diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 2350070..7e41072 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -1368,80 +1368,6 @@
   return netlink_parse_info (netlink_talk_filter, nl);
 }
 
-/* Routing table change via netlink interface. */
-static int
-netlink_route (int cmd, int family, void *dest, int length, void *gate,
-               int index, int zebra_flags, int table)
-{
-  int ret;
-  int bytelen;
-  struct sockaddr_nl snl;
-  int discard;
-
-  struct
-  {
-    struct nlmsghdr n;
-    struct rtmsg r;
-    char buf[NL_PKT_BUF_SIZE];
-  } req;
-
-  memset (&req, 0, sizeof req - NL_PKT_BUF_SIZE);
-
-  bytelen = (family == AF_INET ? 4 : 16);
-
-  req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH (sizeof (struct rtmsg));
-  req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_REQUEST;
-  req.n.nlmsg_type = cmd;
-  req.r.rtm_family = family;
-  req.r.rtm_table = table;
-  req.r.rtm_dst_len = length;
-  req.r.rtm_protocol = RTPROT_ZEBRA;
-  req.r.rtm_scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
-
-  if ((zebra_flags & ZEBRA_FLAG_BLACKHOLE)
-      || (zebra_flags & ZEBRA_FLAG_REJECT))
-    discard = 1;
-  else
-    discard = 0;
-
-  if (cmd == RTM_NEWROUTE)
-    {
-      if (discard)
-        {
-          if (zebra_flags & ZEBRA_FLAG_BLACKHOLE)
-            req.r.rtm_type = RTN_BLACKHOLE;
-          else if (zebra_flags & ZEBRA_FLAG_REJECT)
-            req.r.rtm_type = RTN_UNREACHABLE;
-          else
-            assert (RTN_BLACKHOLE != RTN_UNREACHABLE);  /* false */
-        }
-      else
-        req.r.rtm_type = RTN_UNICAST;
-    }
-
-  if (dest)
-    addattr_l (&req.n, sizeof req, RTA_DST, dest, bytelen);
-
-  if (!discard)
-    {
-      if (gate)
-        addattr_l (&req.n, sizeof req, RTA_GATEWAY, gate, bytelen);
-      if (index > 0)
-        addattr32 (&req.n, sizeof req, RTA_OIF, index);
-    }
-
-  /* Destination netlink address. */
-  memset (&snl, 0, sizeof snl);
-  snl.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
-
-  /* Talk to netlink socket. */
-  ret = netlink_talk (&req.n, &netlink_cmd);
-  if (ret < 0)
-    return -1;
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
 /* This function takes a nexthop as argument and adds
  * the appropriate netlink attributes to an existing
  * netlink message.
diff --git a/zebra/rt_socket.c b/zebra/rt_socket.c
index 63470ad..d8c947c 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_socket.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_socket.c
@@ -271,67 +271,6 @@
 
 /* Interface between zebra message and rtm message. */
 static int
-kernel_rtm_ipv6 (int message, struct prefix_ipv6 *dest,
-		 struct in6_addr *gate, int index, int flags)
-{
-  struct sockaddr_in6 *mask;
-  struct sockaddr_in6 sin_dest, sin_mask, sin_gate;
-
-  memset (&sin_dest, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6));
-  sin_dest.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-#ifdef SIN6_LEN
-  sin_dest.sin6_len = sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6);
-#endif /* SIN6_LEN */
-
-  memset (&sin_mask, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6));
-
-  memset (&sin_gate, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6));
-  sin_gate.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-#ifdef SIN6_LEN
-  sin_gate.sin6_len = sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6);
-#endif /* SIN6_LEN */
-
-  sin_dest.sin6_addr = dest->prefix;
-
-  if (gate)
-    memcpy (&sin_gate.sin6_addr, gate, sizeof (struct in6_addr));
-
-  /* Under kame set interface index to link local address. */
-#ifdef KAME
-
-#define SET_IN6_LINKLOCAL_IFINDEX(a, i) \
-  do { \
-    (a).s6_addr[2] = ((i) >> 8) & 0xff; \
-    (a).s6_addr[3] = (i) & 0xff; \
-  } while (0)
-
-  if (gate && IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL(gate))
-    SET_IN6_LINKLOCAL_IFINDEX (sin_gate.sin6_addr, index);
-#endif /* KAME */
-
-  if (gate && dest->prefixlen == 128)
-    mask = NULL;
-  else
-    {
-      masklen2ip6 (dest->prefixlen, &sin_mask.sin6_addr);
-      sin_mask.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-#ifdef SIN6_LEN
-      sin_mask.sin6_len = sin6_masklen (sin_mask.sin6_addr);
-#endif /* SIN6_LEN */
-      mask = &sin_mask;
-    }
-
-  return rtm_write (message, 
-		    (union sockunion *) &sin_dest,
-		    (union sockunion *) mask,
-		    gate ? (union sockunion *)&sin_gate : NULL,
-		    index,
-		    flags,
-		    0);
-}
-
-/* Interface between zebra message and rtm message. */
-static int
 kernel_rtm_ipv6_multipath (int cmd, struct prefix *p, struct rib *rib,
 			   int family)
 {