diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 79e89499b8..dd6489f46e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -2298,74 +2298,6 @@ ARDOUR_UI::fontconfig_dialog ()
 #endif
 }
 
-void
-ARDOUR_UI::parse_cmdline_path (const std::string& cmdline_path, std::string& session_name, std::string& session_path, bool& existing_session)
-{
-	existing_session = false;
-
-	if (Glib::file_test (cmdline_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
-		session_path = cmdline_path;
-		existing_session = true;
-	} else if (Glib::file_test (cmdline_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
-		session_path = Glib::path_get_dirname (string (cmdline_path));
-		existing_session = true;
-	} else {
-		/* it doesn't exist, assume the best */
-		session_path = Glib::path_get_dirname (string (cmdline_path));
-	}
-
-	session_name = basename_nosuffix (string (cmdline_path));
-}
-
-int
-ARDOUR_UI::load_cmdline_session (const std::string& session_name, const std::string& session_path, bool& existing_session)
-{
-	/* when this is called, the backend audio system must be running */
-
-	/* the main idea here is to deal with the fact that a cmdline argument for the session
-	   can be interpreted in different ways - it could be a directory or a file, and before
-	   we load, we need to know both the session directory and the snapshot (statefile) within it
-	   that we are supposed to use.
-	*/
-
-	if (session_name.length() == 0 || session_path.length() == 0) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (Glib::file_test (session_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
-
-		std::string predicted_session_file;
-
-		predicted_session_file = session_path;
-		predicted_session_file += '/';
-		predicted_session_file += session_name;
-		predicted_session_file += ARDOUR::statefile_suffix;
-
-		if (Glib::file_test (predicted_session_file, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
-			existing_session = true;
-		}
-
-	} else if (Glib::file_test (session_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
-
-		if (session_path.find (ARDOUR::statefile_suffix) == session_path.length() - 7) {
-			/* existing .ardour file */
-			existing_session = true;
-		}
-
-	} else {
-		existing_session = false;
-	}
-
-	/* lets just try to load it */
-
-	if (create_engine ()) {
-		backend_audio_error (false, _startup);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return load_session (session_path, session_name);
-}
-
 bool
 ARDOUR_UI::ask_about_loading_existing_session (const std::string& session_path)
 {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
index 23c5775670..793f279e2a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ class ARDOUR_UI : public Gtkmm2ext::UI, public ARDOUR::SessionHandlePtr
 	}
 
 	int get_session_parameters (bool quit_on_cancel, bool should_be_new = false, std::string load_template = "");
-	void parse_cmdline_path (const std::string& cmdline_path, std::string& session_name, std::string& session_path, bool& existing_session);
-	int  load_cmdline_session (const std::string& session_name, const std::string& session_path, bool& existing_session);
 	int  build_session_from_nsd (const std::string& session_name, const std::string& session_path);
 	bool ask_about_loading_existing_session (const std::string& session_path);
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/ardour.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/ardour.h
index 1e94602839..4a7077756b 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/ardour.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/ardour.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ namespace ARDOUR {
         
 	extern PBD::PropertyChange bounds_change;
 
-	std::string get_ardour_revision ();
 	extern const char* const ardour_config_info;
 
 	void find_bindings_files (std::map<std::string,std::string>&);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/globals.cc b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
index fd70aa34d7..751a671d41 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/globals.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
@@ -355,12 +355,6 @@ ARDOUR::cleanup ()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-string
-ARDOUR::get_ardour_revision ()
-{
-	return "$Rev$";
-}
-
 void
 ARDOUR::find_bindings_files (map<string,string>& files)
 {