diff --git a/include/opentxs/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.hpp b/include/opentxs/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.hpp
index 9274d6605e..2bd40368b1 100644
--- a/include/opentxs/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.hpp
+++ b/include/opentxs/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.hpp
@@ -267,18 +267,6 @@ class OTASCIIArmor : public OTString
     EXPORT bool SetAndPackString(const OTString& theData,
                                  bool bLineBreaks = true);
 
-    EXPORT bool GetStringMap(std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map,
-                             bool bLineBreaks = true) const;
-    EXPORT bool GetAndUnpackStringMap(
-        std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map,
-        bool bLineBreaks = true) const;
-
-    EXPORT bool SetStringMap(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map,
-                             bool bLineBreaks = true);
-    EXPORT bool SetAndPackStringMap(
-        const std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map,
-        bool bLineBreaks = true);
-
 private:
     static std::unique_ptr<OTDB::OTPacker> s_pPacker;
 };
diff --git a/src/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.cpp b/src/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.cpp
index eb35e5704f..221e5513e6 100644
--- a/src/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.cpp
+++ b/src/core/crypto/OTASCIIArmor.cpp
@@ -480,137 +480,6 @@ bool OTASCIIArmor::GetString(OTString& strData,
     return GetAndUnpackString(strData, bLineBreaks);
 }
 
-bool OTASCIIArmor::GetStringMap(std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map,
-                                bool bLineBreaks) const
-{
-    return GetAndUnpackStringMap(the_map, bLineBreaks);
-}
-
-bool OTASCIIArmor::GetAndUnpackStringMap(
-    std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map, bool bLineBreaks) const
-{
-    size_t outSize = 0;
-    uint8_t* pData = nullptr;
-
-    the_map.clear();
-
-    if (GetLength() < 1) return true;
-
-    pData = OTCrypto::It()->Base64Decode(Get(), &outSize, bLineBreaks);
-
-    if (pData) {
-
-        OTDB::OTPacker* pPacker =
-            OTASCIIArmor::GetPacker(); // No need to check for failure, since
-                                       // this already ASSERTS. No need to
-                                       // cleanup either.
-
-        std::unique_ptr<OTDB::PackedBuffer> pBuffer(
-            pPacker->CreateBuffer()); // Need to clean this up.
-        OT_ASSERT(nullptr != pBuffer);
-
-        pBuffer->SetData(static_cast<const uint8_t*>(pData), outSize);
-        delete[] pData;
-        pData = nullptr;
-
-        std::unique_ptr<OTDB::StringMap> pStringMap(
-            dynamic_cast<OTDB::StringMap*>(
-                OTDB::CreateObject(OTDB::STORED_OBJ_STRING_MAP)));
-        OT_ASSERT(nullptr != pStringMap);
-
-        bool bUnpacked = pPacker->Unpack(*pBuffer, *pStringMap);
-
-        if (!bUnpacked) {
-            otErr << "Failed unpacking data in "
-                     "OTASCIIArmor::GetAndUnpackStringMap.\n";
-            delete[] pData;
-            pData = nullptr;
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        the_map = pStringMap->the_map;
-
-        delete[] pData;
-        pData = nullptr;
-        return true;
-    }
-    else {
-        otErr << "Error while base64_decoding in "
-                 "OTASCIIArmor::GetAndUnpackStringMap.\n";
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-bool OTASCIIArmor::SetStringMap(
-    const std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map, bool bLineBreaks)
-{
-    return SetAndPackStringMap(the_map, bLineBreaks);
-}
-
-bool OTASCIIArmor::SetAndPackStringMap(
-    const std::map<std::string, std::string>& the_map, bool bLineBreaks)
-{
-    char* pString = nullptr;
-
-    Release();
-
-    if (the_map.empty()) return true;
-
-    OTDB::OTPacker* pPacker =
-        OTASCIIArmor::GetPacker(); // No need to check for failure, since this
-                                   // already ASSERTS. No need to cleanup
-                                   // either.
-
-    // Here I use the default storage context to create the object (the string
-    // map.)
-    // I also originally created OTASCIIArmor::GetPacker() using
-    // OTDB_DEFAULT_PACKER,
-    // so I know everything is compatible.
-    //
-    std::unique_ptr<OTDB::StringMap> pStringMap(dynamic_cast<OTDB::StringMap*>(
-        OTDB::CreateObject(OTDB::STORED_OBJ_STRING_MAP)));
-
-    OT_ASSERT(nullptr !=
-              pStringMap); // Beyond this point, responsible to delete
-                           // pStringMap.
-
-    pStringMap->the_map = the_map;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<OTDB::PackedBuffer> pBuffer(pPacker->Pack(
-        *pStringMap)); // Now we PACK our data before compressing/encoding it.
-
-    if (nullptr == pBuffer) {
-        otErr << "Failed packing data in OTASCIIArmor::SetAndPackStringMap. \n";
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    const uint8_t* pUint = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(pBuffer->GetData());
-    const size_t theSize = pBuffer->GetSize();
-
-    if (nullptr != pUint)
-        pString = OTCrypto::It()->Base64Encode(
-            pUint, static_cast<int32_t>(theSize), bLineBreaks);
-    //        pString = OT_base64_encode(pUint, static_cast<int32_t> (theSize),
-    // (bLineBreaks ? 1 : 0));
-    else {
-        otErr << "Error while base64_encoding in "
-                 "OTASCIIArmor::SetAndPackStringMap.\n";
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (nullptr != pString) {
-        Set(pString);
-        delete[] pString;
-        pString = nullptr;
-        return true;
-    }
-    else {
-        otErr << "Error while base64_encoding in "
-                 "OTASCIIArmor::SetAndPackStringMap.\n";
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
 // This function will base64 DECODE the string contents
 // and return them as binary in theData
 bool OTASCIIArmor::GetData(OTData& theData,