diff --git a/lib/filesystem.php b/lib/filesystem.php
index 0a8e698215138af95fd4ad8450f2d22fe02d6516..82fbf11afdf9fe450db6013e819856df6d1d6fa1 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/filesystem.php
@@ -358,20 +358,6 @@ class OC_Filesystem{
 		return $newpath;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	* return path to file which reflects one visible in browser
-	* @param string path
-	* @return string
-	*/
-	static public function getLocalPath($path) {
-		$datadir = \OCP\Config::getSystemValue('datadirectory').'/'.\OC_User::getUser().'/files';
-		$newpath = $path;
-		if (strncmp($newpath, $datadir, strlen($datadir)) == 0) {
-			$newpath = substr($path, strlen($datadir));
-		}
-		return $newpath;
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * check if the requested path is valid
 	 * @param string path