diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 14a09b3d2..f99910f3e 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -1750,23 +1750,6 @@ func importExistenceColumns(qcx *Qcx, index *Index, columnIDs []uint64, shard ui
 	return ef.Import(qcx, existenceRowIDs, columnCopy, nil, shard, &options)
 }
 
-func clearExistenceColumns(tx Tx, index *Index, columnIDs []uint64, shard uint64) error {
-	ef := index.existenceField()
-	if ef == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	v := ef.view("standard")
-	if v == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	f := v.Fragment(shard)
-	if f == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	_, err := f.ClearRecords(tx, columnIDs)
-	return err
-}
-
 // ShardDistribution returns an object representing the distribution of shards
 // across nodes for each index, distinguishing between primary and replica.
 // The structure of this information is [indexName][nodeID][primaryOrReplica][]uint64.
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index 58c344406..1974d2c79 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -613,24 +613,6 @@ func TestAPI_Ingest(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// ingestBenchmarkHelper makes it easier to exclude this from benchmark computations
-// and profiles.
-func ingestBenchmarkHelper() []byte {
-	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	buf.WriteString(`[{"action": "write", "records": {`)
-	comma := ""
-	now := time.Now().Add(-3840000 * time.Second)
-	for i := 0; i < 1000000; i++ {
-		then := now.Add(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(1234567)) * time.Second)
-		fmt.Fprintf(buf, `%s"%d": { "set": [%d, %d], "int": %d, "tq": { "time": "%s", "values": %d } }`, comma, i, i%2, (i%4)+2, rand.Int63n(163840),
-			then.Format(time.RFC3339), rand.Int63n(25))
-		comma = ", "
-	}
-	buf.WriteString(`}}]`)
-	data := buf.Bytes()
-	return data
-}
-
 func TestAPI_ClearFlagForImportAndImportValues(t *testing.T) {
 	c := test.MustRunCluster(t, 1)
 	defer c.Close()
diff --git a/http_handler.go b/http_handler.go
index ff81117bd..aeab386cb 100644
--- a/http_handler.go
+++ b/http_handler.go
@@ -2083,67 +2083,6 @@ func (h *Handler) handlePatchField(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	resp.write(w, err)
 }
 
-type ingestSpec struct {
-	IndexName      string      `json:"index-name"`
-	IndexAction    string      `json:"index-action"`
-	FieldAction    string      `json:"field-action"`
-	PrimaryKeyType string      `json:"primary-key-type"`
-	Fields         []fieldSpec `json:"fields"`
-}
-
-type fieldSpec struct {
-	FieldName    string          `json:"field-name"`
-	FieldType    string          `json:"field-type"`
-	FieldOptions fieldOptionSpec `json:"field-options"`
-}
-
-type fieldOptionSpec struct {
-	EnforceMutualExclusion bool       `json:"enforce-mutual-exclusion"`
-	CacheType              *string    `json:"cache-type"`
-	CacheSize              *uint32    `json:"cache-size"`
-	Scale                  *int64     `json:"scale"`
-	Epoch                  *time.Time `json:"epoch"`
-	Unit                   *string    `json:"unit"`
-	TimeQuantum            *string    `json:"time-quantum"`
-	TTL                    *string    `json:"ttl"`
-}
-
-func fieldSpecToFieldOption(fSpec fieldSpec) fieldOptions {
-	opt := fieldOptions{}
-	// map fSpec type name to pilosa type name
-
-	// a string field could be a string set, mutex or time quantum
-	if fSpec.FieldOptions.TimeQuantum != nil {
-		opt.Type = "time"
-	} else if fSpec.FieldOptions.EnforceMutualExclusion {
-		opt.Type = "mutex"
-	} else {
-		opt.Type = "set"
-	}
-
-	// for other field types, there's a one-to-one mapping
-	if fSpec.FieldType != "string" && fSpec.FieldType != "id" {
-		opt.Type = fSpec.FieldType
-	}
-
-	if fSpec.FieldType == "string" {
-		var keys bool = true
-		opt.Keys = &keys
-	}
-	opt.CacheType = fSpec.FieldOptions.CacheType
-	opt.CacheSize = fSpec.FieldOptions.CacheSize
-	opt.Scale = fSpec.FieldOptions.Scale
-	opt.Epoch = fSpec.FieldOptions.Epoch
-	opt.TimeUnit = fSpec.FieldOptions.Unit
-	if fSpec.FieldOptions.TimeQuantum != nil {
-		timeQuantumVal := TimeQuantum(*fSpec.FieldOptions.TimeQuantum)
-		opt.TimeQuantum = &timeQuantumVal
-	}
-	opt.TTL = fSpec.FieldOptions.TTL
-
-	return opt
-}
-
 type postFieldRequest struct {
 	Options fieldOptions `json:"options"`
 }