diff --git a/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H b/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
index 14710d8c9..49a55bee1 100644
--- a/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
+++ b/FL/Fl_Text_Buffer.H
@@ -645,13 +645,6 @@ public:
   int prev_char(int ix) const;
   int prev_char_clipped(int ix) const;
   
-  /**
-   Returns a pointer to the previous character.
-   \param c pointer to the current char
-   */
-  char *prev_char(char *c) const;
-  const char *prev_char(const char *c) const;
-  
   /**
    Returns the index of the next character.
    \param ix index to the current char
@@ -659,13 +652,6 @@ public:
   int next_char(int ix) const;
   int next_char_clipped(int ix) const;
   
-  /**
-   Returns a pointer to the next character.
-   \param c pointer to the current char
-   */
-  char *next_char(char *c) const;
-  const char *next_char(const char *c) const;
-  
   /**
    Align an index into the buffer to the current or previous utf8 boundary.
    */