diff --git a/lib/monotable/local_store.rb b/lib/monotable/local_store.rb
index 672389f..facad2f 100644
--- a/lib/monotable/local_store.rb
+++ b/lib/monotable/local_store.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
   journal_manager
   compaction_manager
 
-  column
-  columns
-
   record
 
   index_block
diff --git a/lib/monotable/local_store/column.rb b/lib/monotable/local_store/column.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fdd6db5..0000000
--- a/lib/monotable/local_store/column.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-module Monotable
-  class Column < Hash
-    attr_accessor :name, :properties
-
-    # props can just be a string - the name of the column
-    #   or a hash with at least the "name" field set
-    def initialize(props={})
-      case props
-      when String then
-        props =  {"name" => props}
-      when Hash then
-      else
-        raise ArgumentError.new("string or hash required. got: #{props.inspect} (#{props.class})")
-      end
-      self.merge! props
-      self.name=self["name"]
-      raise ArgumentError.new("name property required") unless self.name
-    end
-
-    def to_s; name; end
-
-    def inspect; "Column:#{name.inspect}";end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/monotable/local_store/columns.rb b/lib/monotable/local_store/columns.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f8e8f2..0000000
--- a/lib/monotable/local_store/columns.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-module Monotable
-  class Columns
-    attr_reader :columns,:columns_by_id
-
-    def initialize(from_xbd=nil)
-      @columns={}
-      @columns_by_id=[]
-      load_xbd(from_xbd) if from_xbd
-    end
-
-    def load_xbd(xbd_tag)
-      xbd_tag.each_tag do |tag|
-        col_info={}
-        tag.each_attribute do |k,v|
-          col_info[k]=v
-        end
-        self << col_info
-      end
-    end
-
-    def <<(column_properties)
-      column = Column.new column_properties
-      @columns[column]||= begin
-        id = @columns_by_id.length
-        @columns_by_id<<column
-        id
-      end
-    end
-
-    def inspect; xbd_tag.to_xml; end
-
-    def length;@columns.length; end
-
-    def each; @columns_by_id.each {|col| yield col} end
-    def each_with_index; @columns_by_id.each_with_index {|col,i| yield col,i} end
-
-    def [](key) @columns[key] || @columns_by_id[key] end
-
-    def ==(other) @columns_by_id == other.columns_by_id; end
-
-    def xbd_tag
-      Xbd::Tag.new("columns") do |tag|
-        each do |column|
-          tag<<Xbd::Tag.new("column") do |col_tag|
-            column.each {|k,v| col_tag[k]=v}
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/column_spec.rb b/spec/column_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ec86e84..0000000
--- a/spec/column_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"mono_table_helper_methods")
-
-module Monotable
-describe Monotable::Column do
-  include MonotableHelperMethods
-
-  def test_name; "username"; end
-  it "should accept hash and reply with correct name" do
-    col = Column.new "name" => test_name
-    col.name.should == test_name
-  end
-
-  it "should respond to to_s" do
-    col = Column.new test_name
-    col.to_s.should == test_name
-  end
-
-  it "should be equal if as long as name is squal" do
-    col1 = Column.new "name" => test_name, "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"
-    col2 = Column.new "name" => test_name, "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"
-    col1.should==col2
-
-    col1 = Column.new "name" => test_name+"A", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"
-    col2 = Column.new "name" => test_name+"B", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"
-    col1.should_not==col2
-  end
-
-  it "should be possible to use as a Hash-key; any different property means a different hash-key" do
-    hash = {}
-    hash[Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg")]="val1"
-    hash[Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/img")]="val2"
-
-    hash[Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg")].should=="val1"
-    hash[Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/img")].should=="val2"
-  end
-
-  it "should be comparable to a matching Hash of properties" do
-    Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg").should == {"name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"}
-    Column.new("name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg").should_not == {"name"=>"col1", "Content-Type" => "image/png"}
-  end
-
-end
-end
diff --git a/spec/columns_spec.rb b/spec/columns_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9671d87..0000000
--- a/spec/columns_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"mono_table_helper_methods")
-
-module Monotable
-describe Monotable::Columns do
-  include MonotableHelperMethods
-
-  it "should work with one column" do
-    cols = Columns.new
-    col_info = {"name" => "col_nam", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"}
-    cols << col_info
-    cols.length.should == 1
-    cols[0].should == col_info
-    cols[col_info].should == 0
-  end
-
-  it "should ignore adding the same column twice" do
-    cols = Columns.new
-    col_info = {"name" => "col_name", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"}
-    cols << col_info
-    cols << col_info
-    cols.length.should == 1
-  end
-
-  it "should allow two columns with the same name but different properties" do
-    cols = Columns.new
-    col_info = {"name" => "col_name", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"}
-    cols << col_info
-    col_info = {"name" => "col_name", "Content-Type" => "image/gif"}
-    cols << col_info
-    cols.length.should == 2
-  end
-
-  it "should convert to xbd" do
-    cols = Columns.new
-    col_info = {"name" => "col_name", "Content-Type" => "image/jpeg"}
-    cols << col_info
-    xbd_tag = cols.xbd_tag
-    bin = xbd_tag.to_binary
-    cols2 = Columns.new Xbd.parse(bin)
-    cols2.should == cols
-  end
-end
-end