diff --git a/horde/lib/core.php b/horde/lib/core.php
index cec7ebfb401..0d172866310 100644
--- a/horde/lib/core.php
+++ b/horde/lib/core.php
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
     exit('Register globals is enabled. Exiting.');
 }
 
-/* Translation: Horde uses r() to allow a string to be identified as a
- * translatable string to the gettext extraction script, but no translation
- * is done. */
-if (!function_exists('r')) {
-    function r($msg) { return $msg; }
-}
-
 $dirname = __DIR__;
 
 if (!defined('HORDE_BASE')) {