diff --git a/Modules/cPickle.c b/Modules/cPickle.c
index a99d69f31c1..2ffba48e0eb 100644
--- a/Modules/cPickle.c
+++ b/Modules/cPickle.c
@@ -2608,20 +2608,6 @@ load_none(Unpicklerobject *self)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-load_false(Unpicklerobject *self) 
-{
-	PDATA_APPEND(self->stack, Py_False, -1);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-load_true(Unpicklerobject *self) 
-{
-	PDATA_APPEND(self->stack, Py_True, -1);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 bad_readline(void) 
 {