diff --git a/include/mysql.php b/include/mysql.php
index 27e3cc3769a97866e6a74e0744c9640f39943ad6..c7fcd5affbfa0f26adf40a94aa63e51b8e16a84e 100644
--- a/include/mysql.php
+++ b/include/mysql.php
@@ -79,16 +79,12 @@
     }
 
 	// execute sql query
-	function db_query($query, $database="", $conn="") {
+	function db_query($query, $logError=true) {
         global $ost;
 
-		if($conn) { /* connection is provided*/
-            $res = ($database)?mysql_db_query($database, $query, $conn):mysql_query($query, $conn);
-   	    } else {
-            $res = ($database)?mysql_db_query($database, $query):mysql_query($query);
-   	    }
+        $res = mysql_query($query);
 
-        if(!$res && $ost) { //error reporting
+        if(!$res && $logError && $ost) { //error reporting
             $msg='['.$query.']'."\n\n".db_error();
             $ost->logDBError('DB Error #'.db_errno(), $msg);
             //echo $msg; #uncomment during debuging or dev.
diff --git a/include/mysqli.php b/include/mysqli.php
index 430d0f75e219bc7cfabcd8f8e84b01c50253aece..3a0bab1823cfa2b57ad9e284c870a36ce5c918d0 100644
--- a/include/mysqli.php
+++ b/include/mysqli.php
@@ -98,14 +98,12 @@ function db_create_database($database, $charset='utf8',
 }
 
 // execute sql query
-function db_query($query, $conn=null) {
+function db_query($query, $logError=true) {
     global $ost, $__db;
 
-    if (!$conn) $conn = $__db;
+    $res = $__db->query($query);
 
-    $res = $conn->query($query);
-
-    if(!$res && $ost) { //error reporting
+    if(!$res && $logError && $ost) { //error reporting
         $msg='['.$query.']'."\n\n".db_error();
         $ost->logDBError('DB Error #'.db_errno(), $msg);
         //echo $msg; #uncomment during debuging or dev.