diff --git a/nselib/packet.lua b/nselib/packet.lua
index d7dfabee7..70928760e 100644
--- a/nselib/packet.lua
+++ b/nselib/packet.lua
@@ -580,43 +580,3 @@ function Packet:tcp_lookup_link()
         end
         return string.format("unknown-%i", self.tcp_opt_mtu)
 end
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- UTILS
-
---- Convert a byte string to a hex string.
--- @param str Byte string.
--- @return Hex string.
-function bintohex(str)
-        local b = ""
-        if not str then -- nil
-        	return ""
-        end
-        for c in string.gmatch(str, ".") do
-                b = string.format('%s%02x',b, string.byte(c))
-        end
-        return b
-end
-
-
-
---- Convert a hex string to a byte string.
---
--- Only bytes <code>[a-f0-9A-F]</code> from input are interpreted. The rest is
--- ignored. The number of interpreted bytes must be even.
--- @param str Hex string.
--- @return Byte string.
--- @usage
--- hextobin("20 20 20")           --> "   "
--- hextobin("414243")             --> "ABC"
--- hextobin("\\41\\42\\43")       --> "ABC"
--- hextobin("   41   42    43  ") --> "ABC"
-function hextobin(str)
-        return (string.gsub(str, "%X*(%x%x)%X*", function(a)
-            return string.char(tonumber(a, 16));
-        end));
-end
-
-
-
diff --git a/scripts/sniffer-detect.nse b/scripts/sniffer-detect.nse
index 2761cda9e..144148556 100644
--- a/scripts/sniffer-detect.nse
+++ b/scripts/sniffer-detect.nse
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ hostrule = function(host, port)
 		nmap.get_interface_link(host.interface) == 'ethernet'
 end
 
---[[
-function bintohex(str)
-        local b = ""
-        for c in string.gmatch(str, ".") do
-                b = string.format('%s%02x',b, string.byte(c))
-        end
-        return b
-end
---]]
-
 callback = function(packetsz, layer2, layer3)
 	return string.sub(layer2, 0, 12)
 end