diff --git a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
index 23b10fe79b..084435fd9c 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
@@ -2801,252 +2801,6 @@ uint32_t DetectContentGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *ht, DetectContentData *co) {
     SCReturnUInt(id);
 }
 
-/**
- *  \brief Get the pattern id for a uricontent pattern
- *
- *  \param ht mpm pattern id hash table store
- *  \param co content pattern data
- *
- *  \retval id pattern id
- */
-uint32_t DetectUricontentGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *ht, DetectContentData *co) {
-    SCEnter();
-
-    BUG_ON(ht == NULL || ht->hash == NULL);
-
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *e = NULL;
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *r = NULL;
-    uint32_t id = 0;
-
-    e = SCMalloc(sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    BUG_ON(e == NULL);
-    e->pattern = SCMalloc(co->content_len);
-    BUG_ON(e->pattern == NULL);
-    memcpy(e->pattern, co->content, co->content_len);
-    e->pattern_len = co->content_len;
-    e->sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH;
-    e->dup_count = 1;
-    e->id = 0;
-
-    r = HashTableLookup(ht->hash, (void *)e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    if (r == NULL) {
-        e->id = ht->max_id;
-        ht->max_id++;
-        id = e->id;
-
-        int ret = HashTableAdd(ht->hash, e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-        BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-
-        e = NULL;
-
-        ht->unique_patterns++;
-    } else {
-        id = r->id;
-        r->dup_count++;
-
-        ht->shared_patterns++;
-    }
-
-    if (e != NULL)
-        MpmPatternIdTableElmtFree(e);
-
-    SCReturnUInt(id);
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Get the pattern id for a for any content related keyword.
- *
- *        Supported keywords are content, http_client_body,
- *        http_method, http_uri, http_header, http_cookie.
- *
- *        Please note that you can't use it to get a pattern id for
- *        uricontent.  To retrieve a uricontent pattern id please
- *        use DetectUricontentGetId().
- *
- * \param ht   Mpm pattern id hash table store.
- * \param ctx  The keyword context.
- * \param type The SigMatch context.
- *
- * \retval id Pattern id.
- */
-uint32_t DetectPatternGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *ht, void *ctx, Signature *s, uint8_t sm_list)
-{
-    SCEnter();
-
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *e = NULL;
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *r = NULL;
-    PatIntId id = 0;
-
-    e = SCMalloc(sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    if (unlikely(e == NULL)) {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
-    DetectContentData *cd = ctx;
-    e->pattern = SCMalloc(cd->content_len);
-    if (e->pattern == NULL) {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    memcpy(e->pattern, cd->content, cd->content_len);
-    e->pattern_len = cd->content_len;
-    e->dup_count = 1;
-    e->sm_list = sm_list;
-    e->id = 0;
-
-    r = HashTableLookup(ht->hash, (void *)e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    if (r == NULL) {
-        if (s->list != DETECT_SM_LIST_NOTSET) {
-            BUG_ON(sm_list != DETECT_SM_LIST_HSBDMATCH && sm_list != DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH && sm_list != DETECT_SM_LIST_DNSQUERY_MATCH);
-            e->id = ht->max_id;
-            ht->max_id++;
-            id = e->id;
-            int ret = HashTableAdd(ht->hash, e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-            BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-            e = NULL;
-        } else {
-            /* we don't have a duplicate with this pattern + id type.  If the id is
-             * for content, then it is the first entry for such a
-             * pattern + id combination.  Let us create an entry for it */
-            if (sm_list == DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH) {
-                e->id = ht->max_id;
-                ht->max_id++;
-                id = e->id;
-                int ret = HashTableAdd(ht->hash, e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-                BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-                e = NULL;
-
-                /* the id type is not content or uricontent.  It would be one of
-                 * those http_ modifiers against content then */
-            } else {
-                /* we know that this is one of those http_ modifiers against content.
-                 * So we would have seen a content before coming across this http_
-                 * modifier.  Let's retrieve this content entry that has already
-                 * been registered. */
-                e->sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
-                MpmPatternIdTableElmt *tmp_r = HashTableLookup(ht->hash, (void *)e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-                if (tmp_r == NULL) {
-                    SCLogError(SC_ERR_FATAL, "How can this happen?  We have to have "
-                               "a content of type DETECT_CONTENT already registered "
-                               "at this point.  Impossible");
-                    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-
-                /* we have retrieved the content, and the content registered was the
-                 * first entry made(dup_count is 1) for that content.  Let us just
-                 * reset the sm_type to the http_ keyword's sm_type */
-                if (tmp_r->dup_count == 1) {
-                    tmp_r->sm_list = sm_list;
-                    id = tmp_r->id;
-
-                    /* interestingly we have more than one entry for this content.
-                     * Out of these tmp_r->dup_count entries, one would be for the content
-                     * entry made for this http_ modifier.  Erase this entry and make
-                     * a separate entry for the http_ modifier(of course with a new id) */
-                } else {
-                    tmp_r->dup_count--;
-                    /* reset the sm_type, since we changed it to DETECT_CONTENT prev */
-                    e->sm_list = sm_list;
-                    e->id = ht->max_id;
-                    ht->max_id++;
-                    id = e->id;
-                    int ret = HashTableAdd(ht->hash, e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-                    BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-                    e = NULL;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* we do seem to have an entry for this already */
-    } else {
-        /* oh cool!  It is a duplicate for content, uricontent types.  Update the
-         * dup_count and get out */
-        if ((s->list != DETECT_SM_LIST_NOTSET) ||
-            sm_list == DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH) {
-            /* we have a duplicate */
-            r->dup_count++;
-            id = r->id;
-            goto end;
-        }
-
-        /* uh oh!  a duplicate for a http_ modifier type.  Let's increase the
-         * dup_count for the entry */
-        r->dup_count++;
-        id = r->id;
-
-        /* let's get the content entry associated with the http keyword we are
-         * currently operating on */
-        e->sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
-        MpmPatternIdTableElmt *tmp_r = HashTableLookup(ht->hash, (void *)e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-        if (tmp_r == NULL) {
-            SCLogError(SC_ERR_FATAL, "How can this happen?  We have to have "
-                       "a content of type DETECT_CONTENT already registered "
-                       "at this point.  Impossible");
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
-        /* so there are more than one content keyword entries for this pattern.
-         * Reduce the dup_count */
-        if (tmp_r->dup_count > 1) {
-            tmp_r->dup_count--;
-
-            /* We have just one entry.  Remove this hash table entry */
-        } else {
-            HashTableRemove(ht->hash, tmp_r, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-            ht->max_id--;
-        }
-    }
-
- end:
-    if (e != NULL)
-        MpmPatternIdTableElmtFree(e);
-
-    SCReturnUInt(id);
-}
-
-uint32_t DetectPatternGetIdV2(MpmPatternIdStore *ht, void *ctx, Signature *s, uint8_t sm_list)
-{
-    SCEnter();
-
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *e = NULL;
-    MpmPatternIdTableElmt *r = NULL;
-    PatIntId id = 0;
-
-    e = SCMalloc(sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    if (unlikely(e == NULL)) {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
-    DetectContentData *cd = ctx;
-    e->pattern = SCMalloc(cd->content_len);
-    if (e->pattern == NULL) {
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    memcpy(e->pattern, cd->content, cd->content_len);
-    e->pattern_len = cd->content_len;
-    e->dup_count = 1;
-    e->sm_list = sm_list;
-    e->id = 0;
-
-    r = HashTableLookup(ht->hash, (void *)e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-    if (r == NULL) {
-        e->id = ht->max_id;
-        ht->max_id++;
-        id = e->id;
-        int ret = HashTableAdd(ht->hash, e, sizeof(MpmPatternIdTableElmt));
-        BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-        e = NULL;
-
-        /* we do seem to have an entry for this already */
-    } else {
-        r->dup_count++;
-        id = r->id;
-    }
-
-    if (e != NULL)
-        MpmPatternIdTableElmtFree(e);
-
-    SCReturnUInt(id);
-}
-
 typedef struct DetectFPAndItsId_ {
     PatIntId id;
     uint16_t content_len;
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-mpm.h b/src/detect-engine-mpm.h
index fdfd70472c..05178e46fc 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-mpm.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-mpm.h
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ MpmPatternIdStore *MpmPatternIdTableInitHash(void);
 void MpmPatternIdTableFreeHash(MpmPatternIdStore *);
 uint32_t MpmPatternIdStoreGetMaxId(MpmPatternIdStore *);
 uint32_t DetectContentGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *, DetectContentData *);
-uint32_t DetectUricontentGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *, DetectContentData *);
-uint32_t DetectPatternGetId(MpmPatternIdStore *, void *, Signature *s, uint8_t);
-uint32_t DetectPatternGetIdV2(MpmPatternIdStore *ht, void *ctx, Signature *s, uint8_t sm_list);
 
 int SignatureHasPacketContent(Signature *);
 int SignatureHasStreamContent(Signature *);