diff --git a/db.class.php b/db.class.php
index 0f2a0fd..07c9cf4 100644
--- a/db.class.php
+++ b/db.class.php
@@ -1072,56 +1072,6 @@ class MeekroDBException extends Exception {
   public function getQuery() { return $this->query; }
 }
 
-class DBHelper {
-  /*
-    verticalSlice
-    1. For an array of assoc rays, return an array of values for a particular key
-    2. if $keyfield is given, same as above but use that hash key as the key in new array
-  */
-  
-  public static function verticalSlice($array, $field, $keyfield = null) {
-    $array = (array) $array;
-    
-    $R = array();
-    foreach ($array as $obj) {
-      if (! array_key_exists($field, $obj)) die("verticalSlice: array doesn't have requested field\n");
-      
-      if ($keyfield) {
-        if (! array_key_exists($keyfield, $obj)) die("verticalSlice: array doesn't have requested field\n");  
-        $R[$obj[$keyfield]] = $obj[$field];
-      } else { 
-        $R[] = $obj[$field];
-      }
-    }
-    return $R;
-  }
-  
-  /*
-    reIndex
-    For an array of assoc rays, return a new array of assoc rays using a certain field for keys
-  */
-  
-  public static function reIndex() {
-    $fields = func_get_args();
-    $array = array_shift($fields);
-    $array = (array) $array;
-    
-    $R = array();
-    foreach ($array as $obj) {
-      $target =& $R;
-      
-      foreach ($fields as $field) {
-        if (! array_key_exists($field, $obj)) die("reIndex: array doesn't have requested field\n");
-        
-        $nextkey = $obj[$field];
-        $target =& $target[$nextkey];
-      }
-      $target = $obj;
-    }
-    return $R;
-  }
-}
-
 class MeekroDBEval {
   public $text = '';
   
diff --git a/simpletest/HelperTest.php b/simpletest/HelperTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 496c406..0000000
--- a/simpletest/HelperTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-class HelperTest extends SimpleTest {
-  function test_1_verticalslice() {
-    $all = DB::query("SELECT * FROM accounts ORDER BY id ASC");
-    $names = DBHelper::verticalSlice($all, 'username');
-    $this->assert(count($names) === 5);
-    $this->assert($names[0] === 'Abe');
-    
-    $ages = DBHelper::verticalSlice($all, 'age', 'username');
-    $this->assert(count($ages) === 5);
-    $this->assert($ages['Abe'] === '700');
-  }
-  
-  function test_2_reindex() {
-    $all = DB::query("SELECT * FROM accounts ORDER BY id ASC");
-    $names = DBHelper::reIndex($all, 'username');
-    $this->assert(count($names) === 5);
-    $this->assert($names['Bart']['username'] === 'Bart');
-    $this->assert($names['Bart']['age'] === '15');
-    
-    $names = DBHelper::reIndex($all, 'username', 'age');
-    $this->assert($names['Bart']['15']['username'] === 'Bart');
-    $this->assert($names['Bart']['15']['age'] === '15');
-  }
-  
-  function test_3_empty() {
-    $none = DB::query("SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE username=%s", 'doesnotexist');
-    $this->assert(is_array($none) && count($none) === 0);
-    $names = DBHelper::verticalSlice($none, 'username', 'age');
-    $this->assert(is_array($names) && count($names) === 0);
-    
-    $names_other = DBHelper::reIndex($none, 'username', 'age');
-    $this->assert(is_array($names_other) && count($names_other) === 0);
-  }
-  
-  function test_4_null() {
-    DB::query("UPDATE accounts SET password = NULL WHERE username=%s", 'Bart');
-    
-    $all = DB::query("SELECT * FROM accounts ORDER BY id ASC");
-    $ages = DBHelper::verticalSlice($all, 'age', 'password');
-    $this->assert(count($ages) === 5);
-    $this->assert($ages[''] === '15');
-    
-    $passwords = DBHelper::reIndex($all, 'password');
-    $this->assert(count($passwords) === 5);
-    $this->assert($passwords['']['username'] === 'Bart');
-    $this->assert($passwords['']['password'] === NULL);
-  }
-  
-}
-?>
diff --git a/simpletest/test.php b/simpletest/test.php
index 321ab4e..9d614a3 100755
--- a/simpletest/test.php
+++ b/simpletest/test.php
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/ObjectTest.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/WhereClauseTest.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/HookTest.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/TransactionTest.php';
-require_once __DIR__ . '/HelperTest.php';
 
 $classes_to_test = array(
   'BasicTest',
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ $classes_to_test = array(
   'ObjectTest',
   'HookTest',
   'TransactionTest',
-  'HelperTest',
 );
 
 $mysql_version = DB::serverVersion();