diff --git a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
index 59df1da67..29154f686 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
@@ -31,54 +31,6 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace gtsam {
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-pair<string, boost::optional<SharedDiagonal> > dataset(const string& dataset,
-		const string& user_path) {
-	string path = user_path, set = dataset;
-	boost::optional<SharedDiagonal> null_model;
-	boost::optional<SharedDiagonal> identity(noiseModel::Unit::Create(3));
-	boost::optional<SharedDiagonal> small(
-			noiseModel::Diagonal::Variances(
-					gtsam::Vector_(3, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0003)));
-
-	if (path.empty())
-		path = string(getenv("HOME")) + "/data";
-	if (set.empty())
-		set = string(getenv("DATASET"));
-
-	if (set == "intel")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Intel/intel.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "intel-gfs")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Intel/intel.gfs.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "Killian-gfs")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Killian/Killian.gfs.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "Killian")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Killian/Killian.graph", small);
-	if (set == "Killian-noised")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Killian/Killian-noised.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "3")
-		return make_pair(path + "/TORO/w3-odom.graph", identity);
-	if (set == "100")
-		return make_pair(path + "/TORO/w100-odom.graph", identity);
-	if (set == "10K")
-		return make_pair(path + "/TORO/w10000-odom.graph", identity);
-	if (set == "10K2")
-		return make_pair(path + "/hogman/data/2D/w10000.graph",
-				noiseModel::Diagonal::Variances(gtsam::Vector_(3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.05)));
-	if (set == "Eiffel100")
-		return make_pair(path + "/TORO/w100-Eiffel.graph", identity);
-	if (set == "Eiffel10K")
-		return make_pair(path + "/TORO/w10000-Eiffel.graph", identity);
-	if (set == "olson")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Olson/olson06icra.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "victoria")
-		return make_pair(path + "/VictoriaPark/victoria_park.graph", null_model);
-	if (set == "beijing")
-		return make_pair(path + "/Beijing/beijingData_trips.graph", null_model);
-
-	return make_pair("unknown", null_model);
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 pair<NonlinearFactorGraph::shared_ptr, Values::shared_ptr> load2D(
 		pair<string, boost::optional<noiseModel::Diagonal::shared_ptr> > dataset,
diff --git a/gtsam/slam/dataset.h b/gtsam/slam/dataset.h
index d3f00aae2..c881ce2bd 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/dataset.h
+++ b/gtsam/slam/dataset.h
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 namespace gtsam {
-	/**
-	 * Construct dataset filename from short name
-	 * Currently has "Killian" "intel.gfs", "10K", etc...
-	 * @param filename
-	 * @param optional dataset, if empty will try to getenv $DATASET
-	 * @param optional path, if empty will try to getenv $HOME
-	 */
-	std::pair<std::string, boost::optional<gtsam::SharedDiagonal> >
-	dataset(const std::string& dataset = "", const std::string& path = "");
 
 	/**
 	 * Load TORO 2D Graph