diff --git a/src/ca/netReadCopyIO.cpp b/src/ca/netReadCopyIO.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 02ccbc922..000000000
--- a/src/ca/netReadCopyIO.cpp
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@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-
-/*  $Id$
- *
- *                    L O S  A L A M O S
- *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
- *               Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- *
- *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
- *
- *  Author: Jeff Hill
- */
-
-#include "iocinf.h"
-#include "netReadCopyIO_IL.h"
-#include "nciu_IL.h"
-#include "baseNMIU_IL.h"
-
-tsFreeList < class netReadCopyIO, 1024 > netReadCopyIO::freeList;
-
-netReadCopyIO::netReadCopyIO ( nciu &chanIn, unsigned typeIn, unsigned long countIn, 
-                              void *pValueIn, unsigned seqNumberIn ) :
-    baseNMIU ( chanIn ), type ( typeIn ), count ( countIn ), 
-    pValue ( pValueIn ), seqNumber ( seqNumberIn )
-{
-    this->chan.incrementOutstandingIO ( seqNumberIn );
-}
-
-netReadCopyIO::~netReadCopyIO () 
-{
-}
-
-void netReadCopyIO::completionNotify ()
-{
-    this->exceptionNotify ( ECA_INTERNAL, "get completion callback with no data?" );
-}
-
-void netReadCopyIO::completionNotify ( unsigned typeIn, 
-    unsigned long countIn, const void *pDataIn )
-{
-    if ( typeIn <= (unsigned) LAST_BUFFER_TYPE ) {
-#       ifdef CONVERSION_REQUIRED 
-            (*cac_dbr_cvrt[type]) ( pDataIn, this->pValue, 
-			    FALSE, countIn );
-#       else
-            memcpy ( this->pValue, pDataIn, 
-                 dbr_size_n ( typeIn, countIn ) );
-#       endif
-        this->chan.decrementOutstandingIO ( this->seqNumber );
-    }
-    else {
-        this->exceptionNotify ( ECA_INTERNAL, "bad data type in message" );
-    }
-}
-
-void netReadCopyIO::exceptionNotify ( int status, const char *pContext )
-{
-    ca_signal_formated ( status, __FILE__, __LINE__, 
-        "%s chan=%s\n", pContext, this->channelIO ().pName () );
-
-}
-
-void netReadCopyIO::exceptionNotify ( int status, 
-    const char *pContextIn, unsigned typeIn, unsigned long countIn )
-{
-    ca_signal_formated ( status, __FILE__, __LINE__, 
-        "%s chan=%s type=%d count=%ld\n", pContextIn, 
-        this->channelIO ().pName (), typeIn, countIn);
-}
-
-cacChannelIO & netReadCopyIO::channelIO () const
-{
-    return this->channel ();
-}
-
-void netReadCopyIO::show ( unsigned level ) const
-{
-    int tmpType = static_cast <int> ( this->type );
-    printf ( "read copy IO at %p, type %s, element count %lu\n", 
-        static_cast <const void *> ( this ), dbf_type_to_text ( tmpType ), this->count );
-    if ( level > 0u ) {
-        printf ( "\tsequence number %u, user's storage %p\n",
-            this->seqNumber, this->pValue );
-        this->baseNMIU::show ( level - 1u );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/ca/netReadCopyIO_IL.h b/src/ca/netReadCopyIO_IL.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d3a4d03f..000000000
--- a/src/ca/netReadCopyIO_IL.h
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-
-/*  
- *  $Id$
- *
- *                              
- *                    L O S  A L A M O S
- *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
- *               Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- *                                  
- *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
- *                                  
- *           
- *	Author Jeffrey O. Hill
- *	johill@lanl.gov
- *	505 665 1831
- */
-
-#ifndef netReadCopyIO_ILh
-#define netReadCopyIO_ILh
-
-inline void * netReadCopyIO::operator new ( size_t size )
-{
-    return netReadCopyIO::freeList.allocate ( size );
-}
-
-inline void netReadCopyIO::operator delete ( void *pCadaver, size_t size )
-{
-    netReadCopyIO::freeList.release ( pCadaver, size );
-}
-
-#endif // netReadCopyIO_ILh
diff --git a/src/ca/oldChannel.cpp b/src/ca/oldChannel.cpp
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index 32de039d0..000000000
--- a/src/ca/oldChannel.cpp
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-#error defunct
\ No newline at end of file