diff --git a/src/FieldFactory/ab_exts.jl b/src/FieldFactory/ab_exts.jl
index f3be7eae96..bd47df1cf8 100644
--- a/src/FieldFactory/ab_exts.jl
+++ b/src/FieldFactory/ab_exts.jl
@@ -699,14 +699,6 @@ function _ext_with_autos(Qx, x, i::Int, j::Int)
   return Qx(cp1), Qx(cp2)
 end
 
-function __get_term(a::QQMPolyRingElem, exps::Vector{UInt})
-   z = QQFieldElem()
-   ccall((:fmpq_mpoly_get_coeff_fmpq_ui, libflint), Nothing,
-         (Ref{QQFieldElem}, Ref{QQMPolyRingElem}, Ptr{UInt}, Ref{QQMPolyRing}),
-         z, a, exps, parent(a))
-   return z
-end
-
 function _C22_with_max_ord(l)
   list = Vector{Tuple{AbsSimpleNumField, Vector{morphism_type(AbsSimpleNumField, AbsSimpleNumField)}, Vector{morphism_type(AbsSimpleNumField, AbsSimpleNumField)}}}()
   Qx, x = polynomial_ring(FlintQQ, "x", cached = false)
diff --git a/src/NumFieldOrd/NfOrd/LinearAlgebra.jl b/src/NumFieldOrd/NfOrd/LinearAlgebra.jl
index 9a13220ed1..7699b01937 100644
--- a/src/NumFieldOrd/NfOrd/LinearAlgebra.jl
+++ b/src/NumFieldOrd/NfOrd/LinearAlgebra.jl
@@ -165,16 +165,6 @@ function set!(z::fpPolyRingElem, x::fpPolyRingElem)
   ccall((:nmod_poly_set, libflint), Nothing, (Ref{fpPolyRingElem}, Ref{fpPolyRingElem}), z, x)
 end
 
-function __helper!(z, mF, entries)
-  s = size(entries)
-  for i in 1:s[2]
-    for j in 1:s[1]
-      z[j, i] = mF(entries[j, i])
-    end
-  end
-  return z
-end
-
 function mod_sym(x::AbsSimpleNumFieldOrderElem, m::ZZRingElem)
   z = coordinates(x)
   for i in 1:length(z)