diff --git a/include/asterisk/frame.h b/include/asterisk/frame.h
index 4cc0cd576c..dc8884cfa7 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/frame.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/frame.h
@@ -386,28 +386,6 @@ struct ast_frame *ast_frisolate(struct ast_frame *fr);
  */
 struct ast_frame *ast_frdup(const struct ast_frame *fr);
 
-/*! \brief Reads a frame from an fd
- * Read a frame from a stream or packet fd, as written by fd_write
- * \param fd an opened fd to read from
- * \return returns a frame on success, NULL on error
- */
-struct ast_frame *ast_fr_fdread(int fd);
-
-/*! Writes a frame to an fd
- * Write a frame to an fd
- * \param fd Which fd to write to
- * \param frame frame to write to the fd
- * \return Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
- */
-int ast_fr_fdwrite(int fd, struct ast_frame *frame);
-
-/*! \brief Sends a hangup to an fd 
- * Send a hangup (NULL equivalent) on an fd
- * \param fd fd to write to
- * \return Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
- */
-int ast_fr_fdhangup(int fd);
-
 void ast_swapcopy_samples(void *dst, const void *src, int samples);
 
 /* Helpers for byteswapping native samples to/from 
diff --git a/main/frame.c b/main/frame.c
index 17da73f4c6..5650df4753 100644
--- a/main/frame.c
+++ b/main/frame.c
@@ -482,91 +482,6 @@ struct ast_frame *ast_frdup(const struct ast_frame *f)
 	return out;
 }
 
-#if 0
-/*
- * XXX
- * This function is badly broken - it does not handle correctly
- * partial reads on either header or body.
- * However is it never used anywhere so we leave it commented out
- */
-struct ast_frame *ast_fr_fdread(int fd)
-{
-	char buf[65536];
-	int res;	
-	struct ast_frame *f = (struct ast_frame *)buf;
-	int ttl = sizeof(*f);
-	/* Read a frame directly from there.  They're always in the
-	   right format. */
-	
-	while(ttl) {
-		res = read(fd, buf, ttl);
-		if (res < 0) {
-			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Bad read on %d: %s\n", fd, strerror(errno));
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		ttl -= res;
-	}
-	
-	/* read the frame header */
-
-	/* Re-write data position */
-	f->data = buf + sizeof(*f);
-	f->offset = 0;
-	/* Forget about being mallocd */
-	f->mallocd = 0;
-	/* Re-write the source */
-	f->src = (char *)__FUNCTION__;
-	if (f->datalen > sizeof(buf) - sizeof(*f)) {
-		/* Really bad read */
-		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Strange read (%d bytes)\n", f->datalen);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	if (f->datalen) {
-		if ((res = read(fd, f->data, f->datalen)) != f->datalen) {
-			/* Bad read */
-			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "How very strange, expected %d, got %d\n", f->datalen, res);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	if ((f->frametype == AST_FRAME_CONTROL) && (f->subclass == AST_CONTROL_HANGUP)) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return ast_frisolate(f);
-}
-
-/* Some convenient routines for sending frames to/from stream or datagram
-   sockets, pipes, etc (maybe even files) */
-
-/*
- * XXX this function is also partly broken because it does not handle
- * partial writes. We comment it out too, and also the unique
- * client it has, ast_fr_fdhangup()
- */
-int ast_fr_fdwrite(int fd, struct ast_frame *frame)
-{
-	/* Write the frame exactly */
-	if (write(fd, frame, sizeof(*frame)) != sizeof(*frame)) {
-		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Write error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return -1;
-	}
-	if (write(fd, frame->data, frame->datalen) != frame->datalen) {
-		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Write error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int ast_fr_fdhangup(int fd)
-{
-	struct ast_frame hangup = {
-		AST_FRAME_CONTROL,
-		AST_CONTROL_HANGUP
-	};
-	return ast_fr_fdwrite(fd, &hangup);
-}
-
-#endif /* unused functions */
-
 void ast_swapcopy_samples(void *dst, const void *src, int samples)
 {
 	int i;