diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/Utility/FormEngineUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/Utility/FormEngineUtility.php
index 7c5c215f67be5a6e033d310e16be7c2332ec7f62..f63c7b1d0fef19cc00484eb18efce102c53348d1 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/Utility/FormEngineUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Form/Utility/FormEngineUtility.php
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Form\Utility;
 
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\DatabaseConnection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\Icon;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\IconFactory;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ArrayUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\PathUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\StringUtility;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Lang\LanguageService;
 
 /**
  * This is a static, internal and intermediate helper class for various
@@ -221,22 +219,6 @@ class FormEngineUtility
         return $newRow;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return LanguageService
-     */
-    protected static function getLanguageService()
-    {
-        return $GLOBALS['LANG'];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return DatabaseConnection
-     */
-    protected static function getDatabaseConnection()
-    {
-        return $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB'];
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return BackendUserAuthentication
      */