diff --git a/core/backup/backup.php b/core/backup/backup.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f65791dc8..0000000000
--- a/core/backup/backup.php
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@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
-	FusionPBX
-	Version: MPL 1.1
-
-	The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-	1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-	the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-	http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-
-	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-	WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-	for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-	License.
-
-	The Original Code is FusionPBX
-
-	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-	Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2012
-	the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
-
-	Contributor(s):
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-*/
-include "root.php";
-require_once "resources/require.php";
-require_once "resources/check_auth.php";
-
-if (if_group("superadmin")) {
-
-	$fh = fopen($db_file_path.'/'.$dbfilename, 'r+b');
-	$contents = fread($fh, filesize($db_file_path.'/'.$dbfilename));
-
-	header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$dbfilename");
-	header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
-	header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
-	header("Content-Length: ".strlen($contents));
-	header("Pragma: no-cache");
-	header("Expires: 0");
-
-	echo $contents;
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/core/backup/backupandrestore.php b/core/backup/backupandrestore.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fb7dd7454..0000000000
--- a/core/backup/backupandrestore.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
-	FusionPBX
-	Version: MPL 1.1
-
-	The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-	1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-	the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-	http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-
-	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-	WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-	for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-	License.
-
-	The Original Code is FusionPBX
-
-	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-	Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2012
-	the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
-
-	Contributor(s):
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-*/
-include "root.php";
-require_once "resources/require.php";
-require_once "resources/check_auth.php";
-
-if (if_group("superadmin")) {
-
-	echo "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n";
-	echo "<tr>\n";
-	echo "	<th colspan='2' align='left'>Backup</th>\n";
-	echo "</tr>\n";
-	echo "<tr>\n";
-	echo "	<td width='20%' class=\"vncell\" style='text-align: left;'>\n";
-	echo "	<a href='".PROJECT_PATH."/core/backup/backup.php'>download</a>	\n";
-	echo "	</td>\n";
-	echo "	<td class=\"row_style1\">\n";
-	echo "	<br />\n";
-	echo "To backup your application click on the download link and then choose  \n";
-	echo "a safe location on your computer to save the file. You may want to \n";
-	echo "save the backup to more than one computer to prevent the backup from being lost. \n";
-	echo "	<br />\n";
-	echo "	<br />\n";
-	echo "	</td>\n";
-	echo "</tr>\n";
-	echo "</table>\n";
-	echo "\n";
-
-	echo "<span  class=\"\" ><strong></strong></span><br>\n";
-	echo "<br>";
-	echo "<br><br>";
-
-	/*
-	echo "<span  class=\"\" >Restore Application</span><br>\n";
-	echo "<div class='borderlight' style='padding:10px;'>\n";
-	//Browse to  Backup File
-	echo "Click on 'Browse' then locate and select the application backup file named '.bak'.  \n";
-	echo "Then click on 'Restore.' \n";
-	echo "<br><br>";
-
-	echo "<div align='center'>";
-	echo "<form name='frmrestore' method='post' action='restore2.php'>";
-	echo "	<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>";
-	echo "	<tr>\n";
-	echo "		<td class='' colspan='2' nowrap align='left'>\n";
-	echo "          <table width='200'><tr>";
-	echo "			<td><input type='file' class='frm' onChange='frmrestore.fileandpath.value = frmrestore.filename.value;' style='font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px;' name='filename'></td>";
-	echo "          <td>";
-	echo "			<input type='hidden' name='fileandpath' value=''>\n";
-	echo "			<input type='submit' class='btn' value='Restore'>\n";
-	echo "          </td>";
-	echo "          </tr></table>";
-	echo "		</td>\n";
-	echo "	</tr>\n";
-	echo "	</table>\n";
-	echo "</form>\n";
-	echo "</div>";
-
-	echo "</div>";
-	*/
-
- }
-
-?>
diff --git a/core/backup/root.php b/core/backup/root.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b882438ea..0000000000
--- a/core/backup/root.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
-	FusionPBX
-	Version: MPL 1.1
-
-	The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-	1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-	the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-	http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-
-	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-	WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-	for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-	License.
-
-	The Original Code is FusionPBX
-
-	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-	Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2012
-	the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
-
-	Contributor(s):
-	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-*/
-
-// make sure the PATH_SEPARATOR is defined
-	if (!defined("PATH_SEPARATOR")) {
-		if ( strpos( $_ENV[ "OS" ], "Win" ) !== false ) { define("PATH_SEPARATOR", ";"); } else { define("PATH_SEPARATOR", ":"); }
-	}
-
-// make sure the document_root is set
-	$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] = str_replace("\\", "/", $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
-	$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] = str_replace($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"], "", $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
-	$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] = realpath($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
-	//echo "DOCUMENT_ROOT: ".$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."<br />\n";
-	//echo "PHP_SELF: ".$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]."<br />\n";
-	//echo "SCRIPT_FILENAME: ".$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]."<br />\n";
-
-// if the project directory exists then add it to the include path otherwise add the document root to the include path
-	if (is_dir($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/fusionpbx')){
-		if(!defined('PROJECT_PATH')) { define('PROJECT_PATH', '/fusionpbx'); }
-		set_include_path( get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/fusionpbx' );
-	}
-	else {
-		if(!defined('PROJECT_PATH')) { define('PROJECT_PATH', ''); }
-		set_include_path( get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );
-	}
-
-?>
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