diff --git a/inc/anti-bot.php b/inc/anti-bot.php
index 326628af..6f684c55 100644
--- a/inc/anti-bot.php
+++ b/inc/anti-bot.php
@@ -1,199 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
 /*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Tinyboard Development Group
+ *  Anti-bot.php has been deprecated and removed due to its functions not being necessary and being easily bypassable, by both customized and uncustomized spambots.
  */
-
-defined('TINYBOARD') or exit;
-
-class AntiBot {
-	public $salt;
-	public $inputs = [];
-	public $index = 0;
-
-	public static function randomString($length, $uppercase = false, $special_chars = false, $unicode_chars = false) {
-		$chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
-		if ($uppercase) {
-			$chars .= 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
-		}
-		if ($special_chars) {
-			$chars .= ' ~!@#$%^&*()_+,./;\'[]\\{}|:<>?=-` ';
-		}
-		if ($unicode_chars) {
-			$len = strlen($chars) / 10;
-			for ($n = 0; $n < $len; $n++) {
-				$chars .= mb_convert_encoding('&#' . mt_rand(0x2600, 0x26FF) . ';', 'UTF-8', 'HTML-ENTITIES');
-			}
-		}
-
-		$chars = preg_split('//u', $chars, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
-
-		$ch = [];
-
-		// fill up $ch until we reach $length
-		while (count($ch) < $length) {
-			$n = $length - count($ch);
-			$keys = array_rand($chars, $n > count($chars) ? count($chars) : $n);
-			if ($n == 1) {
-				$ch[] = $chars[$keys];
-				break;
-			}
-			shuffle($keys);
-			foreach ($keys as $key) {
-				$ch[] = $chars[$key];
-			}
-		}
-
-		$chars = $ch;
-
-		return implode('', $chars);
-	}
-
-	public static function make_confusing($string) {
-		$chars = preg_split('//u', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
-
-		foreach ($chars as &$c) {
-			if (mt_rand(0, 3) != 0) {
-				$c = utf8tohtml($c);
-			} else {
-				$c = mb_encode_numericentity($c, [ 0, 0xffff, 0, 0xffff ], 'UTF-8');
-			}
-		}
-
-		return implode('', $chars);
-	}
-
-	public function __construct(array $salt = []) {
-		global $config;
-
-		if (!empty($salt)) {
-			// Create a salted hash of the "extra salt"
-			$this->salt = implode(':', $salt);
-		} else {
-			$this->salt = '';
-		}
-
-		shuffle($config['spam']['hidden_input_names']);
-
-		$input_count = mt_rand($config['spam']['hidden_inputs_min'], $config['spam']['hidden_inputs_max']);
-		$hidden_input_names_x = 0;
-
-		for ($x = 0; $x < $input_count ; $x++) {
-			if ($hidden_input_names_x === false || mt_rand(0, 2) == 0) {
-				// Use an obscure name
-				$name = $this->randomString(mt_rand(10, 40), false, false, $config['spam']['unicode']);
-			} else {
-				// Use a pre-defined confusing name
-				$name = $config['spam']['hidden_input_names'][$hidden_input_names_x++];
-				if ($hidden_input_names_x >= count($config['spam']['hidden_input_names'])) {
-					$hidden_input_names_x = false;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (mt_rand(0, 2) == 0) {
-				// Value must be null
-				$this->inputs[$name] = '';
-			} elseif (mt_rand(0, 4) == 0) {
-				// Numeric value
-				$this->inputs[$name] = (string)mt_rand(0, 100000);
-			} else {
-				// Obscure value
-				$this->inputs[$name] = $this->randomString(mt_rand(5, 100), true, true, $config['spam']['unicode']);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	public static function space() {
-		if (mt_rand(0, 3) != 0) {
-			return ' ';
-		}
-		return str_repeat(' ', mt_rand(1, 3));
-	}
-
-	public function html($count = false) {
-		$elements = [
-			'<input type="hidden" name="%name%" value="%value%">',
-			'<input type="hidden" value="%value%" name="%name%">',
-			'<input name="%name%" value="%value%" type="hidden">',
-			'<input value="%value%" name="%name%" type="hidden">',
-			'<input style="display:none" type="text" name="%name%" value="%value%">',
-			'<input style="display:none" type="text" value="%value%" name="%name%">',
-			'<span style="display:none"><input type="text" name="%name%" value="%value%"></span>',
-			'<div style="display:none"><input type="text" name="%name%" value="%value%"></div>',
-			'<div style="display:none"><input type="text" name="%name%" value="%value%"></div>',
-			'<textarea style="display:none" name="%name%">%value%</textarea>',
-			'<textarea name="%name%" style="display:none">%value%</textarea>'
-		];
-
-		$html = '';
-
-		if ($count === false) {
-			$count = mt_rand(1, (int)abs(count($this->inputs) / 15) + 1);
-		}
-
-		if ($count === true) {
-			// All elements
-			$inputs = array_slice($this->inputs, $this->index);
-		} else {
-			$inputs = array_slice($this->inputs, $this->index, $count);
-		}
-		$this->index += count($inputs);
-
-		foreach ($inputs as $name => $value) {
-			$element = false;
-			while (!$element) {
-				$element = $elements[array_rand($elements)];
-				$element = str_replace(' ', self::space(), $element);
-				if (mt_rand(0, 5) == 0) {
-					$element = str_replace('>', self::space() . '>', $element);
-				}
-				if (strpos($element, 'textarea') !== false && $value == '') {
-					// There have been some issues with mobile web browsers and empty <textarea>'s.
-					$element = false;
-				}
-			}
-
-			$element = str_replace('%name%', utf8tohtml($name), $element);
-
-			if (mt_rand(0, 2) == 0) {
-				$value = $this->make_confusing($value);
-			} else {
-				$value = utf8tohtml($value);
-			}
-
-			if (strpos($element, 'textarea') === false) {
-				$value = str_replace('"', '&quot;', $value);
-			}
-
-			$element = str_replace('%value%', $value, $element);
-
-			$html .= $element;
-		}
-
-		return $html;
-	}
-
-	public function reset() {
-		$this->index = 0;
-	}
-
-	public function hash() {
-		global $config;
-
-		// This is the tricky part: create a hash to validate it after
-		// First, sort the keys in alphabetical order (A-Z)
-		$inputs = $this->inputs;
-		ksort($inputs);
-
-		$hash = '';
-		// Iterate through each input
-		foreach ($inputs as $name => $value) {
-			$hash .= $name . '=' . $value;
-		}
-		// Add a salt to the hash
-		$hash .= $config['cookies']['salt'];
-
-		// Use SHA1 for the hash
-		return sha1($hash . $this->salt);
-	}
-}