diff --git a/helpers.inc.php b/helpers.inc.php
index d0034f0..ff041e9 100644
--- a/helpers.inc.php
+++ b/helpers.inc.php
@@ -665,45 +665,6 @@ function git_try_commit($files, $msg)
   }
 }
 
-function decode_json_ensure($json, $assoc = false)
-{
-  $res = json_decode($json, $assoc);
-  if($res === null)
-  {
-    $parser = new JsonParser();
-    $err = $parser->lint($json);
-    echo $json;
-    throw $err;
-  }
-  return $res;
-}
-
-function convert_js_to_msgpack($file, $bin_file)
-{
-  $bin_file = "$file.lib"; 
-  if(need_to_regen($bin_file, array($file)))
-  {
-    echo "Converting $file -> $bin_file...\n";
-    $data = decode_json_ensure(file_get_contents($file));
-    $msg = config_msgpack_pack($data);
-    ensure_write($bin_file, $msg);
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-function check_and_decode_json($json)
-{
-  try
-  {
-    $arr = decode_json_ensure($json, true);
-    return array(0, "", $arr);
-  }
-  catch(Exception $e)
-  {
-    return array(1, $e->getMessage(), array());
-  }
-}
-
 function check_and_decode_jzon($json)
 {
   try