diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 5e4404a..82d11ad 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -5295,9 +5295,6 @@ void MainWindow::on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const& text)
 QStringList MainWindow::buildFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text){
     QStringList frames;
 
-    //QString input = QString(text); //.replace("\n", " ").replace("  ", " ");
-    //.split(QRegExp("\\n"))
-
     foreach(QString input, text.split(QRegExp("[\\r\\n]"), QString::SkipEmptyParts)){
         while(input.size() > 0){
           QString frame = parseFT8Message(input);
@@ -5337,23 +5334,6 @@ QString MainWindow::parseFT8Message(QString input){
   return QString::fromLatin1(msgsent).trimmed();
 }
 
-int MainWindow::countFreeTextMsgs(QString input){
-  /*
-  int count = 0;
-  while(input.size() > 0){
-    QString nextTxt = parseFT8Message(input);
-    QRegExp n = QRegExp("^" + QRegExp::escape(nextTxt));
-    int sz = input.size();
-    input = input.remove(n).trimmed();
-    count++;
-    if(input.size() == sz){
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-  return count;
-  */
-}
-
 bool MainWindow::prepareNextMessageFrame()
 {
   QString frame = popMessageFrame();
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 9a31cfb..9b3b6b4 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ private slots:
   void on_extFreeTextMsgEdit_currentTextChanged (QString const&);
   QStringList buildFT8MessageFrames(QString const& text);
   QString parseFT8Message(QString input);
-  int countFreeTextMsgs(QString input);
   bool prepareNextMessageFrame();
   bool isFreqOffsetFree(int f, int bw);
   int findFreeFreqOffset(int fmin, int fmax, int bw);