diff --git a/src/helpers.php b/src/helpers.php
index 50c895a..8ced2e4 100644
--- a/src/helpers.php
+++ b/src/helpers.php
@@ -150,48 +150,6 @@ function proxify_url($url, $base_url = ''){
 	return app_url().'?q='.url_encrypt($url);
 }
 
-function vid_player($url, $width, $height, $extension = false){
-
-	$path = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH);
-	
-	$html5 = false;
-	
-	if($path){
-	
-		$extension = $extension ? $extension : pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-		
-		if($extension == 'mp4' || $extension == 'webm' || $extension == 'ogg'){
-			$html5 = true;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	// this better be an absolute url
-	$video_url = proxify_url($url);
-
-	if($html5){
-	
-		$html = '<video width="100%" height="100%" controls autoplay>
-			<source src="'.$video_url.'" type="video/'.$extension.'">
-			Your browser does not support the video tag.
-		</video>';
-		
-	} else {
-	
-		// encode before embedding it into player's parameters
-		$video_url = rawurlencode($video_url);
-	
-		$html = '<object id="flowplayer" width="'.$width.'" height="'.$height.'" data="//releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer-3.2.18.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
- 	 
-       	<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
-		<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
-        <param name="flashvars" value=\'config={"clip":"'.$video_url.'", "plugins": {"controls": {"autoHide" : false} }}\' />
-		
-		</object>';
-	}
-	
-	return $html;
-}
-
 function rel2abs($rel, $base)
 {
 	if (strpos($rel, "//") === 0) {