diff --git a/libraries/replication.inc.php b/libraries/replication.inc.php
index 0b468fefc0..467b3d5416 100644
--- a/libraries/replication.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/replication.inc.php
@@ -304,126 +304,4 @@ function PMA_replication_master_replicated_dbs($link = null)
 
     return $link;
 }
-/**
- * This function provides synchronization of structure and data
- * between two mysql servers.
- *
- * @param string $db       name of database, which should be synchronized
- * @param mixed  $src_link link of source server,
- *                         note: if the server is current PMA server, use null
- * @param mixed  $trg_link link of target server,
- *                         note: if the server is current PMA server, use null
- * @param bool   $data     if true, then data will be copied as well
- *
- * @return void
- *
- * @todo improve code sharing between the function and synchronization
- */
-
-function PMA_replication_synchronize_db($db, $src_link, $trg_link, $data = true)
-{
-    $src_db = $trg_db = $db;
-
-    $src_tables = PMA_DBI_get_tables($src_db, $src_link);
-
-    $trg_tables = PMA_DBI_get_tables($trg_db, $trg_link);
-
-    /**
-     * initializing arrays to save table names
-     */
-    $source_tables_uncommon = array();
-    $target_tables_uncommon = array();
-    $matching_tables = array();
-    $matching_tables_num = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Criterion for matching tables is just their names.
-     * Finding the uncommon tables for the source database
-     * BY comparing the matching tables with all the tables in the source database
-     */
-    PMA_getMatchingTables($trg_tables, $src_tables, $matching_tables, $source_tables_uncommon);
-
-    /**
-     * Finding the uncommon tables for the target database
-     * BY comparing the matching tables with all the tables in the target database
-     */
-    PMA_getNonMatchingTargetTables($trg_tables, $matching_tables, $target_tables_uncommon);
-
-    /**
-     *
-     * Comparing Data In the Matching Tables
-     * It is assumed that the matching tables are structurally
-     * and typely exactly the same
-     */
-    $fields_num = array();
-    $matching_tables_fields = array();
-    $matching_tables_keys   = array();
-    $insert_array = array(array(array()));
-    $update_array = array(array(array()));
-    $delete_array = array();
-    $row_count = array();
-    $uncommon_tables_fields = array();
-    $matching_tables_num = sizeof($matching_tables);
-
-    for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($matching_tables); $i++) {
-        PMA_dataDiffInTables(
-            $src_db, $trg_db, $src_link, $trg_link, $matching_tables,
-            $matching_tables_fields, $update_array, $insert_array,
-            $delete_array, $fields_num, $i, $matching_tables_keys
-        );
-    }
-    for ($j = 0; $j < sizeof($source_tables_uncommon); $j++) {
-        PMA_dataDiffInUncommonTables($source_tables_uncommon, $src_db, $src_link, $j, $row_count);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURE DIFFERENCE CODE
-     *
-     */
-    $source_columns = array();
-    $target_columns = array();
-    $alter_str_array = array(array());
-    $add_column_array = array(array());
-    $uncommon_columns = array();
-    $target_tables_keys = array();
-    $source_indexes = array();
-    $target_indexes = array();
-    $add_indexes_array = array();
-    $alter_indexes_array = array();
-    $remove_indexes_array = array();
-    $criteria = array('Field', 'Type', 'Null', 'Collation', 'Key', 'Default', 'Comment');
-
-    for ($counter = 0; $counter < $matching_tables_num; $counter++) {
-        PMA_structureDiffInTables(
-            $src_db, $trg_db, $src_link, $trg_link, $matching_tables,
-            $source_columns, $target_columns, $alter_str_array, $add_column_array,
-            $uncommon_columns, $criteria, $target_tables_keys, $counter
-        );
-
-        PMA_indexesDiffInTables(
-            $src_db, $trg_db, $src_link, $trg_link, $matching_tables,
-            $source_indexes, $target_indexes, $add_indexes_array,
-            $alter_indexes_array, $remove_indexes_array, $counter
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Generating Create Table query for all the non-matching tables present
-     * in Source but not in Target and populating tables.
-     */
-    for ($q = 0; $q < sizeof($source_tables_uncommon); $q++) {
-        if (isset($source_tables_uncommon[$q])) {
-            PMA_createTargetTables(
-                $src_db, $trg_db, $src_link, $trg_link, $source_tables_uncommon,
-                $q, $uncommon_tables_fields, false
-            );
-        }
-        if (isset($row_count[$q]) && $data) {
-            PMA_populateTargetTables(
-                $src_db, $trg_db, $src_link, $trg_link, $source_tables_uncommon,
-                $q, $uncommon_tables_fields, false
-            );
-        }
-    }
-}
 ?>