diff --git a/src/mathed/formulabase.C b/src/mathed/formulabase.C
index 7d5f21c3a0..eebcfc8703 100644
--- a/src/mathed/formulabase.C
+++ b/src/mathed/formulabase.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- /*
+/*
 *  File:        formulabase.C
 *  Purpose:     Implementation of common parts of the LyX  math insets
 *  Author:      Alejandro Aguilar Sierra <asierra@servidor.unam.mx>
@@ -508,11 +508,6 @@ InsetFormulaBase::localDispatch(BufferView * bv, kb_action action,
 	case LFUN_MATH_SPACE:
 	{
 		bv->lockedInsetStoreUndo(Undo::EDIT);
-		//MathSpaceInset * p = mathcursor->prevSpaceInset();
-		//if (p) 
-		//	p->incSpace();
-		//else
-		//	mathcursor->insert(new MathSpaceInset(1));
 		mathcursor->insert(MathAtom(new MathSpaceInset(1)));
 		updateLocal(bv, true);
 		break;
diff --git a/src/mathed/math_cursor.C b/src/mathed/math_cursor.C
index 0129b4531e..a0d1ecbb43 100644
--- a/src/mathed/math_cursor.C
+++ b/src/mathed/math_cursor.C
@@ -1340,9 +1340,8 @@ void MathCursor::interpret(char c)
 	}
 
 	if (c == ' ') {
-		MathSpaceInset * p = prevSpaceInset();
-		if (p) {
-			p->incSpace();
+		if (hasPrevAtom() && prevAtom()->asSpaceInset()) {
+			prevAtom()->asSpaceInset()->incSpace();
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -1465,9 +1464,3 @@ MathCursorPos MathCursor::normalAnchor() const
 }
 
 
-MathSpaceInset * MathCursor::prevSpaceInset() const
-{
-	if (!hasPrevAtom())
-		return 0;
-	return prevAtom()->asSpaceInset();
-}
diff --git a/src/mathed/math_cursor.h b/src/mathed/math_cursor.h
index f6e50b218a..3129380265 100644
--- a/src/mathed/math_cursor.h
+++ b/src/mathed/math_cursor.h
@@ -242,23 +242,11 @@ public:
 	///
 	MathCursorPos const & cursor() const;
 
-
-	///  
-	pos_type last() const;
 	///
 	void seldump(char const * str) const;
 	///
 	void dump(char const * str) const;
 
-	///
-	void merge(MathArray const & arr);
-	///
-	MathScriptInset * prevScriptInset() const;
-	///
-	MathSpaceInset * prevSpaceInset() const;
-	/// glue adjacent atoms if possible
-	bool glueAdjacentAtoms();
-
 	///
 	friend class Selection;