diff --git a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 512b774acd..0000000000
--- a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision$ -->
-<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ibase-timefmt">
- <refnamediv>
-  <refname>ibase_timefmt</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Sets the format of timestamp, date and time type columns returned from queries</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- 
- <refsect1 role="description">
-  &reftitle.description;
-  <methodsynopsis>
-   <type>bool</type><methodname>ibase_timefmt</methodname>
-   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
-   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>columntype</parameter><initializer>IBASE_TIMESTAMP</initializer></methodparam>
-  </methodsynopsis>
-  <para>
-   Sets the format of timestamp, date or time type columns returned from
-   queries.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-   You can set defaults for these formats with the PHP configuration
-   directives <literal>ibase.timestampformat</literal>, 
-   <literal>ibase.dateformat</literal> and
-   <literal>ibase.timeformat</literal>.
-  </para>
-  <note>
-   <para>
-    This function has been removed from PHP 5, use
-    <function>ini_set</function> instead.
-   </para>
-  </note>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 role="parameters">
-  &reftitle.parameters;
-  <para>
-   <variablelist>
-    <varlistentry>
-     <term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Internally, the columns are formatted by c-function strftime(), so
-       refer to its documentation regarding to the format of the string. 
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-    <varlistentry>
-     <term><parameter>columntype</parameter></term>
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       <parameter>columntype</parameter> is one of the constants
-       <constant>IBASE_TIMESTAMP</constant>, <constant>IBASE_DATE</constant>
-       and <constant>IBASE_TIME</constant>. If omitted, defaults to
-       <constant>IBASE_TIMESTAMP</constant> for backwards compatibility.
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-   </variablelist>
-  </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
-  &reftitle.returnvalues;
-  <para>
-   &return.success;
-  </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 role="examples">
-  &reftitle.examples;
-  <para>
-   <example>
-    <title><function>ibase_timefmt</function> example</title>
-    <programlisting role="php">
-<![CDATA[
-<?php
-/* InterBase 6 TIME-type columns will be returned in
- * the form '05 hours 37 minutes'. */
-ibase_timefmt("%H hours %M minutes", IBASE_TIME);
-?>
-]]>
-    </programlisting>
-   </example>
-  </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>
-
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diff --git a/reference/ibase/versions.xml b/reference/ibase/versions.xml
index b9d12e6884..ca83e586da 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/versions.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/versions.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
  <function name='ibase_service_attach' from='PHP 5'/>
  <function name='ibase_service_detach' from='PHP 5'/>
  <function name='ibase_set_event_handler' from='PHP 5'/>
- <function name='ibase_timefmt' from='PHP 5'/>
  <function name='ibase_trans' from='PHP 5'/>
  <function name='ibase_wait_event' from='PHP 5'/>
 </versions>