diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
index d8d2faf1b..b447a6d3c 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/String.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module Hledger.Utils.String (
  uppercase,
  underline,
  stripbrackets,
- unbracket,
  -- quoting
  quoteIfNeeded,
  singleQuoteIfNeeded,
@@ -26,43 +25,23 @@ module Hledger.Utils.String (
  elideLeft,
  elideRight,
  formatString,
- -- * multi-line layout
- concatTopPadded,
- concatBottomPadded,
- concatOneLine,
- vConcatLeftAligned,
- vConcatRightAligned,
- padtop,
- padbottom,
- padleft,
- padright,
- cliptopleft,
- fitto,
  -- * wide-character-aware layout
  charWidth,
  strWidth,
  strWidthAnsi,
  takeWidth,
- fitString,
- fitStringMulti,
- padLeftWide,
- padRightWide
  ) where
 
 
 import Data.Char (isSpace, toLower, toUpper)
-import Data.Default (def)
 import Data.List (intercalate)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import Text.Megaparsec ((<|>), between, many, noneOf, sepBy)
 import Text.Megaparsec.Char (char)
 import Text.Printf (printf)
 
 import Hledger.Utils.Parse
 import Hledger.Utils.Regex (toRegex', regexReplace)
-import Text.Tabular.AsciiWide
-  (Align(..), Header(..), Properties(..), TableOpts(..), textCell, renderRow)
 import Text.WideString (charWidth, strWidth)
 
 
@@ -176,150 +155,8 @@ isSingleQuoted _ = False
 isDoubleQuoted s@(_:_:_) = head s == '"' && last s == '"'
 isDoubleQuoted _ = False
 
-unbracket :: String -> String
-unbracket s
-    | (head s == '[' && last s == ']') || (head s == '(' && last s == ')') = init $ tail s
-    | otherwise = s
-
--- | Join several multi-line strings as side-by-side rectangular strings of the same height, top-padded.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
-concatTopPadded :: [String] -> String
-concatTopPadded = TL.unpack . renderRow def{tableBorders=False, borderSpaces=False}
-                . Group NoLine . map (Header . textCell BottomLeft . T.pack)
-
--- | Join several multi-line strings as side-by-side rectangular strings of the same height, bottom-padded.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
-concatBottomPadded :: [String] -> String
-concatBottomPadded = TL.unpack . renderRow def{tableBorders=False, borderSpaces=False}
-                   . Group NoLine . map (Header . textCell TopLeft . T.pack)
-
--- | Join multi-line strings horizontally, after compressing each of
--- them to a single line with a comma and space between each original line.
-concatOneLine :: [String] -> String
-concatOneLine strs = concat $ map ((intercalate ", ").lines) strs
-
--- | Join strings vertically, left-aligned and right-padded.
-vConcatLeftAligned :: [String] -> String
-vConcatLeftAligned ss = intercalate "\n" $ map showfixedwidth ss
-    where
-      showfixedwidth = printf (printf "%%-%ds" width)
-      width = maximum $ map length ss
-
--- | Join strings vertically, right-aligned and left-padded.
-vConcatRightAligned :: [String] -> String
-vConcatRightAligned ss = intercalate "\n" $ map showfixedwidth ss
-    where
-      showfixedwidth = printf (printf "%%%ds" width)
-      width = maximum $ map length ss
-
--- | Convert a multi-line string to a rectangular string top-padded to the specified height.
-padtop :: Int -> String -> String
-padtop h s = intercalate "\n" xpadded
-    where
-      ls = lines s
-      sh = length ls
-      sw | null ls = 0
-         | otherwise = maximum $ map length ls
-      ypadded = replicate (difforzero h sh) "" ++ ls
-      xpadded = map (padleft sw) ypadded
-
--- | Convert a multi-line string to a rectangular string bottom-padded to the specified height.
-padbottom :: Int -> String -> String
-padbottom h s = intercalate "\n" xpadded
-    where
-      ls = lines s
-      sh = length ls
-      sw | null ls = 0
-         | otherwise = maximum $ map length ls
-      ypadded = ls ++ replicate (difforzero h sh) ""
-      xpadded = map (padleft sw) ypadded
-
-difforzero :: (Num a, Ord a) => a -> a -> a
-difforzero a b = maximum [(a - b), 0]
-
--- | Convert a multi-line string to a rectangular string left-padded to the specified width.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
-padleft :: Int -> String -> String
-padleft w "" = concat $ replicate w " "
-padleft w s = intercalate "\n" $ map (printf (printf "%%%ds" w)) $ lines s
-
--- | Convert a multi-line string to a rectangular string right-padded to the specified width.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
-padright :: Int -> String -> String
-padright w "" = concat $ replicate w " "
-padright w s = intercalate "\n" $ map (printf (printf "%%-%ds" w)) $ lines s
-
--- | Clip a multi-line string to the specified width and height from the top left.
-cliptopleft :: Int -> Int -> String -> String
-cliptopleft w h = intercalate "\n" . take h . map (take w) . lines
-
--- | Clip and pad a multi-line string to fill the specified width and height.
-fitto :: Int -> Int -> String -> String
-fitto w h s = intercalate "\n" $ take h $ rows ++ repeat blankline
-    where
-      rows = map (fit w) $ lines s
-      fit w = take w . (++ repeat ' ')
-      blankline = replicate w ' '
-
 -- Functions below treat wide (eg CJK) characters as double-width.
 
--- | General-purpose wide-char-aware single-line string layout function.
--- It can left- or right-pad a short string to a minimum width.
--- It can left- or right-clip a long string to a maximum width, optionally inserting an ellipsis (the third argument).
--- It clips and pads on the right when the fourth argument is true, otherwise on the left.
--- It treats wide characters as double width.
-fitString :: Maybe Int -> Maybe Int -> Bool -> Bool -> String -> String
-fitString mminwidth mmaxwidth ellipsify rightside s = (clip . pad) s
-  where
-    clip :: String -> String
-    clip s =
-      case mmaxwidth of
-        Just w
-          | strWidth s > w ->
-            case rightside of
-              True  -> takeWidth (w - length ellipsis) s ++ ellipsis
-              False -> ellipsis ++ reverse (takeWidth (w - length ellipsis) $ reverse s)
-          | otherwise -> s
-          where
-            ellipsis = if ellipsify then ".." else ""
-        Nothing -> s
-    pad :: String -> String
-    pad s =
-      case mminwidth of
-        Just w
-          | sw < w ->
-            case rightside of
-              True  -> s ++ replicate (w - sw) ' '
-              False -> replicate (w - sw) ' ' ++ s
-          | otherwise -> s
-        Nothing -> s
-      where sw = strWidth s
-
--- | A version of fitString that works on multi-line strings,
--- separate for now to avoid breakage.
--- This will rewrite any line endings to unix newlines.
-fitStringMulti :: Maybe Int -> Maybe Int -> Bool -> Bool -> String -> String
-fitStringMulti mminwidth mmaxwidth ellipsify rightside s =
-  (intercalate "\n" . map (fitString mminwidth mmaxwidth ellipsify rightside) . lines) s
-
--- | Left-pad a string to the specified width.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
--- Works on multi-line strings too (but will rewrite non-unix line endings).
-padLeftWide :: Int -> String -> String
-padLeftWide w "" = replicate w ' '
-padLeftWide w s  = intercalate "\n" $ map (fitString (Just w) Nothing False False) $ lines s
--- XXX not yet replaceable by
--- padLeftWide w = fitStringMulti (Just w) Nothing False False
-
--- | Right-pad a string to the specified width.
--- Treats wide characters as double width.
--- Works on multi-line strings too (but will rewrite non-unix line endings).
-padRightWide :: Int -> String -> String
-padRightWide w "" = replicate w ' '
-padRightWide w s  = intercalate "\n" $ map (fitString (Just w) Nothing False True) $ lines s
--- XXX not yet replaceable by
--- padRightWide w = fitStringMulti (Just w) Nothing False True
-
 -- | Double-width-character-aware string truncation. Take as many
 -- characters as possible from a string without exceeding the
 -- specified width. Eg takeWidth 3 "りんご" = "り".