diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php
index f9e374a7254..6f887739a0e 100644
--- a/mod/forum/lib.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lib.php
@@ -7005,27 +7005,6 @@ function forum_get_post_actions() {
     return array('add discussion','add post','delete discussion','delete post','move discussion','prune post','update post');
 }
 
-/**
- * this function returns all the separate forum ids, given a courseid
- *
- * @global object
- * @global object
- * @param int $courseid
- * @return array
- */
-function forum_get_separate_modules($courseid) {
-
-    global $CFG,$DB;
-    $forummodule = $DB->get_record("modules", array("name" => "forum"));
-
-    $sql = 'SELECT f.id, f.id FROM {forum} f, {course_modules} cm WHERE
-           f.id = cm.instance AND cm.module =? AND cm.visible = 1 AND cm.course = ?
-           AND cm.groupmode ='.SEPARATEGROUPS;
-
-    return $DB->get_records_sql($sql, array($forummodule->id, $courseid));
-
-}
-
 /**
  * @global object
  * @global object