diff --git a/mx_getopt.c b/mx_getopt.c
index a92e3650..8d8ddcb1 100644
--- a/mx_getopt.c
+++ b/mx_getopt.c
@@ -396,11 +396,6 @@ static int _mx_getopt_long(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex)
     return handle_option(optctl, idx);
 }
 
-int mx_getopt_long(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex)
-{
-    return _mx_getopt_long(optctl, optindex);
-}
-
 int mx_getopt(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex)
 {
     int opt;
@@ -455,16 +450,3 @@ int mx_getopt(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex)
 
     return opt;
 }
-
-void mx_getopt_print_quoted(char *s)
-{
-    putchar('\'');
-    while (*s) {
-       if (*s == '\'')
-           printf("'\\''");
-       else
-           putchar(*s);
-       s++;
-    }
-    putchar('\'');
-}
diff --git a/mx_getopt.h b/mx_getopt.h
index fe9ef256..4fc09c92 100644
--- a/mx_getopt.h
+++ b/mx_getopt.h
@@ -179,9 +179,5 @@ struct mx_getopt_ctl {
 void mx_getopt_pop_current_argument(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl);
 
 int mx_getopt_init(struct mx_getopt_ctl *ctl, int argc, char **argv, struct mx_option *optv);
-int mx_getopt_long(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex);
 int mx_getopt(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex);
-
-void mx_getopt_print_quoted(char *s);
-
 #endif