diff --git a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.c b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.c
index b1999ab35c..8687aac412 100644
--- a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.c
+++ b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.c
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 static GHashTable * loaded_modules = NULL;
 static GList      * module_info = NULL;
 
+typedef struct {
+  char * module_path;
+  char * module_description;
+  char * module_filepath;
+  int    module_interface;
+  int    module_age;
+  int    module_revision;
+} GNCModuleInfo;
+
 typedef struct 
 {
   lt_dlhandle   handle;
@@ -32,6 +41,7 @@ typedef struct
   int           (* init_func)(int refcount);
 } GNCLoadedModule;
 
+static GNCModuleInfo * gnc_module_get_info(const char * lib_path);
 
 /*************************************************************
  * gnc_module_system_search_dirs
@@ -192,15 +202,15 @@ gnc_module_system_refresh(void)
   /* look in each search directory */
   for(current = search_dirs; current; current = current->next) 
   {
-    DIR           * d = opendir(current->data);
-    struct dirent * dent = NULL;
-    char          * fullpath = NULL;
-    int           namelen;
-    GNCModuleInfo * info; 
- 
-    if(d) 
-    {
-      while((dent = readdir(d)) != NULL) 
+      DIR *d = opendir(current->data);
+      struct dirent * dent = NULL;
+      char * fullpath = NULL;
+      int namelen;
+      GNCModuleInfo * info;
+
+      if (!d) continue;
+
+      while ((dent = readdir(d)) != NULL)
       {
         namelen = strlen(dent->d_name);
         
@@ -221,7 +231,7 @@ gnc_module_system_refresh(void)
         }
       }
       closedir(d);
-    }
+
   }
   /* free the search dir strings */
   for(current = search_dirs; current; current=current->next) 
@@ -255,7 +265,7 @@ gnc_module_system_modinfo(void)
  *  if it's a gnc_module, return a struct describing it.
  *************************************************************/
 
-GNCModuleInfo * 
+static GNCModuleInfo *
 gnc_module_get_info(const char * fullpath) 
 {
   lt_dlhandle handle;
@@ -568,38 +578,3 @@ gnc_module_unload(GNCModule module)
   }
 }
 
-
-/*************************************************************
- * gnc_module_lookup
- * find a symbol in a module
- *************************************************************/
-
-void *
-gnc_module_lookup(GNCModule module, gchar * symbol) 
-{
-  GNCLoadedModule * info;
-  lt_ptr ltptr;
-
-  if(!loaded_modules) 
-  {
-    gnc_module_system_init();
-  }
-  
-  if(module && symbol) 
-  {  
-    info = g_hash_table_lookup(loaded_modules, module);
-    if(info) 
-    {
-      ltptr = lt_dlsym(info->handle, symbol);
-      return (void *)ltptr;
-    }
-    else 
-    {
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  }
-  else 
-  {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.h b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.h
index 6084853848..bcf1bf58ad 100644
--- a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.h
+++ b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.h
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
 
 typedef void * GNCModule;
 
-typedef struct {
-  char * module_path;
-  char * module_description;
-  char * module_filepath;
-  int    module_interface;
-  int    module_age;
-  int    module_revision;
-} GNCModuleInfo;
-
 #define DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH "/usr/local/gnucash/lib/modules"
 
 /* the basics: initialize the module system, refresh its module 
@@ -43,11 +34,5 @@ GList         * gnc_module_system_modinfo(void);
 GNCModule       gnc_module_load(gchar * module_name, gint interface);
 GNCModule       gnc_module_load_optional(gchar * module_name, gint interface);
 int             gnc_module_unload(GNCModule mod);
-GNCModuleInfo * gnc_module_get_info(const char * lib_path);
-int             gnc_module_use_scm_module(gchar * module_path);
-
-/* gnc_module_lookup locates the given 'symbol' in module
- * 'mod'.  'mod' must be previously loaded. */
-void          * gnc_module_lookup(GNCModule mod, gchar * symbol);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.scm b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.scm
index 99186cb43f..bce739e796 100644
--- a/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.scm
+++ b/src/gnc-module/gnc-module.scm
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 (re-export gnc:module-load)
 (re-export gnc:module-load-optional)
 (re-export gnc:module-unload)
-(re-export gnc:module-lookup)
 
 (define (gnc:module-system-init)
   (let ((lib (if (or (string=? (version) "1.3")
diff --git a/src/gnc-module/gw-gnc-module-spec.scm b/src/gnc-module/gw-gnc-module-spec.scm
index 3166f2a194..0ac0e01297 100644
--- a/src/gnc-module/gw-gnc-module-spec.scm
+++ b/src/gnc-module/gw-gnc-module-spec.scm
@@ -44,10 +44,5 @@
    '((<gnc:module> module))
    "Unreference a gnc-module. Module will unload when refcount goes to 0")
 
-  (gw:wrap-function
-   ws 'gnc:module-lookup
-   '<gw:void*> "gnc_module_lookup"
-   '((<gnc:module> module) 
-     ((<gw:mchars> caller-owned) symbol))
-   "Look up a symbol in the module.  module must be loaded already."))
+)
 
diff --git a/src/gnc-module/test/test-load-c.c b/src/gnc-module/test/test-load-c.c
index d9b9436870..e360253f91 100644
--- a/src/gnc-module/test/test-load-c.c
+++ b/src/gnc-module/test/test-load-c.c
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 static void
 guile_main(void *closure, int argc, char ** argv)
 {
-  int       (*foo_hello)(void);
-  int helloval; 
   GNCModule foo;
 
   printf("  test-load-c.c: testing module load/unload from C ... ");
@@ -22,13 +20,6 @@ guile_main(void *closure, int argc, char ** argv)
     printf("  Failed to load foo\n");
     exit(-1);
   }
-  
-  foo_hello = gnc_module_lookup(foo, "foo_hello");
-  helloval = foo_hello();
-  if(helloval != 10) {
-    printf("  Call of module function failed.\n");
-    exit(-1);
-  }
 
   if(!gnc_module_unload(foo)) {
     printf("  Failed to unload foo\n");