diff --git a/src/common/ceph_argparse.cc b/src/common/ceph_argparse.cc
index 9c2703ab354b6..b4dbfd70c962e 100644
--- a/src/common/ceph_argparse.cc
+++ b/src/common/ceph_argparse.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "include/str_list.h"
 #include "msg/msg_types.h"
 
-#include <deque>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -46,91 +45,6 @@
 #undef generic_dout
 #undef dendl
 
-static bool cmd_is_char(const char *cmd)
-{
-  return ((cmd[0] == '-') &&
-    cmd[1] && !cmd[2]);
-}
-
-bool ceph_argparse_cmd_equals(const char *cmd, const char *opt, char char_opt,
-			      unsigned int *val_pos)
-{
-  unsigned int i;
-  unsigned int len = strlen(opt);
-
-  *val_pos = 0;
-
-  if (!*cmd)
-    return false;
-
-  if (char_opt && cmd_is_char(cmd))
-    return (char_opt == cmd[1]);
-
-  if ((cmd[0] != '-') || (cmd[1] != '-'))
-    return false;
-
-  for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
-    if ((opt[i] == '_') || (opt[i] == '-')) {
-      switch (cmd[i+2]) {
-      case '-':
-      case '_':
-        continue;
-      default:
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (cmd[i+2] != opt[i])
-      return false;
-  }
-
-  if (cmd[i+2] == '=')
-    *val_pos = i+3;
-  else if (cmd[i+2])
-    return false;
-
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool ceph_argparse_cmdline_val(void *field, int type, const char *val)
-{
-  switch (type) {
-  case OPT_BOOL:
-    if (strcasecmp(val, "false") == 0)
-      *(bool *)field = false;
-    else if (strcasecmp(val, "true") == 0)
-      *(bool *)field = true;
-    else
-      *(bool *)field = (bool)atoi(val);
-    break;
-  case OPT_INT:
-    *(int *)field = atoi(val);
-    break;
-  case OPT_LONGLONG:
-    *(long long *)field = atoll(val);
-    break;
-  case OPT_STR:
-    if (val)
-      *(char **)field = strdup(val);
-    else
-      *(char **)field = NULL;
-    break;
-  case OPT_FLOAT:
-    *(float *)field = atof(val);
-    break;
-  case OPT_DOUBLE:
-    *(double *)field = strtod(val, NULL);
-    break;
-  case OPT_ADDR:
-    ((entity_addr_t *)field)->parse(val);
-    break;
-  default:
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 void env_to_vec(std::vector<const char*>& args)
 {
   char *p = getenv("CEPH_ARGS");
@@ -154,27 +68,6 @@ void env_to_vec(std::vector<const char*>& args)
   }
 }
 
-void env_to_deq(std::deque<const char*>& args)
-{
-  char *p = getenv("CEPH_ARGS");
-  if (!p) return;
-
-  static char buf[1000];
-  int len = MIN(strlen(p), sizeof(buf)-1);  // bleh.
-  memcpy(buf, p, len);
-  buf[len] = 0;
-
-  p = buf;
-  while (*p && p < buf + len) {
-    char *e = p;
-    while (*e && *e != ' ')
-      e++;
-    *e = 0;
-    args.push_back(p);
-    p = e+1;
-  }
-}
-
 void argv_to_vec(int argc, const char **argv,
                  std::vector<const char*>& args)
 {
@@ -182,13 +75,6 @@ void argv_to_vec(int argc, const char **argv,
     args.push_back(argv[i]);
 }
 
-void argv_to_deq(int argc, const char **argv,
-                 std::deque<const char*>& args)
-{
-  for (int i=1; i<argc; i++)
-    args.push_back(argv[i]);
-}
-
 void vec_to_argv(std::vector<const char*>& args,
                  int& argc, const char **&argv)
 {
diff --git a/src/common/ceph_argparse.h b/src/common/ceph_argparse.h
index 075e2df6d38e5..50168be41251a 100644
--- a/src/common/ceph_argparse.h
+++ b/src/common/ceph_argparse.h
@@ -31,45 +31,6 @@
 #include "common/entity_name.h"
 #include "msg/msg_types.h"
 
-/////////////////////// Macros ///////////////////////
-#define FOR_EACH_ARG(args) \
-	__isarg = 1 < args.size(); \
-	for (unsigned i=0; i<args.size(); i++, __isarg = i+1 < args.size())
-
-#define DEFINE_CONF_VARS(usage_func) \
-	unsigned int val_pos __attribute__((unused)); \
-	void (*args_usage)() __attribute__((unused)) = usage_func; \
-	bool __isarg __attribute__((unused))
-
-#define CEPH_ARGPARSE_NEXT_VAL (val_pos ? &args[i][val_pos] : args[++i])
-
-#define CEPH_ARGPARSE_VAL args[i]
-
-#define CEPH_ARGPARSE_SET_ARG_VAL(dest, type) \
-	do { \
-          __isarg = i+1 < args.size(); \
-          if (__isarg && !val_pos && \
-              args[i+1][0] == '-' && args[i+1][1] != '\0') \
-              __isarg = false; \
-          if (type == OPT_BOOL) { \
-		if (val_pos) { \
-			ceph_argparse_cmdline_val(dest, type, CEPH_ARGPARSE_NEXT_VAL); \
-		} else \
-			ceph_argparse_cmdline_val(dest, type, "true"); \
-          } else if (__isarg || val_pos) { \
-		ceph_argparse_cmdline_val(dest, type, CEPH_ARGPARSE_NEXT_VAL); \
-	  } else if (args_usage) \
-		args_usage(); \
-	} while (0)
-
-#define CEPH_ARGPARSE_EQ(str_cmd, char_cmd) \
-	ceph_argparse_cmd_equals(args[i], str_cmd, char_cmd, &val_pos)
-
-extern bool ceph_argparse_cmdline_val(void *field, int type,
-				      const char *val);
-extern bool ceph_argparse_cmd_equals(const char *cmd, const char *opt,
-				     char char_opt, unsigned int *val_pos);
-
 /////////////////////// Types ///////////////////////
 class CephInitParameters
 {
@@ -83,11 +44,8 @@ class CephInitParameters
 
 /////////////////////// Functions ///////////////////////
 extern void env_to_vec(std::vector<const char*>& args);
-extern void env_to_deq(std::deque<const char*>& args);
 extern void argv_to_vec(int argc, const char **argv,
                  std::vector<const char*>& args);
-extern void argv_to_deq(int argc, const char **argv,
-                 std::deque<const char*>& args);
 extern void vec_to_argv(std::vector<const char*>& args,
                  int& argc, const char **&argv);