diff --git a/html/includes/functions.inc.php b/html/includes/functions.inc.php
index 3502ded2f7..b11033b78f 100644
--- a/html/includes/functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/functions.inc.php
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-include("../includes/alerts.inc.php");
-
 function data_uri($file, $mime)
 {
   $contents = file_get_contents($file);