diff --git a/geojson.c b/geojson.c
index a65b41c4..4ca5009a 100644
--- a/geojson.c
+++ b/geojson.c
@@ -138,15 +138,6 @@ void serialize_uint(FILE *out, unsigned n, long long *fpos, const char *fname) {
 	*fpos += sizeof(unsigned);
 }
 
-void serialize_string(FILE *out, const char *s, long long *fpos, const char *fname) {
-	int len = strlen(s);
-
-	serialize_int(out, len + 1, fpos, fname);
-	fwrite_check(s, sizeof(char), len, out, fname);
-	fwrite_check("", sizeof(char), 1, out, fname);
-	*fpos += len + 1;
-}
-
 void parse_geometry(int t, json_object *j, long long *bbox, long long *fpos, FILE *out, int op, const char *fname, int line, long long *wx, long long *wy, int *initialized, unsigned *initial_x, unsigned *initial_y) {
 	if (j == NULL || j->type != JSON_ARRAY) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: expected array for type %d\n", fname, line, t);
@@ -274,17 +265,6 @@ void deserialize_byte(char **f, signed char *n) {
 	*f += sizeof(signed char);
 }
 
-struct pool_val *deserialize_string(char **f, struct pool *p, int type) {
-	struct pool_val *ret;
-	int len;
-
-	deserialize_int(f, &len);
-	ret = pool(p, *f, type);
-	*f += len;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 struct index {
 	long long start;
 	long long end;
diff --git a/tile.cc b/tile.cc
index 879f81b0..3f8a5160 100644
--- a/tile.cc
+++ b/tile.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ struct coalesce {
 	std::vector<int> meta;
 	unsigned long long index;
 	unsigned long long index2;
-	char *metasrc;
 	bool coalesced;
 	long long original_seq;
 
@@ -878,7 +877,6 @@ long long write_tile(char **geoms, char *metabase, char *stringpool, int z, unsi
 					c.index = partials[i].index;
 					c.index2 = partials[i].index2;
 					c.geom = geoms[j];
-					c.metasrc = meta;
 					c.coalesced = false;
 					c.original_seq = original_seq;