diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/Utils.cpp b/components/core/src/clp/Utils.cpp
index f487a3880..1c0fc05ca 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/Utils.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/Utils.cpp
@@ -88,57 +88,6 @@ ErrorCode create_directory_structure(string const& path, mode_t mode) {
     return ErrorCode_Success;
 }
 
-string get_parent_directory_path(string const& path) {
-    string dirname = get_unambiguous_path(path);
-
-    size_t last_slash_pos = dirname.find_last_of('/');
-    if (0 == last_slash_pos) {
-        dirname = "/";
-    } else if (string::npos == last_slash_pos) {
-        dirname = ".";
-    } else {
-        dirname.resize(last_slash_pos);
-    }
-
-    return dirname;
-}
-
-string get_unambiguous_path(string const& path) {
-    string unambiguous_path;
-    if (path.empty()) {
-        return unambiguous_path;
-    }
-
-    // Break path into components
-    vector<string> path_components;
-    boost::split(path_components, path, boost::is_any_of("/"), boost::token_compress_on);
-
-    // Remove ambiguous components
-    list<string> unambiguous_components;
-    size_t num_components_to_ignore = 0;
-    for (size_t i = path_components.size(); i-- > 0;) {
-        if (".." == path_components[i]) {
-            ++num_components_to_ignore;
-        } else if ("." == path_components[i] || path_components[i].empty()) {
-            // Do nothing
-        } else if (num_components_to_ignore > 0) {
-            --num_components_to_ignore;
-        } else {
-            unambiguous_components.emplace_front(path_components[i]);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Assemble unambiguous path from leading slash (if any) and the unambiguous components
-    if ('/' == path[0]) {
-        unambiguous_path += '/';
-    }
-    if (!unambiguous_components.empty()) {
-        unambiguous_path += boost::join(unambiguous_components, "/");
-    }
-
-    return unambiguous_path;
-}
-
 ErrorCode read_list_of_paths(string const& list_path, vector<string>& paths) {
     unique_ptr<FileReader> file_reader;
     try {
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/Utils.hpp b/components/core/src/clp/Utils.hpp
index de7f81aae..3238e551b 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/Utils.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/Utils.hpp
@@ -35,28 +35,6 @@ ErrorCode create_directory(std::string const& path, mode_t mode, bool exist_ok);
  */
 ErrorCode create_directory_structure(std::string const& path, mode_t mode);
 
-/**
- * Gets the parent directory path for a given path
- * Corner cases:
- * - get_dirname("abc") = "."
- * - get_dirname(".") = "."
- * - get_dirname("..") = "."
- * - get_dirname("/") = "/"
- * - get_dirname("/.") = "/"
- * - get_dirname("/..") = "/"
- * - get_dirname("/abc") = "/"
- * @param path
- * @return Parent directory path
- */
-std::string get_parent_directory_path(std::string const& path);
-
-/**
- * Removes ".", "..", and consecutive "/" from a given path and returns the result
- * @param path The given path
- * @return The unambiguous path
- */
-std::string get_unambiguous_path(std::string const& path);
-
 /**
  * Read a list of paths from a file
  * @param list_path
diff --git a/components/core/tests/test-Utils.cpp b/components/core/tests/test-Utils.cpp
index 603fb4be0..21d070f92 100644
--- a/components/core/tests/test-Utils.cpp
+++ b/components/core/tests/test-Utils.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 using clp::create_directory_structure;
 using clp::ErrorCode_Success;
-using clp::get_parent_directory_path;
-using clp::get_unambiguous_path;
 using std::string;
 
 TEST_CASE("create_directory_structure", "[create_directory_structure]") {
@@ -44,41 +42,3 @@ TEST_CASE("create_directory_structure", "[create_directory_structure]") {
 
     REQUIRE(0 == rmdir("/tmp/5807"));
 }
-
-TEST_CASE("get_parent_directory_path", "[get_parent_directory_path]") {
-    // Corner cases
-    // Anything without a slash should return "."
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path(".") == ".");
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("..") == ".");
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("abc") == ".");
-    // A single slash, at the beginning, should always return "/"
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("/") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("/.") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("/..") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("/abc") == "/");
-
-    // Normal cases
-    REQUIRE(get_parent_directory_path("//abc/./def//../def/.///") == "/abc");
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("get_unambiguous_path", "[get_unambiguous_path]") {
-    // Base cases (should not modify anything)
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("abc") == "abc");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/abc") == "/abc");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/abc/def") == "/abc/def");
-
-    // Corner cases
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path(".").empty());
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("..").empty());
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("////") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/./.././//../") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("./.././//../").empty());
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/abc/def/.././../") == "/");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("abc/def/.././../").empty());
-
-    // Normal cases
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("/abc///def/../ghi/./") == "/abc/ghi");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("abc///def/../ghi/./") == "abc/ghi");
-    REQUIRE(get_unambiguous_path("../abc///def/../ghi/./") == "abc/ghi");
-}