diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
index 76f5659eccd08104ff59c627ee8a583956d52248..9fe724976315c29ff9583a9a967fbdd3bbbc0a74 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_XHTML_Template {
         $this->translator = new SimpleSAML\Locale\Translate($configuration, $defaultDictionary = null);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Includes a file relative to the template base directory.
-     * This function can be used to include headers and footers etc.
-     *
-     */
-    private function includeAtTemplateBase($file) {
-        $data = $this->data;
-
-        $filename = $this->findTemplatePath($file);
-
-        include($filename);
-    }
 
     /**
      * @deprecated This method will be removed in SSP 2.0. Please use SimpleSAML\Locale\Translate::getTranslation()
@@ -60,22 +48,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_XHTML_Template {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * Wrap Language->isLanguageRTL
-     */
-    private function isLanguageRTL() {
-        return $this->translator->language->isLanguageRTL();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Wraps Language->getLanguageList
-     */
-    private function getLanguageList() {
-        return $this->translator->language->getLanguageList();
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Wraps Translate->includeInlineTranslation()
      *