diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index eeae7c356e..7f8accc526 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -1702,13 +1702,12 @@ function PMA_localisedDate($timestamp = -1, $format = '')
  *
  * @param array  $tab        array with all options
  * @param array  $url_params
- * @param string $base_dir
  *
  * @return string  html code for one tab, a link if valid otherwise a span
  *
  * @access  public
  */
-function PMA_generate_html_tab($tab, $url_params = array(), $base_dir = '')
+function PMA_generate_html_tab($tab, $url_params = array())
 {
     // default values
     $defaults = array(
@@ -1806,20 +1805,17 @@ function PMA_generate_html_tab($tab, $url_params = array(), $base_dir = '')
  *
  * @param array  $tabs       one element per tab
  * @param string $url_params
- * @param string $base_dir
  * @param string $menu_id
  *
  * @return string  html-code for tab-navigation
  */
-function PMA_generate_html_tabs($tabs, $url_params, $base_dir = '',
-    $menu_id = 'topmenu'
-) {
+function PMA_generate_html_tabs($tabs, $url_params, $menu_id = 'topmenu') {
     $tab_navigation = '<div id="' . htmlentities($menu_id)
         . 'container" class="menucontainer">'
         .'<ul id="' . htmlentities($menu_id) . '">';
 
     foreach ($tabs as $tab) {
-        $tab_navigation .= PMA_generate_html_tab($tab, $url_params, $base_dir);
+        $tab_navigation .= PMA_generate_html_tab($tab, $url_params);
     }
 
     $tab_navigation .=
diff --git a/tbl_select.php b/tbl_select.php
index 5109479086..3504984068 100644
--- a/tbl_select.php
+++ b/tbl_select.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ $url_params = array();
 $url_params['db']    = $db;
 $url_params['table'] = $table;
 
-echo PMA_generate_html_tabs(PMA_tbl_getSubTabs(), $url_params, '', 'topmenu2');
+echo PMA_generate_html_tabs(PMA_tbl_getSubTabs(), $url_params, 'topmenu2');
 
 ?>
 
diff --git a/tbl_zoom_select.php b/tbl_zoom_select.php
index 41726f8537..f3b3495310 100644
--- a/tbl_zoom_select.php
+++ b/tbl_zoom_select.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if (! isset($zoom_submit) && ! isset($inputs)) {
 $url_params = array();
 $url_params['db']    = $db;
 $url_params['table'] = $table;
-echo PMA_generate_html_tabs(PMA_tbl_getSubTabs(), $url_params, '', 'topmenu2');
+echo PMA_generate_html_tabs(PMA_tbl_getSubTabs(), $url_params, 'topmenu2');
 
 /**
  *  Set the field name,type,collation and whether null on select of a coulmn
diff --git a/test/theme.php b/test/theme.php
index 051b1ed03d..360c682688 100644
--- a/test/theme.php
+++ b/test/theme.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $tabs['import']['link'] = 'server_import.php';
 $tabs['import']['text'] = 'active';
 $tabs['import']['class'] = 'active';
 
-echo PMA_generate_html_tabs($tabs, array(), '../../../../');
+echo PMA_generate_html_tabs($tabs, array());
 unset($tabs);
 
 if (@file_exists($pmaThemeImage . 'logo_right.png')) {