diff --git a/engine/storage_interface.go b/engine/storage_interface.go
index 7c3c038e0..6c33c9957 100644
--- a/engine/storage_interface.go
+++ b/engine/storage_interface.go
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
@@ -194,180 +192,10 @@ type CodecMsgpackMarshaler struct {
 	mh *codec.MsgpackHandle
 }
 
-/*** The following functions to be removed after go 1.2 ****/
-
-var (
-	bigen     = binary.BigEndian
-	bsAll0xff = []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff}
-)
-
-// TimeEncodeExt encodes a time.Time as a byte slice.
-// Configure this to support the Time Extension, e.g. using tag 1.
-func TimeEncodeExt(rv reflect.Value) (bs []byte, err error) {
-	rvi := rv.Interface()
-	switch iv := rvi.(type) {
-	case time.Time:
-		bs = encodeTime(iv)
-	default:
-		err = fmt.Errorf("codec/msgpack: TimeEncodeExt expects a time.Time. Received %T", rvi)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// TimeDecodeExt decodes a time.Time from the byte slice parameter, and sets it into the reflect value.
-// Configure this to support the Time Extension, e.g. using tag 1.
-func TimeDecodeExt(rv reflect.Value, bs []byte) (err error) {
-	tt, err := decodeTime(bs)
-	if err == nil {
-		rv.Set(reflect.ValueOf(tt))
-	}
-	return
-}
-func pruneSignExt(v []byte) (n int) {
-	l := len(v)
-	if l < 2 {
-		return
-	}
-	if v[0] == 0 {
-		n2 := n + 1
-		for v[n] == 0 && n2 < l && (v[n2]&(1<<7) == 0) {
-			n++
-			n2++
-		}
-		return
-	}
-	if v[0] == 0xff {
-		n2 := n + 1
-		for v[n] == 0xff && n2 < l && (v[n2]&(1<<7) != 0) {
-			n++
-			n2++
-		}
-		return
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func encodeTime(t time.Time) []byte {
-	//t := rv.Interface().(time.Time)
-	tsecs, tnsecs := t.Unix(), t.Nanosecond()
-	var (
-		bd   byte
-		btmp [8]byte
-		bs   [16]byte
-		i    int = 1
-	)
-	l := t.Location()
-	if l == time.UTC {
-		l = nil
-	}
-	if tsecs != 0 {
-		bd = bd | 0x80
-		bigen.PutUint64(btmp[:], uint64(tsecs))
-		f := pruneSignExt(btmp[:])
-		bd = bd | (byte(7-f) << 2)
-		copy(bs[i:], btmp[f:])
-		i = i + (8 - f)
-	}
-	if tnsecs != 0 {
-		bd = bd | 0x40
-		bigen.PutUint32(btmp[:4], uint32(tnsecs))
-		f := pruneSignExt(btmp[:4])
-		bd = bd | byte(3-f)
-		copy(bs[i:], btmp[f:4])
-		i = i + (4 - f)
-	}
-	if l != nil {
-		bd = bd | 0x20
-		// Note that Go Libs do not give access to dst flag.
-		_, zoneOffset := t.Zone()
-		//zoneName, zoneOffset := t.Zone()
-		zoneOffset /= 60
-		z := uint16(zoneOffset)
-		bigen.PutUint16(btmp[:2], z)
-		// clear dst flags
-		bs[i] = btmp[0] & 0x3f
-		bs[i+1] = btmp[1]
-		i = i + 2
-	}
-	bs[0] = bd
-	return bs[0:i]
-}
-
-// DecodeTime decodes a []byte into a time.Time.
-func decodeTime(bs []byte) (tt time.Time, err error) {
-	bd := bs[0]
-	var (
-		tsec  int64
-		tnsec uint32
-		tz    uint16
-		i     byte = 1
-		i2    byte
-		n     byte
-	)
-	if bd&(1<<7) != 0 {
-		var btmp [8]byte
-		n = ((bd >> 2) & 0x7) + 1
-		i2 = i + n
-		copy(btmp[8-n:], bs[i:i2])
-		//if first bit of bs[i] is set, then fill btmp[0..8-n] with 0xff (ie sign extend it)
-		if bs[i]&(1<<7) != 0 {
-			copy(btmp[0:8-n], bsAll0xff)
-			//for j,k := byte(0), 8-n; j < k; j++ {	btmp[j] = 0xff }
-		}
-		i = i2
-		tsec = int64(bigen.Uint64(btmp[:]))
-	}
-	if bd&(1<<6) != 0 {
-		var btmp [4]byte
-		n = (bd & 0x3) + 1
-		i2 = i + n
-		copy(btmp[4-n:], bs[i:i2])
-		i = i2
-		tnsec = bigen.Uint32(btmp[:])
-	}
-	if bd&(1<<5) == 0 {
-		tt = time.Unix(tsec, int64(tnsec)).UTC()
-		return
-	}
-	// In stdlib time.Parse, when a date is parsed without a zone name, it uses "" as zone name.
-	// However, we need name here, so it can be shown when time is printed.
-	// Zone name is in form: UTC-08:00.
-	// Note that Go Libs do not give access to dst flag, so we ignore dst bits
-
-	i2 = i + 2
-	tz = bigen.Uint16(bs[i:i2])
-	i = i2
-	// sign extend sign bit into top 2 MSB (which were dst bits):
-	if tz&(1<<13) == 0 { // positive
-		tz = tz & 0x3fff //clear 2 MSBs: dst bits
-	} else { // negative
-		tz = tz | 0xc000 //set 2 MSBs: dst bits
-		//tzname[3] = '-' (TODO: verify. this works here)
-	}
-	tzint := int16(tz)
-	if tzint == 0 {
-		tt = time.Unix(tsec, int64(tnsec)).UTC()
-	} else {
-		// For Go Time, do not use a descriptive timezone.
-		// It's unnecessary, and makes it harder to do a reflect.DeepEqual.
-		// The Offset already tells what the offset should be, if not on UTC and unknown zone name.
-		// var zoneName = timeLocUTCName(tzint)
-		tt = time.Unix(tsec, int64(tnsec)).In(time.FixedZone("", int(tzint)*60))
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-/*** end remove here ***/
-
 func NewCodecMsgpackMarshaler() *CodecMsgpackMarshaler {
 	cmm := &CodecMsgpackMarshaler{new(codec.MsgpackHandle)}
 	mh := cmm.mh
-
-	// configure extensions for msgpack, to enable Binary and Time support for tags 0 and 1
 	mh.MapType = reflect.TypeOf(map[string]interface{}(nil))
-	//mh.AddExt( reflect.TypeOf([]byte(nil)), 0, mh.BinaryEncodeExt, mh.BinaryDecodeExt)
-	//	mh.AddExt(reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}), 1, mh.TimeEncodeExt, mh.TimeDecodeExt)
-	mh.AddExt(reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}), 1, TimeEncodeExt, TimeDecodeExt)
 	return cmm
 }