diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index e7ca51740c6d1d298bf0ea886120c1685df19787..f01e1f5be6c18012d46f4f18f9fc6542bd1cd5f6 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ class OC{
 	 * Assoziative array for autoloading. classname => filename
 	 */
 	public static $CLASSPATH = array();
-	/**
-	 * $_SERVER['DOCUMENTROOT'] but without symlinks
-	 */
-	public static $DOCUMENTROOT = '';
 	/**
 	 * The installation path for owncloud on the server (e.g. /srv/http/owncloud)
 	 */
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ class OC{
 	/**
 	 * the current request path relative to the owncloud root (e.g. files/index.php)
 	 */
-	public static $SUBURI = '';
+	private static $SUBURI = '';
 	/**
 	 * the owncloud root path for http requests (e.g. owncloud/)
 	 */
@@ -122,7 +118,7 @@ class OC{
 
 	public static function initPaths(){
 		// calculate the documentroot
-		OC::$DOCUMENTROOT=realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
+		$DOCUMENTROOT=realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
 		OC::$SERVERROOT=str_replace("\\",'/',substr(__FILE__,0,-13));
 		OC::$SUBURI=substr(realpath($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]),strlen(OC::$SERVERROOT));
 		$scriptName=$_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"];
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ class OC{
 		}
                 OC::$WEBROOT=substr($scriptName,0,strlen($scriptName)-strlen(OC::$SUBURI));
 		// try a new way to detect the WEBROOT which is simpler and also works with the app directory outside the owncloud folder. let´s see if this works for everybody
-//		OC::$WEBROOT=substr(OC::$SERVERROOT,strlen(OC::$DOCUMENTROOT));
+//		OC::$WEBROOT=substr(OC::$SERVERROOT,strlen($DOCUMENTROOT));
 
 
 		if(OC::$WEBROOT!='' and OC::$WEBROOT[0]!=='/'){