diff --git a/src/app-layer.c b/src/app-layer.c
index 79906702fc..62c43edd73 100644
--- a/src/app-layer.c
+++ b/src/app-layer.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 #include "flow.h"
 
 #include "util-debug.h"
+#include "util-print.h"
 
+//#define PRINT
 extern uint8_t engine_mode;
 
 /** \brief Get the active app layer proto from the packet
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@ void *AppLayerGetProtoStateFromFlow(Flow *f) {
 /** global app layer detection context */
 extern AlpProtoDetectCtx alp_proto_ctx;
 
-//#define PRINT
-
 /**
  *  \brief Handle a chunk of TCP data
  *
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ int AppLayerHandleTCPMsg(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *dp_ctx, StreamMsg *smsg)
     SCReturnInt(0);
 }
 
+#if 0
 /**
  *  \brief Handle a app layer TCP message
  *
@@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ int AppLayerHandleMsg(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *dp_ctx, StreamMsg *smsg)
 
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
+#endif
 
 /**
  *  \brief Handle a app layer UDP message
diff --git a/src/app-layer.h b/src/app-layer.h
index a1ac8b6945..66c9f989ae 100644
--- a/src/app-layer.h
+++ b/src/app-layer.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void *AppLayerGetProtoStateFromPacket(Packet *);
 void *AppLayerGetProtoStateFromFlow(Flow *);
 int AppLayerHandleTCPData(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, Flow *, TcpSession *, uint8_t *, uint32_t, uint8_t);
 int AppLayerHandleTCPMsg(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, StreamMsg *);
-int AppLayerHandleMsg(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, StreamMsg *);
+//int AppLayerHandleMsg(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, StreamMsg *);
 int AppLayerHandleUdp(AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, Flow *, Packet *p);
 
 #endif /* __APP_LAYER_H__ */