diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/firebird.php b/phpBB/includes/db/firebird.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 33f4e2ea48..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/firebird.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-	exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_firebird extends phpbb_db_driver_firebird {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a0c3917fcb..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-	exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_mssql extends phpbb_db_driver_mssql {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a642b30f5..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_mssql_odbc extends phpbb_db_driver_mssql_odbc {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
deleted file mode 100644
index cfbdba66fe..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_mssqlnative extends phpbb_db_driver_mssqlnative {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
deleted file mode 100644
index dcd69cf51a..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-	exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_mysql extends phpbb_db_driver_mysql {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 040f5adf43..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_mysqli extends phpbb_db_driver_mysqli {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php b/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
deleted file mode 100644
index fb1484aeb0..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_oracle extends phpbb_db_driver_oracle {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/postgres.php b/phpBB/includes/db/postgres.php
deleted file mode 100644
index dc5e95ac57..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/postgres.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_postgres extends phpbb_db_driver_postgres {
-}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/sqlite.php b/phpBB/includes/db/sqlite.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e4396bc97f..0000000000
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/sqlite.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-*
-* @package dbal
-* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
-*
-*/
-
-/**
-* @ignore
-*/
-if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
-{
-    exit;
-}
-
-class dbal_sqlite extends phpbb_db_driver_sqlite {
-}