diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bbc599857..6ce1b0e73 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 	(sogo_op_modifyrecipients): replaced methods with pocop
 	implementations.
 	(sogo_op_*attach*): methods to their final form'
+	(sogo_op_get_fid_by_name): removed obsolete method.
+	(sogo_op_release_record): removed obsolete method.
 
 	* OpenChange/NSObject+MAPIStore.m (MAPIStoreTallocWrapperDestroy):
 	the object release now occurs within an NSAutoreleasePool.
@@ -35,9 +37,6 @@
 	* Tools/sogo-tool.m (main): instantiate SOGoSystemDefaults in
 	order to properly inject the entries from SOGoDefaults.plist.
 
-	* OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m (sogo_op_get_fid_by_name): removed
-	obsolete method.
-
 2011-07-12  Francis Lachapelle  <flachapelle@inverse.ca>
 
 	* UI/MailerUI/UIxMailFolderActions.m (-batchDeleteAction): we
diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.h b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.h
index 407aed9f4..882d9dbda 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.h
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.h
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@
 - (int) deleteMessageWithMID: (uint64_t) mid
                        inFID: (uint64_t) fid
                    withFlags: (uint8_t) flags;
-- (int) releaseRecordWithFMID: (uint64_t) fmid
-		  ofTableType: (uint8_t) tableType;
 
 /* util methods */
 - (NSString *) extractChildNameFromURL: (NSString *) childURL
diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.m b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.m
index 455877c99..6d05e6bbb 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.m
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreContext.m
@@ -982,53 +982,6 @@ _prepareContextClass (struct mapistore_context *newMemCtx,
   return rc;
 }
 
-- (int) releaseRecordWithFMID: (uint64_t) fmid
-		  ofTableType: (uint8_t) tableType
-{
-  NSNumber *fidKey;
-  MAPIStoreObject *child;
-  NSUInteger retainCount;
-  int rc = MAPISTORE_SUCCESS;
-
-  if (tableType != MAPISTORE_FOLDER_TABLE)
-    {
-      [self errorWithFormat: @"%s: value of tableType not handled: %d",
-	    __FUNCTION__, tableType];
-      [self logWithFormat: @"  fmid: 0x%.16x  tableType: %d", fmid, tableType];
-      [NSException raise: @"MAPIStoreAPIException"
-                  format: @"unsupported object type"];
-      
-      rc = MAPISTORE_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-    }
-
-  if (rc == MAPISTORE_SUCCESS)
-    {
-      fidKey = [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong: fmid];
-      child = [folders objectForKey: fidKey];
-      if (child)
-	{
-	  retainCount = [child mapiRetainCount];
-	  if (retainCount == 0)
-	    {
-	      [self logWithFormat: @"child with mid %.16x successfully removed"
-		    @" from child cache",
-		    fmid];
-	      [folders removeObjectForKey: fidKey];
-	    }
-	  else
-            [child setMAPIRetainCount: retainCount - 1];
-	}
-      else
-        {
-          [self warnWithFormat: @"child with mid %.16x not found"
-                @" in child cache", fmid];
-          rc = MAPISTORE_ERR_NOT_FOUND;
-        }
-    }
-
-  return rc;
-}
-
 /* utils */
 
 - (NSString *) extractChildNameFromURL: (NSString *) objectURL
diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
index 82ed10966..d5308776b 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
@@ -166,39 +166,6 @@ sogo_delete_context(void *private_data)
   return MAPISTORE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-/**
-   \details Delete data associated to a given folder or message
-
-   \param private_data pointer to the current sogo context
-
-   \return MAPISTORE_SUCCESS on success, otherwise MAPISTORE_ERROR
-*/
-static int
-sogo_release_record(void *private_data, uint64_t fmid, uint8_t type)
-{
-  NSAutoreleasePool *pool;
-  sogo_context *cContext;
-  MAPIStoreContext *context;
-  int rc;
-
-  pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
-
-  DEBUG (5, ("[SOGo: %s:%d]\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__));
-
-  cContext = private_data;
-  context = cContext->objcContext;
-  [context setupRequest];
-
-  rc = [context releaseRecordWithFMID: fmid ofTableType: type];
-
-  [context tearDownRequest];
-
-  [pool release];
-
-  return rc;
-}
-
-
 /**
    \details return the mapistore path associated to a given message or
    folder ID
@@ -1079,7 +1046,6 @@ int mapistore_init_backend(void)
       backend.init = sogo_init;
       backend.create_context = sogo_create_context;
       backend.delete_context = sogo_delete_context;
-      backend.release_record = sogo_release_record;
 
       backend.get_path = sogo_get_path;