diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 98abb85a..8ded47fc 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 12/01/2009
 - fixed parsing of names of special formated tags like if,elseif,while,for,foreach
 - removed direct access to constants in templates because of some syntax problems
+- removed cache resource plugin for mysql from the distribution
 
 11/30/2009
 - map 'true' to SMARTY_CACHING_LIFETIME_CURRENT for the $smarty->caching parameter
diff --git a/libs/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php b/libs/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a31379ee..00000000
--- a/libs/plugins/cacheresource.mysql.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
-* Smarty Plugin CacheResource Mysql
-* 
-* Implements MYSQL as resource for the HTML cache
-*
-*CREATE TABLE `SMARTY_CACHE` (
-*  `Id` int(12) NOT NULL,
-*  `CacheContents` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-*  `Timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-*  `CacheId` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
-*  `CompileId` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
-*  `ResourceName` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
-*  UNIQUE KEY `NewIndex_1` (`Id`)
-*) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1* 
-* @package Smarty
-* @subpackage Plugins
-* @author Uwe Tews 
-*/
-
-/**
-* This class does contain all necessary methods for the HTML cache on MYSQL system
-*/
-class Smarty_CacheResource_Mysql {
-    // set db host, user and pass here
-    public $db_host = 'localhost';
-    public $db_user = 'root';
-    public $db_pass = '';
-    public $db_name = 'SMARTY';
-
-    function __construct($smarty)
-    {
-        $this->smarty = $smarty;
-        if (!$this->link = mysql_pconnect($this->db_host, $this->db_user, $this->db_pass)) {
-        throw new Exception("Cache resource unable to connect to MYSQL");
-        } 
-        mysql_select_db($this->db_name, $this->link);
-    } 
-    /**
-    * Returns the filepath of the cached template output
-    * 
-    * @param object $template current template
-    * @return string the cache filepath
-    */
-    public function getCachedFilepath($template)
-    {
-        return $this->buildCachedFilepath ($template->resource_name, $template->cache_id, $template->compile_id);
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * Returns the timpestamp of the cached template output
-    * 
-    * @param object $template current template
-    * @return integer |booelan the template timestamp or false if the file does not exist
-    */
-    public function getCachedTimestamp($template)
-    {
-        $Id = $template->getCachedFilepath(); 
-        // read cache from database
-        $results = mysql_query("select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Timestamp) from SMARTY_CACHE where Id='$Id'", $this->link);
-        if (!$results) {
-            $this->mysqlError();
-        } 
-        $row = mysql_fetch_row($results);
-        return (int)$row[0];
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * Returns the cached template output
-    * 
-    * @param object $template current template
-    * @return string |booelan the template content or false if the file does not exist
-    */
-    public function getCachedContents($template)
-    {
-        $Id = $template->getCachedFilepath(); 
-        // read cache from database
-        $results = mysql_query("select CacheContents from SMARTY_CACHE where Id='$Id'", $this->link);
-        if (!$results) {
-            $this->mysqlError();
-        } 
-        $row = mysql_fetch_row($results);
-
-            $cache_content = $row[0];
-
-        $_smarty_tpl = $template;
-        ob_start();
-        eval("?>" . $cache_content);
-        return ob_get_clean();
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * Writes the rendered template output to cache file
-    * 
-    * @param object $template current template
-    * @return boolean status
-    */
-    public function writeCachedContent($template, $content)
-    {
-        if (!$template->isEvaluated()) {
-            $_cache_id = isset($template->cache_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $template->cache_id) : null;
-            $_compile_id = isset($template->compile_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $template->compile_id) : null; 
-            // save cache to database
-            $Id = $template->getCachedFilepath();
-            $results = mysql_query("replace into SMARTY_CACHE set Id = $Id, CacheContents = '" . addslashes($content) . "',
-            CacheId = '$_cache_id',
-            CompileId = '$_compile_id',
-            ResourceName = '$template->resource_name'", $this->link);
-            if (!$results) {
-                $this->mysqlError();
-            } 
-            return $results;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        } 
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * Empty cache folder
-    * 
-    * @param integer $exp_time expiration time
-    * @return integer number of cache files deleted
-    */
-    public function clearAll($exp_time = null)
-    {
-        if ($exp_time === null) {
-            $results = mysql_query("truncate table SMARTY_CACHE", $this->link);
-        } else {
-            $results = mysql_query("delete ignore from SMARTY_CACHE where UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Timestamp) <= '$exp_time'", $this->link);
-        } 
-        if (!$results) {
-            $this->mysqlError();
-        } 
-    } 
-    /**
-    * Empty cache for a specific template
-    * 
-    * @param string $resource_name template name
-    * @param string $cache_id cache id
-    * @param string $compile_id compile id
-    * @param integer $exp_time expiration time
-    * @return integer number of cache files deleted
-    */
-    public function clear($resource_name, $cache_id, $compile_id, $exp_time)
-    {
-        $_cache_id = isset($cache_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $cache_id) : null;
-        $_compile_id = isset($compile_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $compile_id) : null;
-
-        $where = '';
-        $and = '';
-        if (isset($resource_name)) {
-            $where = "ResourceName = '$resource_name' ";
-            $and = 'and ';
-        } 
-        if (isset($_cache_id)) {
-            $length = strlen($_cache_id);
-            $where .= $and . "SUBSTRING(CacheId,1,$length) = '$_cache_id' ";
-            $and = 'and ';
-        } 
-        if (isset($_compile_id)) {
-            $where .= $and . "CompileId = '$_compile_id' ";
-            $and = 'and ';
-        } 
-        if (isset($exp_time)) {
-            $where .= $and . "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Timestamp) <= '$exp_time' ";
-        } 
-        $results = mysql_query("delete ignore from SMARTY_CACHE where $where", $this->link);
-        if (!$results) {
-            $this->mysqlError();
-        } 
-        return mysql_affected_rows();
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * Get system filepath to cached file
-    * 
-    * @param string $resource_name template name
-    * @param string $cache_id cache id
-    * @param string $compile_id compile id
-    * @return string filepath of cache file
-    */
-    private function buildCachedFilepath ($resource_name, $cache_id, $compile_id)
-    {
-        $_cache_id = isset($cache_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $cache_id) : null;
-        $_compile_id = isset($compile_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $compile_id) : null;
-        return abs(crc32($resource_name . $_cache_id . $_compile_id));
-    } 
-
-    /**
-    * MYSQL Error
-    */
-    private function mysqlError ()
-    {
-        $error = mysql_error($this->link);
-        throw new Exception("Cache resource MYSQL error '{$error}'");
-    } 
-} 
-
-?>