diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
index 4791a9c4f..93b791368 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ module Hledger.Data.Posting (
   showPosting,
   showPostingForRegister,
   -- * misc.
-  postingTagsAsLines,
-  tagsAsLines,
   showComment,
   tests_Hledger_Data_Posting
 )
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ post acct amt = posting {paccount=acct, pamount=mixed amt}
 
 showPosting :: Posting -> String
 showPosting p@Posting{paccount=a,pamount=amt,ptype=t} =
-    unlines $ [concatTopPadded [showaccountname a ++ " ", showamount amt, showComment (pcomment p)]] ++ postingTagsAsLines p
+    unlines $ [concatTopPadded [showaccountname a ++ " ", showamount amt, showComment (pcomment p)]]
     where
       ledger3ishlayout = False
       acctnamewidth = if ledger3ishlayout then 25 else 22
@@ -93,12 +91,6 @@ showPosting p@Posting{paccount=a,pamount=amt,ptype=t} =
       showamount = padleft 12 . showMixedAmount
 
 
-postingTagsAsLines :: Posting -> [String]
-postingTagsAsLines = tagsAsLines . ptags
-
-tagsAsLines :: [(String, String)] -> [String]
-tagsAsLines mds = map (\(k,v) -> "    ; " ++ k++": "++v) mds
-
 showComment :: String -> String
 showComment s = if null s then "" else "  ;" ++ s
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
index a637b61f3..136b3a2c0 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ showTransaction' :: Bool -> Transaction -> String
 showTransaction' elide t =
     unlines $ [descriptionline]
               ++ multilinecomment
-              -- ++ (tagsAsLines $ ttags t)
               ++ (postingsAsLines elide t (tpostings t))
               ++ [""]
     where
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ postingAsLines :: Bool -> [Posting] -> Posting -> [String]
 postingAsLines elideamount ps p =
     postinglines
     ++ multilinecomment
-    -- ++ tagsAsLines (ptags p)
   where
     postinglines = map rstrip $ lines $ concatTopPadded [showacct p, "  ", amount, inlinecomment]
     amount = if elideamount then "" else showamt (pamount p)