diff --git a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
index d0ced55823..b98fe1e6b3 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
@@ -651,38 +651,4 @@ class bbcode
 
 		return $code;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	* Function to perform custom bbcode second pass by extensions
-	* can be used to assign bbcode pattern replacement
-	* Example: '#\[list=([^\[]+):$uid\]#e'	=> "\$this->bbcode_second_pass_by_extension('\$1')"
-	*
-	* Accepts variable number of parameters
-	*
-	* @return bool Second pass result
-	*
-	* @deprecated 3.2.10 (To be removed 4.0.0)
-	*/
-	function bbcode_second_pass_by_extension()
-	{
-		global $phpbb_dispatcher;
-
-		$return = false;
-		$params_array = func_get_args();
-
-		/**
-		* Event to perform bbcode second pass with
-		* the custom validating methods provided by extensions
-		*
-		* @event core.bbcode_second_pass_by_extension
-		* @var array	params_array	Array with the function parameters
-		* @var mixed	return			Second pass result to return
-		*
-		* @since 3.1.5-RC1
-		*/
-		$vars = array('params_array', 'return');
-		extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.bbcode_second_pass_by_extension', compact($vars)));
-
-		return $return;
-	}
 }