diff --git a/ctags/main/main.c b/ctags/main/main.c
index 2c1690be..293b3079 100644
--- a/ctags/main/main.c
+++ b/ctags/main/main.c
@@ -103,108 +103,6 @@ extern boolean isDestinationStdout (void)
 	return toStdout;
 }
 
-
-# if defined (WIN32)
-
-static boolean createTagsForMatchingEntries (char *const pattern)
-{
-	boolean resize = FALSE;
-	const size_t dirLength = baseFilename (pattern) - (char *) pattern;
-	vString *const filePath = vStringNew ();
-#if defined (HAVE_FINDFIRST)
-	struct ffblk fileInfo;
-	int result = findfirst (pattern, &fileInfo, FA_DIREC);
-	while (result == 0)
-	{
-		const char *const entryName = fileInfo.ff_name;
-
-		/*  We must not recurse into the directories "." or "..".
-		 */
-		if (strcmp (entryName, ".") != 0  &&  strcmp (entryName, "..") != 0)
-		{
-			vStringNCopyS (filePath, pattern, dirLength);
-			vStringCatS (filePath, entryName);
-			resize |= createTagsForEntry (vStringValue (filePath));
-		}
-		result = findnext (&fileInfo);
-	}
-#elif defined (HAVE__FINDFIRST)
-	struct _finddata_t fileInfo;
-	long hFile = _findfirst (pattern, &fileInfo);
-
-	if (hFile != -1L)
-	{
-		do
-		{
-			const char *const entryName = fileInfo.name;
-
-			/*  We must not recurse into the directories "." or "..".
-			 */
-			if (strcmp (entryName, ".") != 0  &&  strcmp (entryName, "..") != 0)
-			{
-				vStringNCopyS (filePath, pattern, dirLength);
-				vStringCatS (filePath, entryName);
-				resize |= createTagsForEntry (vStringValue (filePath));
-			}
-		} while (_findnext (hFile, &fileInfo) == 0);
-		_findclose (hFile);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	vStringDelete (filePath);
-	return resize;
-}
-
-#endif
-
-
-static boolean recurseIntoDirectory (const char *const dirName)
-{
-	boolean resize = FALSE;
-	if (isRecursiveLink (dirName))
-		verbose ("ignoring \"%s\" (recursive link)\n", dirName);
-	else if (! Option.recurse)
-		verbose ("ignoring \"%s\" (directory)\n", dirName);
-	else
-	{
-#if defined (HAVE_OPENDIR)
-		DIR *const dir = opendir (dirName);
-		if (dir == NULL)
-			error (WARNING | PERROR, "cannot recurse into directory \"%s\"",
-				   dirName);
-		else
-		{
-			struct dirent *entry;
-			verbose ("RECURSING into directory \"%s\"\n", dirName);
-			while ((entry = readdir (dir)) != NULL)
-			{
-				if (strcmp (entry->d_name, ".") != 0  &&
-					strcmp (entry->d_name, "..") != 0)
-				{
-					vString *filePath;
-					if (strcmp (dirName, ".") == 0)
-						filePath = vStringNewInit (entry->d_name);
-					else
-						filePath = combinePathAndFile (dirName, entry->d_name);
-					resize |= createTagsForEntry (vStringValue (filePath));
-					vStringDelete (filePath);
-				}
-			}
-			closedir (dir);
-		}
-#elif defined (WIN32)
-		vString *const pattern = vStringNew ();
-		verbose ("RECURSING into directory \"%s\"\n", dirName);
-		vStringCopyS (pattern, dirName);
-		vStringPut (pattern, OUTPUT_PATH_SEPARATOR);
-		vStringCatS (pattern, "*.*");
-		resize = createTagsForMatchingEntries (vStringValue (pattern));
-		vStringDelete (pattern);
-#endif  /* HAVE_OPENDIR */
-	}
-	return resize;
-}
-
 #if defined (HAVE_CLOCK)
 # define CLOCK_AVAILABLE
 # ifndef CLOCKS_PER_SEC
diff --git a/ctags/main/routines.c b/ctags/main/routines.c
index b1b8ba18..b981bae8 100644
--- a/ctags/main/routines.c
+++ b/ctags/main/routines.c
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ extern int stat (const char *, struct stat *);
 extern int lstat (const char *, struct stat *);
 #endif
 
-#if 0
-static boolean createTagsForEntry (const char *const entryName);
-#endif
-
 
 /*
 *   FUNCTION DEFINITIONS