diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
index 95f6e266d8..acd6bd850f 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
@@ -2188,18 +2188,11 @@ class etemplate extends boetemplate
 	*
 	* @param array &$var
 	* @return array
+	* @deprecated use global array_stripslashes
 	*/
 	static function array_stripslashes($var)
 	{
-		if (!is_array($var))
-		{
-			return stripslashes($var);
-		}
-		foreach($var as $key => $val)
-		{
-			$var[$key] = is_array($val) ? self::array_stripslashes($val) : stripslashes($val);
-		}
-		return $var;
+		return array_stripslashes($var);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2229,7 +2222,7 @@ class etemplate extends boetemplate
 		$content = array();
 		if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
 		{
-			$content_in = self::array_stripslashes($content_in);
+			$content_in = array_stripslashes($content_in);
 		}
 		self::$validation_errors = array();
 		$this->canceled = $this->button_pressed = False;
diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
index 8ddf9442a9..fe0f1b4f91 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
@@ -2374,29 +2374,6 @@ class infolog_ui
 		return $icon ? Api\Html::image('infolog',$icon,lang($alt),'border=0') : lang($alt);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * stripping slashes from an array
-	 *
-	 * @static
-	 * @param array $arr
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	function array_stripslashes($arr)
-	{
-		foreach($arr as $key => $val)
-		{
-			if (is_array($val))
-			{
-				$arr[$key] = self::array_stripslashes($val);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$arr[$key] = stripslashes($val);
-			}
-		}
-		return $arr;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Infolog's site configuration
 	 *