diff --git a/lib/classes/phrasea.php b/lib/classes/phrasea.php
index 618a62a856..911cbb4663 100644
--- a/lib/classes/phrasea.php
+++ b/lib/classes/phrasea.php
@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@ class phrasea
     const CACHE_SBAS_FROM_BAS = 'sbas_from_bas';
     const CACHE_SBAS_PARAMS = 'sbas_params';
 
-    public static function is_scheduler_started(Application $app)
-    {
-        $retval = false;
-        $conn = connection::getPDOConnection($app);
-        $sql = 'SELECT schedstatus FROM sitepreff';
-
-        $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
-        $stmt->execute();
-        $row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-        $stmt->closeCursor();
-
-        if ($row && $row['schedstatus'] != 'stopped') {
-            $retval = true;
-        }
-
-        return $retval;
-    }
-
     public static function clear_sbas_params(Application $app)
     {
         self::$_sbas_params = null;
@@ -286,32 +268,4 @@ class phrasea
 
         return 'Unknown collection';
     }
-
-    public static function scheduler_key(Application $app, $renew = false)
-    {
-        $conn = connection::getPDOConnection($app);
-
-        $schedulerkey = false;
-
-        $sql = 'SELECT schedulerkey FROM sitepreff';
-
-        $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
-        $stmt->execute();
-        $row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-        $stmt->closeCursor();
-
-        if ($row) {
-            $schedulerkey = trim($row['schedulerkey']);
-        }
-
-        if ($renew === true || $schedulerkey == '') {
-            $schedulerkey = random::generatePassword(20);
-            $sql = 'UPDATE sitepreff SET schedulerkey = :scheduler_key';
-            $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
-            $stmt->execute(array(':scheduler_key' => $schedulerkey));
-            $stmt->closeCursor();
-        }
-
-        return $schedulerkey;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/conf.d/bases_structure.xml b/lib/conf.d/bases_structure.xml
index 6c96679081..fe093c9c22 100644
--- a/lib/conf.d/bases_structure.xml
+++ b/lib/conf.d/bases_structure.xml
@@ -2293,43 +2293,6 @@
             <default>0000-00-00 00:00:00</default>
             <comment></comment>
           </field>
-          <field>
-            <name>schedstatus</name>
-
-            <type>enum('stopped','stopping','started','tostop')</type>
-            <null></null>
-            <extra></extra>
-
-            <default>stopped</default>
-            <comment></comment>
-            <collation>ascii_bin</collation>
-          </field>
-          <field>
-            <name>schedqtime</name>
-            <type>datetime</type>
-            <null></null>
-            <extra></extra>
-            <default>0000-00-00 00:00:00</default>
-            <comment></comment>
-          </field>
-          <field>
-            <name>schedpid</name>
-            <type>int(11)</type>
-            <null>YES</null>
-            <extra></extra>
-
-
-            <default></default>
-            <comment></comment>
-          </field>
-          <field>
-            <name>schedulerkey</name>
-            <type>char(20)</type>
-            <null>YES</null>
-            <extra></extra>
-            <default></default>
-            <comment></comment>
-          </field>
         </fields>
         <indexes>
           <index>
@@ -2355,9 +2318,6 @@
             </data>
             <data key="version"></data>
             <data key="maj">0000-00-00</data>
-            <data key="schedstatus">stopped</data>
-            <data key="schedqtime"></data>
-            <data key="schedpid"></data>
           </default>
         </defaults>
         <engine>InnoDB</engine>