diff --git a/Pmodules/libmodules.tcl b/Pmodules/libmodules.tcl
index 733cf3c..e94b022 100644
--- a/Pmodules/libmodules.tcl
+++ b/Pmodules/libmodules.tcl
@@ -78,18 +78,6 @@ proc module-addgroup { group } {
 		remove-path UsedGroups $group
                 debug "mode=remove: $env(UsedGroups)"
 	}
-	if { [module-info mode switch2] } {
-                set dir [file join \
-                             $::PmodulesRoot \
-                             $group \
-                             $::PmodulesModulfilesDir \
-                             [module-info name]]
-                if { [file isdirectory $dir] } {
-                        append-path MODULEPATH $dir
-                }
-                debug "mode=switch2: new MODULEPATH=$env(MODULEPATH)"
-		append-path UsedGroups ${group}
-	}
 }
 
 proc set-family { group } {
@@ -106,37 +94,6 @@ proc _pmodules_update_loaded_modules { group name version } {
 	remove-path PMODULES_LOADED_${GROUP} "--APPMARKER--"
 }
 
-#
-# load dependencies, but do *not* unload dependencies
-#
-proc _pmodules_load_dependencies { fname } {
-	if { ! [ file exists ${fname} ] } {
-		return
-	}
-	if { ! [module-info mode load] } {
-		return
-	}
-	debug "load dependencies from: ${fname}"
-	#  Slurp up the data file
-	set fp [open ${fname} r]
-	set file_data [read ${fp}]
-	close ${fp}
-	set data [split ${file_data} "\n"]
-	foreach line ${data} {
-		debug "MODULEPATH=$::env(MODULEPATH)"
-		set module_name [string trim $line]
-		if { ${module_name} == "#" || ${module_name} == "" } {
-			continue
-		}
-		if { [is-loaded ${module_name}] } {
-			debug "module already loaded: ${module_name}"
-			continue
-		}
-		debug "module load: ${module_name}"
-		module load ${module_name}
-     }
-}
-
 proc lreverse_n { list n } {
         set res {}
         set i [expr [llength $list] - $n]
@@ -354,15 +311,6 @@ proc _pmodules_init_global_vars { } {
 	debug "group of module $name: $group"
 }
 
-proc _pmodules_output_message { fname } {
-	if { [ file exists "${fname}" ] } {
-		set fp [open "${fname}" r]
-		set info_text [read $fp]
-		close $fp
-		puts stderr ${info_text}
-	}
-}
-
 if { [info exists ::whatis] } {
 	module-whatis	"$whatis"
 }
@@ -374,11 +322,6 @@ _pmodules_init_global_vars
 #
 conflict	$name
 
-if { [module-info mode load] } {
-	debug "${name}/${version}: loading ... "
-	_pmodules_output_message "${PREFIX}/.info"
-}
-
 _pmodules_setenv ${PREFIX} ${name} ${version}
 _pmodules_update_loaded_modules ${group} ${name} ${version}