diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index f1c895f90..793e639ec 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\ParseUrl;
 
 require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
-require_once 'include/tags.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'mod/share.php';
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index ccf98667c..76f166624 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Emailer;
 
 require_once 'include/enotify.php';
-require_once 'include/tags.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 9a2f9fd93..6c717875a 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/acl_selectors.php';
 require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 require_once 'include/security.php';
-require_once 'include/tags.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 
 function photos_init(App $a) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index bf0cc3cb3..2d1bad246 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use dba;
 use Text_LanguageDetect;
 
 require_once 'boot.php';
-require_once 'include/tags.php';
 require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 416467213..607a81b72 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ require_once 'include/dba.php';
 require_once "include/enotify.php";
 require_once "include/threads.php";
 require_once "include/items.php";
-require_once "include/tags.php";
 require_once "include/event.php";
 require_once "include/text.php";
 require_once "include/html2bbcode.php";
diff --git a/src/Worker/TagUpdate.php b/src/Worker/TagUpdate.php
index 2fa6e4456..fa3079731 100644
--- a/src/Worker/TagUpdate.php
+++ b/src/Worker/TagUpdate.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Worker;
 
-require_once("include/tags.php");
-
 class TagUpdate
 {
 	public static function execute()