diff --git a/etc/grml/script-functions b/etc/grml/script-functions
index 4d6bcea8..8e8dcd5c 100644
--- a/etc/grml/script-functions
+++ b/etc/grml/script-functions
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 # License:       This file is licensed under the GPL v2.
 ################################################################################
 
-# {{{ set default PATH
-setpath(){
-  export PATH=${PATH:-'/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin'}
-}
-# }}}
-
 # {{{ check for root-permissions
 check4root(){
   if [ "$(id -u 2>/dev/null)" != 0 ] ; then
@@ -19,34 +13,6 @@ check4root(){
 }
 # }}}
 
-# {{{ check for user permissions
-check4user(){
-  if [ "$(id -u 2>/dev/null)" = 0 ] ; then
-    echo 1>&2 "Error: please do not run this script with uid 0 (root)." ; return 1
-  fi
-}
-# }}}
-
-# {{{ check for running zsh
-iszsh(){
-  if ! [ -z "$ZSH_VERSION" ] ; then
-    return 0
-  else
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-# }}}
-
-# {{{ check for (X)dialog
-setdialog(){
-  if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] ; then
-     [ -x /usr/bin/Xdialog ] && DIALOG="Xdialog" && export XDIALOG_HIGH_DIALOG_COMPAT=1
-  else
-     [ -x /usr/bin/dialog ] && DIALOG='dialog' || ( echo 1>&2 "dialog not available" ; return 1 )
-  fi
-}
-# }}}
-
 # {{{ check for availability of program(s)
 # usage example:
 #       check4progs [-s,-q,--quiet,--silent] arg [arg .... argn]
@@ -137,96 +103,15 @@ checkbootparam(){
 }
 # }}}
 
-# {{{ check whether $1 is yes
-checkvalue(){
-  if [ "$1" = "yes" -o "$1" = "YES" ] ; then
-    return 0
-  else
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-# }}}
-
 # {{{ grml specific checks
 isgrml(){
   [ -f /etc/grml_version ] && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
-grmlversion(){
- cat /etc/grml_version
-}
-
 isgrmlcd(){
   [ -f /etc/grml_cd ] && return 0 || return 1
 }
-
-isgrmlhd(){
-  [ -f /etc/grml_cd ] && return 1 || return 0
-}
-
-checkgrmlsmall(){
-  grep -q small /etc/grml_version 2>/dev/null && return 0 || return 1
-}
 # }}}
 
-# {{{ filesystems (proc, pts, sys)
-mount_proc(){
-  check4root || return 1
-  [ -f /proc/version ] || mount -t proc /proc /proc 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-mount_pts(){
-  check4root || return 1
-  stringinfile "/dev/pts" /proc/mounts || mount -t devpts /dev/pts /dev/pts 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-mount_sys(){
-  check4root || return 1
-  [ -d /sys/devices ] || mount -t sysfs /sys /sys 2>/dev/null
-}
-# }}}
-
-# char *reverse_list(list) {{{
-#
-#   Returns the reversed order of list
-#
-reverse_list() {
-  local ret
-  ret=''
-  while [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; do
-    if [ -z "${ret}" ] ; then
-      ret="$1"
-    else
-      ret="$1 ${ret}"
-    fi
-    shift
-  done
-  printf '%s' "${ret}"
-}
-#}}}
-
-# bool is_older_than(reference, files/dirs to check) {{{
-#
-#   return 0 if any of the files/dirs are newer than
-#   the reference file
-#
-#   EXAMPLE: if is_older_than a.out *.o ; then ...
-is_older_than() {
-  local x
-  local ref="$1"
-  shift
-
-  for x in "$@" ; do
-    [ "${x}" -nt "${ref}" ] && return 0
-
-    if [ -d "${x}" ] ; then
-      is_older_than "${ref}" "${x}"/* && return 0
-    fi
-  done
-
-  return 1
-}
-#}}}
-
 ## END OF FILE #################################################################
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