diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
index da887b8..751be14 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
@@ -82,42 +82,7 @@
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
-	{
-		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
 }
 
-
 /* End of file mssql_utility.php */
 /* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
index 3277b0f..c4a970c 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
@@ -204,41 +204,6 @@
 
 		return $output;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
-	{
-		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
 }
 
 /* End of file mysql_utility.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
index 44fd0f7..3ba14d2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
@@ -81,42 +81,6 @@
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
-	{
-		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
 }
 
 /* End of file mysqli_utility.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
index 74670ea..cc17935 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
@@ -81,41 +81,6 @@
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	public
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
-	{
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
 }
 
 /* End of file oci8_utility.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
index 4e6848e..5b874d8 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
@@ -96,52 +96,7 @@
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
-	
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
 
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database()
-	{
-		// ODBC has no "create database" command since it's
-		// designed to connect to an existing database
-		if ($this->db->db_debug)
-		{
-			return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
-		}
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		// ODBC has no "drop database" command since it's
-		// designed to connect to an existing database		
-		if ($this->db->db_debug)
-		{
-			return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
-		}
-		return FALSE;
-	}
 }
 
 /* End of file odbc_utility.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
index dda22dd..84b089a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
@@ -81,42 +81,6 @@
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
-	{
-		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
-	}
-
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
index fe63362..956d213 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
@@ -90,51 +90,6 @@
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 *
-	 * The functions below have been deprecated as of 1.6, and are only here for backwards
-	 * compatibility.  They now reside in dbforge().  The use of dbutils for database manipulation
-	 * is STRONGLY discouraged in favour if using dbforge.
-	 *
-	 */
-
-	/**
-	 * Create database
-	 *
-	 * @access	public
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _create_database()
-	{
-		// In SQLite, a database is created when you connect to the database.
-		// We'll return TRUE so that an error isn't generated
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Drop database
-	 *
-	 * @access	private
-	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
-	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
-	{
-		if ( ! @file_exists($this->db->database) OR ! @unlink($this->db->database))
-		{
-			if ($this->db->db_debug)
-			{
-				return $this->db->display_error('db_unable_to_drop');
-			}
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-
 }
 
 /* End of file sqlite_utility.php */
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 7e86ba4..171392f 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 			<li>Fixed a bug where driver specific table identifier protection could lead to malformed queries in the <kbd>field_data()</kbd> functions.</li>
 			<li>Fixed a bug where an undefined class variable was referenced in database drivers.</li>
 			<li>Removed the following deprecated functions: orwhere, orlike, groupby, orhaving, orderby, getwhere.</li>
+			<li>Removed deprecated _drop_database() and _create_database() functions from the db utility drivers.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Helpers