diff --git a/apps/contacts/ajax/cleanupphoto.php b/apps/contacts/ajax/cleanupphoto.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bb4bd65846def82f93edb02281fef221440b4c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/apps/contacts/ajax/cleanupphoto.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * ownCloud - Addressbook
- *
- * @author Thomas Tanghus
- * @copyright 2012 Thomas Tanghus <thomas@tanghus.net>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-// Check if we are a user
-OCP\JSON::checkLoggedIn();
-OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('contacts');
-
-$tmp_path = isset($_POST['tmp_path']) ? $_POST['tmp_path'] : '';
-
-// give some time to save the photo
-sleep(5);
-
-if($tmp_path != '' && file_exists($tmp_path) && !is_dir($tmp_path) && dirname($tmp_path)==get_temp_dir()) {
-	unlink($tmp_path);
-	OCP\JSON::success();
-	exit();
-} else {
-	error_log('Couldn\'t find: '.$tmp_path);
-	OCP\JSON::error();
-}
diff --git a/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js b/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
index 8b9a80c95200af255a90e8665af3b95d5edd321b..458c9ab8fc45676de9d4d3dfb49cada19dc39c29 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
+++ b/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
@@ -135,13 +135,7 @@ Contacts={
 			
 			/* Initialize the photo edit dialog */
 			$('#edit_photo_dialog').dialog({ 
-				autoOpen: false, 
-				modal: true, 
-				height: 'auto', width: 'auto',
-				beforeClose: function(event, ui) {
-					Contacts.UI.Card.cleanupPhoto(this);
-					return true;
-				}
+				autoOpen: false, modal: true, height: 'auto', width: 'auto'
 			});
 			$('#edit_photo_dialog' ).dialog( 'option', 'buttons', [
 				{
@@ -1199,15 +1193,6 @@ Contacts={
 				});
 				Contacts.UI.Contacts.refreshThumbnail(this.id);
 			},
-			cleanupPhoto:function(){
-				var tmp_path = $('#cropform').find('#tmp_path').val();
-				console.log('Trying to remove: ' + tmp_path);
-				$.post(OC.filePath('contacts', 'ajax', 'cleanupphoto.php'), {tmp_path: tmp_path}, function(data){
-					if(data.status != 'success'){
-						console.log('Error deleting ' + tmp_path);
-					}
-				});
-			},
 			addMail:function() {
 				//alert('addMail');
 				$('#emaillist li.template:first-child').clone(true).appendTo($('#emaillist')).show().find('a .tip').tipsy();