diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
index 25aeb29f3..058f773ac 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/utility/AndroidUtilities.java
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ package com.todoroo.andlib.utility;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ import android.net.NetworkInfo;
 import android.net.NetworkInfo.State;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.InputType;
-import android.util.Base64;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -142,54 +139,6 @@ public class AndroidUtilities {
         return bitmap;
     }
 
-    public static String encodeBase64Bitmap(Bitmap bitmap) {
-        String result = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
-        int tries = 0;
-        while ("".equals(result) && tries < 5) { //$NON-NLS-1$
-            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100 - (10 * tries), baos);
-            byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray();
-            try {
-                result = Base64.encodeToString(bytes, Base64.DEFAULT);
-            } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
-                // Too big, try after recompressing
-            }
-            tries++;
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    public static Bitmap decodeBase64Bitmap(String encoded) {
-        byte[] decodedByte = Base64.decode(encoded, 0);
-        return BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedByte, 0, decodedByte.length);
-    }
-
-
-    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
-    public static String encodeBase64File(File file) {
-        try {
-            FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
-            try {
-            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
-            int len = 0;
-            while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
-                baos.write(buffer, 0, len);
-            }
-
-            byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray();
-            return Base64.encodeToString(bytes, Base64.DEFAULT);
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
-            }
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            return null;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Start the given intent, handling security exceptions if they arise
      *