diff --git a/frappe/database/__init__.py b/frappe/database/__init__.py
index 423442d344..d1b7729fee 100644
--- a/frappe/database/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/database/__init__.py
@@ -54,16 +54,3 @@ def get_db(host=None, user=None, password=None, port=None, read_only=False):
 		return frappe.database.mariadb.database.MariaDBDatabase(
 			host, user, password, port=port, read_only=read_only
 		)
-
-
-def setup_help_database(help_db_name):
-	import frappe
-
-	if frappe.conf.db_type == "postgres":
-		import frappe.database.postgres.setup_db
-
-		return frappe.database.postgres.setup_db.setup_help_database(help_db_name)
-	else:
-		import frappe.database.mariadb.setup_db
-
-		return frappe.database.mariadb.setup_db.setup_help_database(help_db_name)
diff --git a/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py b/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
index ef246712b1..392421bc7c 100644
--- a/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
+++ b/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
@@ -63,23 +63,6 @@ def setup_database(force, source_sql, verbose, no_mariadb_socket=False):
 	bootstrap_database(db_name, verbose, source_sql)
 
 
-def setup_help_database(help_db_name):
-	dbman = DbManager(get_root_connection(frappe.flags.root_login, frappe.flags.root_password))
-	dbman.drop_database(help_db_name)
-
-	# make database
-	if not help_db_name in dbman.get_database_list():
-		try:
-			dbman.create_user(help_db_name, help_db_name)
-		except Exception as e:
-			# user already exists
-			if e.args[0] != 1396:
-				raise
-		dbman.create_database(help_db_name)
-		dbman.grant_all_privileges(help_db_name, help_db_name)
-		dbman.flush_privileges()
-
-
 def drop_user_and_database(db_name, root_login, root_password):
 	frappe.local.db = get_root_connection(root_login, root_password)
 	dbman = DbManager(frappe.local.db)
diff --git a/frappe/database/postgres/setup_db.py b/frappe/database/postgres/setup_db.py
index 7eee8081c0..ff14510c9c 100644
--- a/frappe/database/postgres/setup_db.py
+++ b/frappe/database/postgres/setup_db.py
@@ -75,15 +75,6 @@ def import_db_from_sql(source_sql=None, verbose=False):
 		)
 
 
-def setup_help_database(help_db_name):
-	root_conn = get_root_connection(frappe.flags.root_login, frappe.flags.root_password)
-	root_conn.sql(f"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `{help_db_name}`")
-	root_conn.sql(f"DROP USER IF EXISTS {help_db_name}")
-	root_conn.sql(f"CREATE DATABASE `{help_db_name}`")
-	root_conn.sql(f"CREATE user {help_db_name} password '{help_db_name}'")
-	root_conn.sql("GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE `{0}` TO {0}".format(help_db_name))
-
-
 def get_root_connection(root_login=None, root_password=None):
 	if not frappe.local.flags.root_connection:
 		if not root_login: