diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index ac8fb6302..764dea10e 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -1710,18 +1710,6 @@
 			$url = key($feedUrls);
 		}
 
-		/* libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
-		$doc = new DOMDocument();
-		$doc->loadXML($contents);
-		$error = libxml_get_last_error();
-		libxml_clear_errors();
-
-		if ($error) {
-			$error_message = format_libxml_error($error);
-
-			return array("code" => 6, "message" => $error_message);
-		} */
-
 		if ($cat_id == "0" || !$cat_id) {
 			$cat_qpart = "NULL";
 		} else {
diff --git a/include/functions2.php b/include/functions2.php
index deeaaf210..69f447e8c 100644
--- a/include/functions2.php
+++ b/include/functions2.php
@@ -2404,9 +2404,4 @@
 		return LABEL_BASE_INDEX - 1 + abs($feed);
 	}
 
-	function format_libxml_error($error) {
-		return T_sprintf("LibXML error %s at line %d (column %d): %s",
-				$error->code, $error->line, $error->column,
-				$error->message);
-	}
 ?>