diff --git a/vas/rest/class/vmlib/phpUtil.inc b/vas/rest/class/vmlib/phpUtil.inc
index 79de3bfc992d991535ee5930ad5956799aab1eb4..a2aeaefa9d45bd66848ceab1c489f16508206348 100755
--- a/vas/rest/class/vmlib/phpUtil.inc
+++ b/vas/rest/class/vmlib/phpUtil.inc
@@ -1444,67 +1444,6 @@ function copyFileInWsDataDir ($sModule, $sObject, $mId, $sField = '', $sFileName
     return $sErrorMsg;
 }
 
- /**
-  *This method create an empty file in ws_data.
-  *@file vmlib/phpUtil.inc
-  *@param $sModule Name of the module.
-  *@param $sObject Name of the object.
-  *@param $mId Id of the current object.
-  *@param $sField field name (generally DB column name).
-  *@param $sFileName Name of the file to copy.
-  *@return $sErrorMsg The error message.
-  */
-function createEmptyFileInWsDataDir($sModule, $sObject, $mId, $sField = '', $sFileName) {
-    global $properties;
-    $sErrorMsg = '';
-    $sDestDir = $properties['ws_data_dir'] . "/" . $sModule . "/" . $sObject . "/" . $mId;
-    if(!empty($sField))
-        $sDestDir .= "/" . $sField;
-    if ($properties['fileS3Uploader'] === true) {
-        require_once ("aws_sdk/aws-autoloader.php");
-        $s3 = new Aws\S3\S3Client(array(
-            'version'=>'latest',
-            'region'=> $properties['fileS3UploaderRegion'],
-            'profile'=> $properties['fileS3UploaderProfil'],
-            'debug' => false
-        ));
-        $sBucket = $properties['fileS3UploaderBucket'];
-        $sPrefix = "";
-        if (strpos($sBucket, "/") > -1){
-            $aBucket = explode("/", $sBucket );
-            $sBucket = $aBucket[0];
-            $sPrefix = implode("/", array_slice($aBucket, 1));
-        }
-        $sServerPath = str_replace($properties["vas_home"], $sPrefix, $sDestDir);
-        // Suppression du slash de début de ligne (sinon création d'un répertoire vide sur S3).
-        if (strpos($sServerPath, '/') === 0)
-            $sServerPath = substr($sServerPath, 1);
-        // Création du fichier vide.
-        try {
-            $aResult = $s3->putObject(array(
-                'Bucket' => $sBucket,
-                'Key' => $sServerPath . '/' . $sFileName,
-                'Body' => ''
-            ));
-        }
-        catch(Aws\S3\Exception\S3Exception $e) {
-            writeToErrorLog($e->getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        $sFilePath = $sDestDir . '/' . $sFileName;
-        // Création du répertoire de destination si inexistant.
-        if (!file_exists($sDestDir)) {
-            if (!mkdir($sDestDir, 0777, true)) {
-                writeToErrorLog(ERROR_CREATING_DIRECTORY . $sDestDir);
-                return ERROR_CREATING_DIRECTORY . $sDestDir;
-            }
-        }
-        fclose(fopen($sFilePath, "w+"));
-    }
-    return $sErrorMsg;
-}
-
  /**
   *This method delete a directory in ws_data.
   *@file vmlib/phpUtil.inc