diff --git a/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php
+++ b/Classes/Utility/DatabaseUtility.php
@@ -312,35 +312,11 @@ class DatabaseUtility
         return $ret;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sanitize field for sql usage
-     *
-     * @param   string $field SQL relation attribute
-     *
-     * @return  string
-     */
-    public static function sanitizeSqlField($field)
-    {
-        return preg_replace('/[^_a-zA-Z0-9\.]/', '', $field);
-    }
-
     ###########################################################################
     # Helper functions
     ###########################################################################
 
     /**
-     * Sanitize table for sql usage
-     *
-     * @param  string $table SQL Table
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public static function sanitizeSqlTable($table)
-    {
-        return preg_replace('/[^_a-zA-Z0-9]/', '', $table);
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Add condition to query
      *
      * @param  array|string $condition Condition
[TASK] no need to sanitize user input to process table / attribute names.

It would not be safe anyways.  If ever user input for table or attribute names needs to be processed, an exact match would be much safer. Therefore, there's nothing to sanitize.
Fixes #<I>