diff --git a/xmlrpc.php b/xmlrpc.php
index 7e330fcc2..575bba9dc 100644
--- a/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/xmlrpc.php
@@ -61,30 +61,6 @@ function starify($string) {
 logIO("I", $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
 
 
-function mkdir_p($target) {
-	// from php.net/mkdir user contributed notes 
-	if (file_exists($target)) {
-	  if (!is_dir($target)) {
-	    return false;
-	  } else {
-	    return true;
-	  }
-	}
-
-	// Attempting to create the directory may clutter up our display.
-	if (@mkdir($target)) {
-	  return true;
-	}
-
-	// If the above failed, attempt to create the parent node, then try again.
-	if (mkdir_p(dirname($target))) {
-	  return mkdir_p($target);
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-
 class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 
 	function wp_xmlrpc_server() {