diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index 7e7c05a59..f4ca8c053 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -165,17 +165,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_GetArg)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetBoolArg("booltest4", false), true);
 }
 
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_WildcardMatch)
-{
-    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("127.0.0.1", "*"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("127.0.0.1", "127.*"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a?cde?"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a?cde??"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a*f"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a*x"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("", "*"));
-}
-
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_FormatMoney)
 {
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(0, false), "0.00");
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 36ac23b1d..00e29446d 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -889,43 +889,6 @@ string DecodeBase32(const string& str)
     return string((const char*)&vchRet[0], vchRet.size());
 }
 
-
-bool WildcardMatch(const char* psz, const char* mask)
-{
-    while (true)
-    {
-        switch (*mask)
-        {
-        case '\0':
-            return (*psz == '\0');
-        case '*':
-            return WildcardMatch(psz, mask+1) || (*psz && WildcardMatch(psz+1, mask));
-        case '?':
-            if (*psz == '\0')
-                return false;
-            break;
-        default:
-            if (*psz != *mask)
-                return false;
-            break;
-        }
-        psz++;
-        mask++;
-    }
-}
-
-bool WildcardMatch(const string& str, const string& mask)
-{
-    return WildcardMatch(str.c_str(), mask.c_str());
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 static std::string FormatException(std::exception* pex, const char* pszThread)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index fa1e664c9..011a40e54 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ std::string DecodeBase32(const std::string& str);
 std::string EncodeBase32(const unsigned char* pch, size_t len);
 std::string EncodeBase32(const std::string& str);
 void ParseParameters(int argc, const char*const argv[]);
-bool WildcardMatch(const char* psz, const char* mask);
-bool WildcardMatch(const std::string& str, const std::string& mask);
 void FileCommit(FILE *fileout);
 bool TruncateFile(FILE *file, unsigned int length);
 int RaiseFileDescriptorLimit(int nMinFD);
@@ -348,13 +346,6 @@ inline std::string DateTimeStrFormat(const char* pszFormat, int64_t nTime)
     return pszTime;
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-void skipspaces(T& it)
-{
-    while (isspace(*it))
-        ++it;
-}
-
 inline bool IsSwitchChar(char c)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32