diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index 732a18afb..382c50656 100644
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -280,45 +280,6 @@ msglen (const char *text, int *lines, int *columns)
     *columns = ncolumns;
 }
 
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/**
- * Copy from s to d, and trim the beginning if necessary, and prepend
- * "..." in this case.  The destination string can have at most len
- * bytes, not counting trailing 0.
- */
-
-char *
-trim (const char *s, char *d, int len)
-{
-    int source_len;
-
-    /* Sanity check */
-    len = max (len, 0);
-
-    source_len = strlen (s);
-    if (source_len > len)
-    {
-        /* Cannot fit the whole line */
-        if (len <= 3)
-        {
-            /* We only have room for the dots */
-            memset (d, '.', len);
-            d[len] = 0;
-            return d;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* Begin with ... and add the rest of the source string */
-            memset (d, '.', 3);
-            strcpy (d + 3, s + 3 + source_len - len);
-        }
-    }
-    else
-        /* We can copy the whole line */
-        strcpy (d, s);
-    return d;
-}
-
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /**
  * Quote the filename for the purpose of inserting it into the command
@@ -1526,33 +1487,6 @@ save_file_position (const char *filename, long line, long column, off_t offset,
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-extern const char *
-cstrcasestr (const char *haystack, const char *needle)
-{
-    char *nee = str_create_search_needle (needle, 0);
-    const char *result = str_search_first (haystack, nee, 0);
-    str_release_search_needle (nee, 0);
-    return result;
-}
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-const char *
-cstrstr (const char *haystack, const char *needle)
-{
-    return strstr (haystack, needle);
-}
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-extern char *
-str_unconst (const char *s)
-{
-    return (char *) s;
-}
-
-/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
 extern int
 ascii_alpha_to_cntrl (int ch)
 {
diff --git a/lib/util.h b/lib/util.h
index b5e1bdada..9a996d3a0 100644
--- a/lib/util.h
+++ b/lib/util.h
@@ -87,26 +87,10 @@ extern struct sigaction startup_handler;
 
 /*** declarations of public functions ************************************************************/
 
-/* Returns its argument as a "modifiable" string. This function is
- * intended to pass strings to legacy libraries that don't know yet
- * about the "const" modifier. The return value of this function
- * MUST NOT be modified. */
-extern char *str_unconst (const char *);
-
-/* String managing functions */
-
-extern const char *cstrcasestr (const char *haystack, const char *needle);
-extern const char *cstrstr (const char *haystack, const char *needle);
-
 void str_replace (char *s, char from, char to);
 int is_printable (int c);
 void msglen (const char *text, /*@out@ */ int *lines, /*@out@ */ int *columns);
 
-/* Copy from s to d, and trim the beginning if necessary, and prepend
- * "..." in this case.  The destination string can have at most len
- * bytes, not counting trailing 0. */
-char *trim (const char *s, char *d, int len);
-
 /* Quote the filename for the purpose of inserting it into the command
  * line.  If quote_percent is 1, replace "%" with "%%" - the percent is
  * processed by the mc command line. */