diff --git a/include/QF/progs.h b/include/QF/progs.h
index 1f3255f4c..8b7a3cc1b 100644
--- a/include/QF/progs.h
+++ b/include/QF/progs.h
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ void ED_ClearEdict (progs_t * pr, edict_t *e, int val);
 edict_t *ED_Alloc (progs_t *pr);
 void ED_Free (progs_t *pr, edict_t *ed);
 
-char	*ED_NewString (progs_t *pr, const char *string);
-// returns a copy of the string allocated from the server's string heap
-
 void ED_Print (progs_t *pr, edict_t *ed);
 void ED_Write (progs_t *pr, QFile *f, edict_t *ed);
 const char *ED_ParseEdict (progs_t *pr, const char *data, edict_t *ent);
diff --git a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_parse.c b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_parse.c
index b4965d2f2..4443b1584 100644
--- a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_parse.c
+++ b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_parse.c
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ ED_Write (progs_t *pr, QFile *f, edict_t *ed)
 	FIXME: need to tag constants, doesn't really work
 */
 
-/*
-	ED_WriteGlobals
-*/
 void
 ED_WriteGlobals (progs_t *pr, QFile *f)
 {
@@ -189,10 +186,7 @@ ED_WriteGlobals (progs_t *pr, QFile *f)
 }
 
 
-/*
-	ED_NewString
-*/
-char *
+static char *
 ED_NewString (progs_t *pr, const char *string)
 {
 	char		*new, *new_p;
@@ -378,9 +372,6 @@ ED_ParseEdict (progs_t *pr, const char *data, edict_t *ent)
 	return data;
 }
 
-/*
-	ED_ParseGlobals
-*/
 void
 ED_ParseGlobals (progs_t *pr, const char *data)
 {