diff --git a/source/blood/src/blood.cpp b/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
index ab8fbdb6a..66afe5ea4 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
@@ -1135,7 +1135,6 @@ int GameInterface::app_main()
 #endif
     //gSysRes.Init(pUserRFF ? pUserRFF : "BLOOD.RFF");
     //gGuiRes.Init("GUI.RFF");
-    //gSoundRes.Init(pUserSoundRFF ? pUserSoundRFF : "SOUNDS.RFF");
 
     HookReplaceFunctions();
 
diff --git a/source/blood/src/sound.cpp b/source/blood/src/sound.cpp
index 26bbfc141..22583644c 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/sound.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/sound.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 BEGIN_BLD_NS
 
-Resource& gSoundRes = fileSystem;
-
 int soundRates[13] = {
     11025,
     11025,
diff --git a/source/blood/src/sound.h b/source/blood/src/sound.h
index 917896bc7..c5aa22d1a 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/sound.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/sound.h
@@ -54,6 +54,4 @@ void sndProcess(void);
 void sndTerm(void);
 void sndInit(void);
 
-extern Resource &gSoundRes;
-
 END_BLD_NS
diff --git a/source/build/include/common.h b/source/build/include/common.h
index 669660d74..2a787f26e 100644
--- a/source/build/include/common.h
+++ b/source/build/include/common.h
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ static inline void realloc_copy(char **fn, const char *buf)
 
 int32_t getatoken(scriptfile *sf, const tokenlist *tl, int32_t ntokens);
 
-int32_t G_CheckCmdSwitch(int32_t argc, char const * const * argv, const char *str);
-
 int32_t maybe_append_ext(char *wbuf, int32_t wbufsiz, const char *fn, const char *ext);
 
 // Approximations to 2D and 3D Euclidean distances. Initial EDuke32 SVN import says
diff --git a/source/build/src/common.cpp b/source/build/src/common.cpp
index 643b6476c..f7698b2cc 100644
--- a/source/build/src/common.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/common.cpp
@@ -57,20 +57,6 @@ int32_t getatoken(scriptfile *sf, const tokenlist *tl, int32_t ntokens)
 
 //////////
 
-int32_t G_CheckCmdSwitch(int32_t argc, char const * const * argv, const char *str)
-{
-    int32_t i;
-    for (i=0; i<argc; i++)
-    {
-        if (str && !Bstrcasecmp(argv[i], str))
-            return 1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-////
 
 // Copy FN to WBUF and append an extension if it's not there, which is checked
 // case-insensitively.