diff --git a/lib/private/repair.php b/lib/private/repair.php
index d9fd99707e8f2c5a59de352c6b52f29c82317b03..101af66e3046471a54f057e3222abe8dbef1e077 100644
--- a/lib/private/repair.php
+++ b/lib/private/repair.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use OC\Hooks\Emitter;
 use OC\Repair\AssetCache;
 use OC\Repair\CleanTags;
 use OC\Repair\Collation;
+use OC\Repair\DropOldTables;
 use OC\Repair\FillETags;
 use OC\Repair\InnoDB;
 use OC\Repair\RepairConfig;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class Repair extends BasicEmitter {
 			new AssetCache(),
 			new FillETags(\OC_DB::getConnection()),
 			new CleanTags(\OC_DB::getConnection()),
+			new DropOldTables(\OC_DB::getConnection()),
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php b/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00d2a1bfab9a5a6c4eb387489ef8b9e78cebe3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Joas Schilling
+ * @copyright 2015 Joas Schilling nickvergessen@owncloud.com
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Repair;
+
+
+use OC\DB\Connection;
+use OC\Hooks\BasicEmitter;
+use OC\RepairStep;
+
+class DropOldTables extends BasicEmitter implements RepairStep {
+
+	/** @var Connection */
+	protected $connection;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Connection $connection
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Connection $connection) {
+		$this->connection = $connection;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the step's name
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getName() {
+		return 'Drop old database tables';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Run repair step.
+	 * Must throw exception on error.
+	 *
+	 * @throws \Exception in case of failure
+	 */
+	public function run() {
+		foreach ($this->oldDatabaseTables() as $tableName) {
+			if ($this->connection->tableExists($tableName)){
+				$this->emit('\OC\Repair', 'info', [
+					sprintf('Table %s has been deleted', $tableName)
+				]);
+				$this->connection->dropTable($tableName);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of outdated tables which are not used anymore
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function oldDatabaseTables() {
+		return [
+			'calendar_calendars',
+			'calendar_objects',
+			'calendar_share_calendar',
+			'calendar_share_event',
+			'foldersize',
+			'fscache',
+			'locks',
+			'log',
+			'media_albums',
+			'media_artists',
+			'media_sessions',
+			'media_songs',
+			'media_users',
+			'permissions',
+			'pictures_images_cache',
+			'queuedtasks',
+			'sharing',
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php b/tests/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..244d883794919533a01b6ba7316d03db44f1481a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/repair/dropoldtables.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Joas Schilling <nickvergessen@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+namespace Test\Repair;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the dropping old tables
+ *
+ * @see \OC\Repair\DropOldTables
+ */
+class DropOldTables extends \Test\TestCase {
+	/** @var \OCP\IDBConnection */
+	protected $connection;
+
+	protected function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
+		$manager = new \OC\DB\MDB2SchemaManager($this->connection);
+		$manager->createDbFromStructure(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/dropoldtables.xml');
+	}
+
+	public function testRun() {
+		$this->assertFalse($this->connection->tableExists('sharing'), 'Asserting that the table oc_sharing does not exist before repairing');
+		$this->assertTrue($this->connection->tableExists('permissions'), 'Asserting that the table oc_permissions does exist before repairing');
+
+		$repair = new \OC\Repair\DropOldTables($this->connection);
+		$repair->run();
+
+		$this->assertFalse($this->connection->tableExists('sharing'), 'Asserting that the table oc_sharing does not exist after repairing');
+		$this->assertFalse($this->connection->tableExists('permissions'), 'Asserting that the table oc_permissions does not exist after repairing');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/repair/fixtures/dropoldtables.xml b/tests/lib/repair/fixtures/dropoldtables.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c42a8f90a76288185d66a5cc3cab4bd1d1872b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/repair/fixtures/dropoldtables.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<database>
+
+	<name>*dbname*</name>
+	<create>true</create>
+	<overwrite>false</overwrite>
+
+	<charset>utf8</charset>
+
+	<table>
+
+		<name>*dbprefix*permissions</name>
+
+		<declaration>
+			<field>
+				<name>textfield</name>
+				<type>text</type>
+				<default>foo</default>
+				<notnull>true</notnull>
+				<length>32</length>
+			</field>
+		</declaration>
+	</table>
+</database>