diff --git a/mozilla/browser/components/places/public/nsIPlacesImportExportService.idl b/mozilla/browser/components/places/public/nsIPlacesImportExportService.idl
index 0439b632262..62e724090b3 100644
--- a/mozilla/browser/components/places/public/nsIPlacesImportExportService.idl
+++ b/mozilla/browser/components/places/public/nsIPlacesImportExportService.idl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ interface nsIPlacesImportExportService: nsISupports
   void exportHTMLToFile(in nsILocalFile aFile);
 
   /**
-   * Backup and archive the bookmarks.html file.
+   * Backup the bookmarks.html file.
    */
   void backupBookmarksFile();
 };
diff --git a/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.cpp b/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.cpp
index 900d6a9ea4b..8dae7727551 100644
--- a/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.cpp
@@ -2482,120 +2482,3 @@ nsPlacesImportExportService::BackupBookmarksFile()
 
   return NS_OK;
 }
-
-/**
- *  ArchiveBookmarksFile()
- *
- *  Creates a dated backup once a day in <profile>/bookmarkbackups
- *
- *  PRInt32 numberOfBackups - the maximum number of backups to keep
- *
- *  PRBool forceArchive - forces creating an archive even if one was 
- *                        already created that day (overwrites)
- */
-nsresult
-nsPlacesImportExportService::ArchiveBookmarksFile(PRInt32 numberOfBackups,
-                                                  PRBool forceArchive)
-{
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> bookmarksBackupDir;
-  nsresult rv = NS_GetSpecialDirectory(NS_APP_USER_PROFILE_50_DIR,
-                                       getter_AddRefs(bookmarksBackupDir));
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-  
-  nsDependentCString dirName("bookmarkbackups");
-  rv = bookmarksBackupDir->AppendNative(dirName);
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-  
-  PRBool exists;
-  rv = bookmarksBackupDir->Exists(&exists);
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv) || !exists) {
-    rv = bookmarksBackupDir->Create(nsIFile::DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0700);
-    
-    // if there's no backup folder, there's no backup, fail
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-  }
-
-  // construct the new leafname
-  PRTime now64 = PR_Now();
-  PRExplodedTime  nowInfo;
-  PR_ExplodeTime(now64, PR_LocalTimeParameters, &nowInfo);
-  PR_NormalizeTime(&nowInfo, PR_LocalTimeParameters);
-
-  char timeString[128];
-
-  // Use YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601) as it doesn't contain illegal characters
-  // and makes the alphabetical order of multiple backup files more useful.
-  PR_FormatTime(timeString, 128, "bookmarks-%Y-%m-%d.html", &nowInfo);
-
-  nsAutoString backupFilenameString = NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16((timeString));
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> backupFile;
-  if (forceArchive) {
-    // if we have a backup from today, nuke it
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> currentBackup;
-    rv = bookmarksBackupDir->Clone(getter_AddRefs(currentBackup));
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-    rv = currentBackup->Append(backupFilenameString);
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-    rv = currentBackup->Exists(&exists);
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && exists) {
-      rv = currentBackup->Remove(PR_FALSE);
-      NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-    }
-  } else {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsISimpleEnumerator> existingBackups;
-    rv = bookmarksBackupDir->GetDirectoryEntries(getter_AddRefs(existingBackups));
-    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-    nsStringArray backupFileNames;
-
-    PRBool hasMoreElements = PR_FALSE;
-    PRBool hasCurrentBackup = PR_FALSE;
-    
-    while (NS_SUCCEEDED(existingBackups->HasMoreElements(&hasMoreElements)) &&
-           hasMoreElements)
-    {
-      rv = existingBackups->GetNext(getter_AddRefs(backupFile));
-      NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-      nsAutoString backupName;
-      rv = backupFile->GetLeafName(backupName);
-      NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-      
-      // the backup for today exists, do not create later
-      if (backupName == backupFilenameString) {
-        hasCurrentBackup = PR_TRUE;
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      // mark the rest for possible removal
-      if (Substring(backupName, 0, 10) == NS_LITERAL_STRING("bookmarks-"))
-        backupFileNames.AppendString(backupName);
-    }
-
-    if (numberOfBackups > 0 && backupFileNames.Count() >= numberOfBackups) {
-      PRInt32 numberOfBackupsToDelete = backupFileNames.Count() - numberOfBackups + 1;
-      backupFileNames.Sort();
-
-      while (numberOfBackupsToDelete--) {
-        (void)bookmarksBackupDir->Clone(getter_AddRefs(backupFile));
-        (void)backupFile->Append(*backupFileNames[0]);
-        (void)backupFile->Remove(PR_FALSE);
-        backupFileNames.RemoveStringAt(0);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (hasCurrentBackup)
-      return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> bookmarksFile;
-  rv = NS_GetSpecialDirectory(NS_APP_BOOKMARKS_50_FILE,
-                              getter_AddRefs(bookmarksFile));
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-  rv = bookmarksFile->CopyTo(bookmarksBackupDir, backupFilenameString);
-  // at least dump something out in case this fails in a debug build
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
-  return rv;
-}
diff --git a/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.h b/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.h
index a92327ca20e..b1221abf311 100644
--- a/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.h
+++ b/mozilla/browser/components/places/src/nsPlacesImportExportService.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ class nsPlacesImportExportService : public nsIPlacesImportExportService,
     nsresult WriteSeparator(nsINavHistoryResultNode* aItem, const nsACString& aIndent, nsIOutputStream* aOutput);
     nsresult WriteDescription(PRInt64 aId, PRInt32 aType, nsIOutputStream* aOutput);
 
-    nsresult ArchiveBookmarksFile(PRInt32 aNumberOfBackups, PRBool aForceArchive);
-  
     inline nsresult EnsureServiceState() {
       NS_ENSURE_STATE(mHistoryService);
       NS_ENSURE_STATE(mFaviconService);