diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
index 3da9b45c33..262b1eace9 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 
 	/* $Id$ */
 
-	if (!function_exists('get_var'))
-	{
-		include_once('get_var.php');
-	}
 	$ui = ''; // html UI, which UI to use, should come from api and be in $GLOBALS['phpgw']???
 	if ($_ENV['DISPLAY'] && isset($_SERVER['_']))
 	{
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/get_var.php b/etemplate/inc/get_var.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b79300144..0000000000
--- a/etemplate/inc/get_var.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-	function reg_var($varname, $method = 'any', $valuetype = 'alphanumeric',$default_value='',$register=True)
-	{
-		if($method == 'any')
-		{
-			$method = Array('POST','GET','COOKIE','SERVER','GLOBAL','DEFAULT');
-		}
-		elseif(!is_array($method))
-		{
-			$method = Array($method);
-		}
-		$cnt = count($method);
-		for($i=0;$i<$cnt;$i++)
-		{
-			switch(strtoupper($method[$i]))
-			{
-				case 'DEFAULT':
-					if($default_value)
-					{
-						$value = $default_value;
-						$i = $cnt+1; /* Found what we were looking for, now we end the loop */
-					}
-					break;
-				case 'GLOBAL':
-					if(@isset($GLOBALS[$varname]))
-					{
-						$value = $GLOBALS[$varname];
-						$i = $cnt+1;
-					}
-					break;
-				case 'POST':
-				case 'GET':
-				case 'COOKIE':
-				case 'SERVER':
-					if(phpversion() >= '4.2.0')
-					{
-						$meth = '_'.strtoupper($method[$i]);
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						$meth = 'HTTP_'.strtoupper($method[$i]).'_VARS';
-					}
-					if(@isset($GLOBALS[$meth][$varname]))
-					{
-						$value = $GLOBALS[$meth][$varname];
-						$i = $cnt+1;
-					}
-					break;
-				default:
-					if(@isset($GLOBALS[strtoupper($method[$i])][$varname]))
-					{
-						$value = $GLOBALS[strtoupper($method[$i])][$varname];
-						$i = $cnt+1;
-					}
-					break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (@!isset($value))
-		{
-			$value = $default_value;
-		}
-
-		if (@!is_array($value))
-		{
-			if ($value == '')
-			{
-				$result = $value;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				if (sanitize($value,$valuetype) == 1)
-				{
-					$result = $value;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					$result = $default_value;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			reset($value);
-			while(list($k, $v) = each($value))
-			{
-				if ($v == '')
-				{
-					$result[$k] = $v;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					if (is_array($valuetype))
-					{
-						$vt = $valuetype[$k];
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						$vt = $valuetype;
-					}
-
-					if (sanitize($v,$vt) == 1)
-					{
-						$result[$k] = $v;
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						if (is_array($default_value))
-						{
-							$result[$k] = $default_value[$k];
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							$result[$k] = $default_value;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if($register)
-		{
-			$GLOBALS['phpgw_info'][$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['flags']['currentapp']][$varname] = $result;
-		}
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	/*!
-	 @function get_var
-	 @abstract retrieve a value from either a POST, GET, COOKIE, SERVER or from a class variable.
-	 @author skeeter
-	 @discussion This function is used to retrieve a value from a user defined order of methods.
-	 @syntax get_var('id',array('HTTP_POST_VARS'||'POST','HTTP_GET_VARS'||'GET','HTTP_COOKIE_VARS'||'COOKIE','GLOBAL','DEFAULT'));
-	 @example $this->id = get_var('id',array('HTTP_POST_VARS'||'POST','HTTP_GET_VARS'||'GET','HTTP_COOKIE_VARS'||'COOKIE','GLOBAL','DEFAULT'));
-	 @param $variable name
-	 @param $method ordered array of methods to search for supplied variable
-	 @param $default_value (optional)
-	*/
-	function get_var($variable,$method='any',$default_value='')
-	{
-		return reg_var($variable,$method,'any',$default_value,False);
-	}