diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/session.php b/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
index e3dcd3a37f..4c911da894 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class session
 	*/
 	function session_create($user_id = false, $set_admin = false, $persist_login = false, $viewonline = true)
 	{
-		global $SID, $_SID, $db, $config, $cache, $phpbb_container, $phpbb_dispatcher;
+		global $db, $config, $cache, $phpbb_container, $phpbb_dispatcher;
 
 		$this->data = array();
 
@@ -697,8 +697,6 @@ class session
 					$db->sql_query($sql);
 				}
 
-				$SID = '?sid=';
-				$_SID = '';
 				return true;
 			}
 			else
@@ -791,8 +789,6 @@ class session
 		}
 
 		// refresh data
-		$SID = '?sid=' . $this->session_id;
-		$_SID = $this->session_id;
 		$this->data = array_merge($this->data, $sql_ary);
 
 		if (!$bot)
@@ -832,9 +828,6 @@ class session
 				SET user_lastvisit = ' . (int) $this->data['session_time'] . '
 				WHERE user_id = ' . (int) $this->data['user_id'];
 			$db->sql_query($sql);
-
-			$SID = '?sid=';
-			$_SID = '';
 		}
 
 		$session_data = $sql_ary;