diff --git a/src/xml_parsing.cpp b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
index 7dedc941f..43464f8fb 100644
--- a/src/xml_parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
@@ -826,20 +826,4 @@ std::string writeTreeNodesModelXML(const BehaviorTreeFactory& factory)
     return std::string(printer.CStr(), size_t(printer.CStrSize() - 1));
 }
 
-Tree buildTreeFromText(const BehaviorTreeFactory& factory, const std::string& text,
-                       const Blackboard::Ptr& blackboard)
-{
-    XMLParser parser(factory);
-    parser.loadFromText(text);
-    return parser.instantiateTree(blackboard);
-}
-
-Tree buildTreeFromFile(const BehaviorTreeFactory& factory, const std::string& filename,
-                       const Blackboard::Ptr& blackboard)
-{
-    XMLParser parser(factory);
-    parser.loadFromFile(filename);
-    return parser.instantiateTree(blackboard);
-}
-
 }