diff --git a/src/core/misc.c b/src/core/misc.c
index d612f587..c959ad91 100644
--- a/src/core/misc.c
+++ b/src/core/misc.c
@@ -270,11 +270,6 @@ char *gslist_to_string(GSList *list, const char *delimiter)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void hash_save_key(char *key, void *value, GSList **list)
-{
-        *list = g_slist_append(*list, key);
-}
-
 /* remove all the options from the optlist hash table that are valid for the
  * command cmd */
 GList *optlist_remove_known(const char *cmd, GHashTable *optlist)
diff --git a/src/core/misc.h b/src/core/misc.h
index 9e06c707..65534cdc 100644
--- a/src/core/misc.h
+++ b/src/core/misc.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int match_wildcards(const char *mask, const char *data);
 
 /* octal <-> decimal conversions */
 int octal2dec(int octal);
-int dec2octal(int decimal);
+int dec2octal(int decimal) G_GNUC_DEPRECATED;
 
 /* Get time in human readable form with localtime() + asctime() */
 char *my_asctime(time_t t);