diff --git a/lib/odbc.php b/lib/odbc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c773a33287..00000000000
--- a/lib/odbc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * odbc.php - This is the ODBC Socket Server class PHP client class 
- * with sample usage at bottom.
- *
- * Released into the public domain for version 0.90 of ODBC Socket Server
- * {@link http://odbc.linuxbox.com/}
- * 
- * @package moodlecore
- * @author Team FXML
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 1999 Team FXML
- * @license http://odbc.linuxbox.com/ public domain
- */
- 
-/**
- * ODBC Socket Server class
- *
- * @package moodlecore
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 1999 Team FXML
- * @license http://odbc.linuxbox.com/ public domain
- */
-class ODBCSocketServer {
-
-   /**
-    * Name of the host to connect to
-    * @var string $sHostName 
-    */
-    var $sHostName;
-   /**
-    * Port to connect to
-    * @var int $nPort 
-    */
-    var $nPort;
-   /**
-    * Connection string to use
-    * @var string $sConnectionString 
-    */
-    var $sConnectionString;
-
-    // 
-    /** 
-     * Function to parse the SQL
-     *
-     * @param string $sSQL The SQL statement to parse
-     * @return string
-     */
-    function ExecSQL($sSQL) {
-
-        $fToOpen = fsockopen($this->sHostName, $this->nPort, &$errno, &$errstr, 30);
-        if (!$fToOpen)
-        {
-            //contruct error string to return
-            $sReturn = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\r\n<result state=\"failure\">\r\n<error>$errstr</error>\r\n</result>\r\n";
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            //construct XML to send
-            //search and replace HTML chars in SQL first
-            $sSQL = HTMLSpecialChars($sSQL);
-            $sSend = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\r\n<request>\r\n<connectionstring>$this->sConnectionString</connectionstring>\r\n<sql>$sSQL</sql>\r\n</request>\r\n";
-            //write request
-            fputs($fToOpen, $sSend);
-            //now read response
-            while (!feof($fToOpen))
-            {
-                $sReturn = $sReturn . fgets($fToOpen, 128);
-            }
-            fclose($fToOpen);
-        }
-        return $sReturn;
-    }
-}//class
-?>
diff --git a/lib/thirdpartylibs.xml b/lib/thirdpartylibs.xml
index e582b64a377..222203e2f4f 100644
--- a/lib/thirdpartylibs.xml
+++ b/lib/thirdpartylibs.xml
@@ -252,13 +252,6 @@
     <version></version>
     <licenseversion>2.0+</licenseversion>
   </library>
-  <library>
-    <location>odbc.php</location>
-    <name>ODBC server/client</name>
-    <license>Public Domain</license>
-    <version></version>
-    <licenseversion></licenseversion>
-  </library>
   <library>
     <location>html2text.php</location>
     <name>HTML2Text</name>