diff --git a/library/smarty/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php b/library/smarty/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * Smarty plugin
- *
- * @package    Smarty
- * @subpackage PluginsModifierCompiler
- */
-
-/**
- * Smarty count_words modifier plugin
- * Type:     modifier<br>
- * Name:     count_words<br>
- * Purpose:  count the number of words in a text
- *
- * @link   http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.words.php count_words (Smarty online manual)
- * @author Uwe Tews
- *
- * @param array $params parameters
- *
- * @return string with compiled code
- */
-function smarty_modifiercompiler_count_words($params) {
-    if (Smarty::$_MBSTRING) {
-        // return 'preg_match_all(\'#[\w\pL]+#' . Smarty::$_UTF8_MODIFIER . '\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp)';
-        // expression taken from http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php#85592
-        return 'preg_match_all(\'/\p{L}[\p{L}\p{Mn}\p{Pd}\\\'\x{2019}]*/' . Smarty::$_UTF8_MODIFIER . '\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp)';
-    }
-    // no MBString fallback
-    return 'str_word_count(' . $params[0] . ')';
-}