diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/TaskManager/Job/FtpJob.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/TaskManager/Job/FtpJob.php
index 6876c478da..d382d301f1 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/TaskManager/Job/FtpJob.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/TaskManager/Job/FtpJob.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class FtpJob extends AbstractJob
                         }
                     }
 
-                    $current_folder = \p4string::delEndSlash(str_replace('//', '/', $basefolder . $exportElement->getFolder()));
+                    $current_folder = rtrim(str_replace('//', '/', $basefolder . $exportElement->getFolder()), '/');
 
                     if ($ftp_client->pwd() != $current_folder) {
                         try {
diff --git a/lib/classes/p4string.php b/lib/classes/p4string.php
index 8c88326e1d..8f5f6680be 100644
--- a/lib/classes/p4string.php
+++ b/lib/classes/p4string.php
@@ -11,47 +11,6 @@
 
 class p4string
 {
-
-    public static function addFirstSlash($path)
-    {
-        if ($path == "") {
-            return("./");
-        }
-
-        $c = substr($path, 0, 1);
-
-        if ($c != "/" && $c != "\\") {
-            return "/" . $path;
-        }
-
-        return($path);
-    }
-
-    public static function delFirstSlash($path)
-    {
-        if ($path == "/" || $path == "\\") {
-            return("");
-        }
-
-        $c = substr($path, 0, 1);
-
-        if ($c == "/" || $c == "\\") {
-            return substr($path, 1, strlen($path));
-        }
-
-        $c = substr($path, 0, 2);
-
-        if ($c == "\\") {
-            return substr($path, 2, strlen($path) - 1);
-        }
-
-        if ($path == "") {
-            return "./";
-        }
-
-        return($path);
-    }
-
     public static function addEndSlash($path)
     {
         if ($path == "") {
@@ -67,30 +26,6 @@ class p4string
         return $path;
     }
 
-    public static function delEndSlash($path)
-    {
-        if ($path == "/" || $path == "\\") {
-            return("");
-        }
-
-        $c = substr($path, -1, 1);
-
-        if ($c == "/" || $c == "\\") {
-            $path = substr($path, 0, strlen($path) - 1);
-        }
-
-        if ($path == "") {
-            $path = ".";
-        }
-
-        return($path);
-    }
-
-    public static function cleanTags($string)
-    {
-        return strip_tags($string); //, '<p><a><b><i><div><ul><ol><li><br>');
-    }
-
     /**
      * deprecated
      *
diff --git a/tests/classes/p4stringTest.php b/tests/classes/p4stringTest.php
index f7f531d02d..ea418c5d8c 100644
--- a/tests/classes/p4stringTest.php
+++ b/tests/classes/p4stringTest.php
@@ -2,39 +2,6 @@
 
 class p4stringTest extends \PhraseanetTestCase
 {
-
-    public function testAddFirstSlash()
-    {
-        $string = '';
-        $this->assertEquals('./', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '/';
-        $this->assertEquals('/', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '//';
-        $this->assertEquals('//', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('\\', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('\\\\', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = 'alalal';
-        $this->assertEquals('/alalal', p4string::addFirstSlash($string));
-    }
-
-    public function testDelFirstSlash()
-    {
-        $string = '';
-        $this->assertEquals('./', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '/';
-        $this->assertEquals('', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '//';
-        $this->assertEquals('/', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('\\', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-        $string = '/alalal/';
-        $this->assertEquals('alalal/', p4string::delFirstSlash($string));
-    }
-
     public function testAddEndSlash()
     {
         $string = '';
@@ -51,30 +18,6 @@ class p4stringTest extends \PhraseanetTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('/alalal/', p4string::addEndSlash($string));
     }
 
-    public function testDelEndSlash()
-    {
-        $string = '';
-        $this->assertEquals('.', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-        $string = '/';
-        $this->assertEquals('', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-        $string = '//';
-        $this->assertEquals('/', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-        $string = '\\\\';
-        $this->assertEquals('\\', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-        $string = '/alalal/';
-        $this->assertEquals('/alalal', p4string::delEndSlash($string));
-    }
-
-    public function testCleanTags()
-    {
-        $string = ' yuh i jkn lkk jk ';
-        $this->assertEquals($string, p4string::cleanTags($string));
-        $stringb = ' <a>yuh i jkn lkk jk</a> ';
-        $this->assertEquals($string, p4string::cleanTags($stringb));
-    }
-
     public function testJSstring()
     {
         $this->assertEquals('babébibobu & marcel \'\"', p4string::JSstring('babébibobu & marcel \'"'));