diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 409b114..5c7f3b8 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@
 
 static char path_null = '\0';
 
-/*
- * allocates and initilizes a path
- */
-static char* alloc_path(size_t s) {
-	
-	char *ptr;
-		
-	if (s < 1)
-		return NULL;
-
-    ptr = malloc(s+1);
-    
-	if (ptr == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-		
-	*ptr = '/';
-	memset(ptr+1, 0, s);
-		
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 static const char* path_clear(const char *path) {
 	
 	while(*path == '/')
@@ -58,33 +37,6 @@ static inline int has_delim(const char *str) {
 	return strchr(str, '/') != NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * copy a clean path to buf
- * NOTE: buffer should be atleast of size pathlen(path)+1
- */
-static char* cpy_path(char *buf, const char *path) {
-	
-	if (*path == 0)
-		return buf;
-	
-	while(*path) {
-		
-		*(buf++) = *path;
-		
-		if (*path == '/')
-			path = path_clear(path);
-		else
-			path++;
-	}
-
-	if (*(buf-1) != '/')
-		*(buf++) = '/';
-	
-	dassert(*buf == 0);
-	
-	return buf;
-}
-
 int is_abspath(const char *path) {
 
 	if (path == NULL || *path != '/')
@@ -104,23 +56,6 @@ int is_abspath(const char *path) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
-size_t pathlen(const char *path) {
-	
-	size_t size = 0;
-	
-	while(*path) {
-		
-		size++;
-		
-		if (*path == '/')
-			path = path_clear(path);
-        else
-            path++;
-	}
-
-	return size;
-}
-
 static char* expand_home() {
 
     char *home = getenv("HOME");
diff --git a/src/path.h b/src/path.h
index 8b2337a..483e86b 100644
--- a/src/path.h
+++ b/src/path.h
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 int is_abspath(const char *path);
 
-size_t pathlen(const char *path);
-
 char* path_normalize(const char *base, const char *name, unsigned char dir);
 
 #endif /* __PATH_H */
diff --git a/test/t_path.c b/test/t_path.c
index 45811ba..f9c5186 100644
--- a/test/t_path.c
+++ b/test/t_path.c
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ void test_normalize() {
     free(ptr);
 }
 
-void test_pathlen() {
-
-    assert(pathlen("/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-r5/drivers") == 32);
-    assert(pathlen("/usr///src/") == 9);
-    assert(pathlen("/usr//include/sys//") == 17);
-    assert(pathlen("///var/lib/misc") == 13);
-    assert(pathlen("dir") == 3);
-}
-
 void test_isabspath() {
 
     assert(is_abspath("file") == 0);
@@ -108,7 +99,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     test_isabspath();
     test_normalize();
-    test_pathlen();
     test_basename();
     test_dirname();