diff --git a/inc/html.php b/inc/html.php
index bbe29e3714fce66aba6d5a1c8958df9770baf79c..7f473cdb60b49b2a7b1a2d57ac96f15e60d9a46a 100644
--- a/inc/html.php
+++ b/inc/html.php
@@ -27,20 +27,6 @@ function html_wikilink($id,$name=null,$search=''){
     return $xhtml_renderer->internallink($id,$name,$search,true,'navigation');
 }
 
-/**
- * Helps building long attribute lists
- *
- * @deprecated Use buildAttributes instead
- * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
- */
-function html_attbuild($attributes){
-    $ret = '';
-    foreach ( $attributes as $key => $value ) {
-        $ret .= $key.'="'.formText($value).'" ';
-    }
-    return trim($ret);
-}
-
 /**
  * The loginform
  *