
-		return array(
-			array('index.php', 'http://localhost/owncloud/index.php'),
-			array('/index.php', 'http://localhost/owncloud/index.php'),
-			array('/apps/index.php', 'http://localhost/owncloud/apps/index.php'),
-			array('apps/index.php', 'http://localhost/owncloud/apps/index.php'),
-		);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @small
 	 * test linkToAbsolute URL construction