diff --git a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
index 2278c689..d3ad814a 100644
--- a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
@@ -44,18 +44,10 @@ void PlainTextDecoder::setLeadingWhitespace(bool enable)
 {
     _includeLeadingWhitespace = enable;
 }
-bool PlainTextDecoder::leadingWhitespace() const
-{
-    return _includeLeadingWhitespace;
-}
 void PlainTextDecoder::setTrailingWhitespace(bool enable)
 {
     _includeTrailingWhitespace = enable;
 }
-bool PlainTextDecoder::trailingWhitespace() const
-{
-    return _includeTrailingWhitespace;
-}
 void PlainTextDecoder::begin(QTextStream* output)
 {
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
index 77eee7d4..394067e7 100644
--- a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
+++ b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.h
@@ -81,22 +81,12 @@ public:
      * Defaults to true.
      */
     void setLeadingWhitespace(bool enable);
-    /**
-     * Returns whether leading whitespace at the end of lines is included
-     * in the output.
-     */
-    bool leadingWhitespace() const;
     /**
      * Set whether trailing whitespace at the end of lines should be included
      * in the output.
      * Defaults to true.
      */
     void setTrailingWhitespace(bool enable);
-    /**
-     * Returns whether trailing whitespace at the end of lines is included
-     * in the output.
-     */
-    bool trailingWhitespace() const;
     /**
      * Returns of character positions in the output stream
      * at which new lines where added.  Returns an empty if setTrackLinePositions() is false or if