diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
index cb22e48350f..7f6a04e4381 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
@@ -819,86 +819,6 @@ void ED_node_post_apply_transform(bContext * /*C*/, bNodeTree * /*ntree*/)
 
 namespace blender::ed::space_node {
 
-/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/** \name Generic Operator Functions for Nodes
- * \{ */
-
-#if 0 /* UNUSED */
-
-static bool edit_node_poll(bContext *C)
-{
-  return ED_operator_node_active(C);
-}
-
-static void edit_node_properties(wmOperatorType *ot)
-{
-  /* XXX could node be a context pointer? */
-  RNA_def_string(ot->srna, "node", nullptr, MAX_NAME, "Node", "");
-  RNA_def_int(ot->srna, "socket", 0, 0, MAX_SOCKET, "Socket", "", 0, MAX_SOCKET);
-  RNA_def_enum(ot->srna, "in_out", rna_enum_node_socket_in_out_items, SOCK_IN, "Socket Side", "");
-}
-
-static int edit_node_invoke_properties(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
-{
-  if (!RNA_struct_property_is_set(op->ptr, "node")) {
-    bNode *node = CTX_data_pointer_get_type(C, "node", &RNA_Node).data;
-    if (!node) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-    else {
-      RNA_string_set(op->ptr, "node", node->name);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!RNA_struct_property_is_set(op->ptr, "in_out")) {
-    RNA_enum_set(op->ptr, "in_out", SOCK_IN);
-  }
-
-  if (!RNA_struct_property_is_set(op->ptr, "socket")) {
-    RNA_int_set(op->ptr, "socket", 0);
-  }
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static void edit_node_properties_get(
-    wmOperator *op, bNodeTree *ntree, bNode **r_node, bNodeSocket **r_sock, int *r_in_out)
-{
-  bNode *node;
-  bNodeSocket *sock = nullptr;
-  char nodename[MAX_NAME];
-  int sockindex;
-  int in_out;
-
-  RNA_string_get(op->ptr, "node", nodename);
-  node = nodeFindNodebyName(ntree, nodename);
-
-  in_out = RNA_enum_get(op->ptr, "in_out");
-
-  sockindex = RNA_int_get(op->ptr, "socket");
-  switch (in_out) {
-    case SOCK_IN:
-      sock = BLI_findlink(&node->inputs, sockindex);
-      break;
-    case SOCK_OUT:
-      sock = BLI_findlink(&node->outputs, sockindex);
-      break;
-  }
-
-  if (r_node) {
-    *r_node = node;
-  }
-  if (r_sock) {
-    *r_sock = sock;
-  }
-  if (r_in_out) {
-    *r_in_out = in_out;
-  }
-}
-#endif
-
-/** \} */
-
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /** \name Node Generic
  * \{ */