diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/path_helper.php b/phpBB/phpbb/path_helper.php
index cd4c20bb7d..a8e12c4063 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/path_helper.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/path_helper.php
@@ -184,30 +184,6 @@ class path_helper
 		return $this->web_root_path = $this->phpbb_root_path . str_repeat('../', $corrections - 1);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	* Get the redirect URL for controllers
-	*
-	* @param string $url URL to the controller
-	*
-	* @param string Redirect URL for controller
-	*/
-	public function get_controller_redirect_url($url)
-	{
-		// Remove predecing dots
-		$url = ltrim($this->remove_web_root_path($url), '.');
-
-		// Get position of URL delimiter
-		$delimiter_position = strpos($url, '/');
-
-		// Add URL delimiter in front of path if it doesn't exist
-		if ($delimiter_position === false || $delimiter_position > 1)
-		{
-			$url = '/' . $url;
-		}
-
-		return generate_board_url() . $url;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	* Eliminates useless . and .. components from specified URL
 	*