diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 1f3c616fb1..196ca74f52 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -789,32 +789,6 @@ class OC {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Load a PHP file belonging to the specified application
-	 * @param array $param The application and file to load
-	 * @return bool Whether the file has been found (will return 404 and false if not)
-	 * @deprecated This function will be removed in ownCloud 8 - use proper routing instead
-	 * @param $param
-	 * @return bool Whether the file has been found (will return 404 and false if not)
-	 */
-	public static function loadAppScriptFile($param) {
-		OC_App::loadApps();
-		$app = $param['app'];
-		$file = $param['file'];
-		$app_path = OC_App::getAppPath($app);
-		$file = $app_path . '/' . $file;
-
-		if (OC_App::isEnabled($app) && $app_path !== false && OC_Helper::issubdirectory($file, $app_path)) {
-			unset($app, $app_path);
-			if (file_exists($file)) {
-				require_once $file;
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	protected static function handleAuthHeaders() {
 		//copy http auth headers for apache+php-fcgid work around
 		if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_XAUTHORIZATION']) && !isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {