diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/javascripts/broadcast.js b/plugins/CoreHome/javascripts/broadcast.js
index e09c2dbc9c0234465d57811f0a1daedd4b85e9a5..fe305341201e890b1163ee209978efca9a27fd90 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/javascripts/broadcast.js
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/javascripts/broadcast.js
@@ -432,7 +432,15 @@ var broadcast = {
      */
     customAjaxHandleError: function (deferred, status) {
         broadcast.lastUrlRequested = null;
-        piwikHelper.ajaxHandleError(deferred, status);
+
+        // do not display error message if request was aborted
+        if(status == 'abort') {
+            return;
+        }
+        $('#loadingError').show();
+        setTimeout( function(){
+            $('#loadingError').fadeOut('slow');
+        }, 2000);
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/Zeitgeist/javascripts/piwikHelper.js b/plugins/Zeitgeist/javascripts/piwikHelper.js
index 385984a72a3429264d2c6f24e1c00fef9c1f4ebd..f08f2c0d8665530c1faf66b121482134c02b5d02 100644
--- a/plugins/Zeitgeist/javascripts/piwikHelper.js
+++ b/plugins/Zeitgeist/javascripts/piwikHelper.js
@@ -269,26 +269,6 @@ var piwikHelper = {
         window.location = url;
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Method to handle ajax errors
-     * @param {XMLHttpRequest} deferred
-     * @param {string} status
-     * @return {void}
-     * @deprecated sine 1.9.3 - will be removed in 2.0
-     * @see use ajaxHelper for ajax requests
-     */
-    ajaxHandleError: function(deferred, status)
-    {
-        // do not display error message if request was aborted
-        if(status == 'abort') {
-            return;
-        }
-        $('#loadingError').show();
-        setTimeout( function(){
-            $('#loadingError').fadeOut('slow');
-            }, 2000);
-    },
-
     /**
      * Scrolls the window to the jquery element 'elem'
      * if the top of the element is not currently visible on screen