diff --git a/root/usr/share/phplist/www/admin/auth/external_auth.inc b/root/usr/share/phplist/www/admin/auth/external_auth.inc
index 15d9d3c..944fc84 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/phplist/www/admin/auth/external_auth.inc
+++ b/root/usr/share/phplist/www/admin/auth/external_auth.inc
@@ -42,51 +42,7 @@ class admin_auth {
   }
 
   function validateAccount($id) {
-        /* can only do this after upgrade, which means
-     * that the first login will always fail
-    $query
-    = ' select id, disabled,password,privileges'
-    . ' from %s'
-    . ' where id = ?';
-    */
-
-    $query
-    = ' select id, disabled,password'
-    . ' from %s'
-    . ' where id = ?';
-
-    $query = sprintf($query, $GLOBALS['tables']['admin']);
-    $req = Sql_Query_Params($query, array($id));
-    $data = Sql_Fetch_Row($req);
-    if (!$data[0]) {
-      return array(0,s("No such account"));
-    } elseif ($data[1]) {
-      return array(0,s("your account has been disabled"));
-    }
-
-    ## do this seperately from above, to avoid lock out when the DB hasn't been upgraded.
-    ## so, ignore the error
-    $query
-    = ' select privileges'
-    . ' from %s'
-    . ' where id = ?';
-
-    $query = sprintf($query, $GLOBALS['tables']['admin']);
-    $req = Sql_Query_Params($query, array($id),1);
-    if ($req) {
-      $data = Sql_Fetch_Row($req);
-    } else {
-      $data = array();
-    }
-
-    if (!empty($data[0])) {
-      $_SESSION['privileges'] = unserialize($data[0]);
-    }
-    return array(1,"OK");
-  }
-
-  function validateAccount($id) {
-        /* can only do this after upgrade, which means
+    /* can only do this after upgrade, which means
      * that the first login will always fail
     $query
     = ' select id, disabled,password,privileges'