diff --git a/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php b/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
index a9ad153121..cb19c8b721 100644
--- a/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
+++ b/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
@@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                 : false;
 
             // Wrap MIME-transformations. [MIME]
-            $default_function = '_mimeDefaultFunction'; // default_function
+            $default_function = 'PMA_mimeDefaultFunction'; // default_function
             $transformation_plugin = $default_function;
             $transform_options = array();
 
@@ -3798,7 +3798,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                         $transform_options,
                         $meta
                     )
-                    : $this->$default_function($column, array(), $meta);
+                    : $default_function($column, array(), $meta);
 
                 if ($is_field_truncated) {
                     $class .= ' truncated';
@@ -4878,7 +4878,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                 $row = $GLOBALS['dbi']->fetchRow($dt_result);
 
                 // initializing default arguments
-                $default_function = '_mimeDefaultFunction';
+                $default_function = 'PMA_mimeDefaultFunction';
                 $transformation_plugin = $default_function;
                 $transform_options = array();
 
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                 );
             } else {
 
-                $result = $this->$default_function($result, array(), $meta);
+                $result = $default_function($result, array(), $meta);
                 if (stristr($meta->type, self::BLOB_FIELD)
                     && $_SESSION['tmpval']['display_blob']
                 ) {
@@ -5697,7 +5697,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                         $transform_options,
                         $meta
                     )
-                    : $this->$default_function($data)
+                    : $default_function($data)
                 )
                 . ' <code>[-&gt;' . $dispval . ']</code>';
 
@@ -5750,10 +5750,10 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                     if ($relational_display == self::RELATIONAL_DISPLAY_COLUMN) {
                         // user chose "relational display field" in the
                         // display options, so show display field in the cell
-                        $result .= $this->$default_function($dispval);
+                        $result .= $default_function($dispval);
                     } else {
                         // otherwise display data in the cell
-                        $result .= $this->$default_function($data);
+                        $result .= $default_function($data);
                     }
 
                 }
@@ -5767,7 +5767,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
                     $transform_options,
                     $meta
                 )
-                : $this->$default_function($data)
+                : $default_function($data)
             );
         }
 
@@ -6060,32 +6060,6 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
 
     } // end of the '_getCheckboxAndLinks()' function
 
-
-    /**
-     * Replace some html-unfriendly stuff
-     *
-     * @param string $buffer String to process
-     *
-     * @return String Escaped and cleaned up text suitable for html.
-     *
-     * @access private
-     *
-     * @see    _getDataCellForBlobField(), _getRowData(),
-     *         _handleNonPrintableContents()
-     */
-    private function _mimeDefaultFunction($buffer)
-    {
-        $buffer = htmlspecialchars($buffer);
-        $buffer = str_replace(
-            "\011",
-            ' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;',
-            str_replace('  ', ' &nbsp;', $buffer)
-        );
-        $buffer = preg_replace("@((\015\012)|(\015)|(\012))@", '<br />', $buffer);
-
-        return $buffer;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Display binary columns as hex string if requested
      * otherwise escape the contents using the best possible way
diff --git a/test/classes/PMA_DisplayResults_test.php b/test/classes/PMA_DisplayResults_test.php
index 862067bfb0..c4d60335d5 100644
--- a/test/classes/PMA_DisplayResults_test.php
+++ b/test/classes/PMA_DisplayResults_test.php
@@ -1294,22 +1294,6 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults_Test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Test for _mimeDefaultFunction
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function testMimeDefaultFunction()
-    {
-        $this->assertEquals(
-            "A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;",
-            $this->_callPrivateFunction(
-                '_mimeDefaultFunction',
-                array("A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>")
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Data provider for testGetPlacedLinks
      *