diff --git a/src/Distributed/DistributedAgFEM.jl b/src/Distributed/DistributedAgFEM.jl
index 2f35dfd..a10583c 100644
--- a/src/Distributed/DistributedAgFEM.jl
+++ b/src/Distributed/DistributedAgFEM.jl
@@ -525,22 +525,6 @@ function cell_ldof_to_mdof(
   map(cell_ldof_to_mdof,spaces,cell_to_cellin)
 end
 
-function _dof_to_DOF(dof,n_fdofs)
-  if dof > 0
-    DOF = dof
-  else
-    DOF = n_fdofs - dof
-  end
-end
-
-function _DOF_to_dof(DOF,n_fdofs)
-  if DOF > n_fdofs
-    dof = -(DOF-n_fdofs)
-  else
-    dof = DOF
-  end
-end
-
 function cell_ldof_to_mdof(
   space::FESpaceWithLinearConstraints,
   cell_to_cellin::AbstractVector)