diff --git a/src/frontend/Makefile.am b/src/frontend/Makefile.am
index 73af9aa2e..fc18840e9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontend/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ libfte_a_SOURCES = \
 	commands.h	\
 	com_ahelp.c	\
 	com_ahelp.h	\
+	com_alias.c	\
+	com_alias.h	\
 	com_asciiplot.c \
 	com_asciiplot.h \
 	com_cdump.c	\
diff --git a/src/parser/alias.c b/src/frontend/com_alias.c
similarity index 90%
rename from src/parser/alias.c
rename to src/frontend/com_alias.c
index 28682a430..4d8960954 100644
--- a/src/parser/alias.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_alias.c
@@ -3,18 +3,54 @@ Copyright 1990 Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 Author: 1985 Wayne A. Christopher, U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
 **********/
 
-/*
- * Do alias substitution.
- */
+/* Do alias substitution.  */
 
 #include "ngspice.h"
 #include "cpdefs.h"
-#include "alias.h"
-
-static wordlist *asubst(wordlist *wlist);
+#include "com_alias.h"
 
 struct alias *cp_aliases = NULL;
 
+
+
+/* Return NULL if no alias was found. We can get away with just
+ * calling cp_histsubst now because the line will have gone onto the
+ * history list by now and cp_histsubst will look in the right place.  */
+static wordlist *
+asubst(wordlist *wlist)
+{
+    struct alias *al;
+    wordlist *wl, *w = NULL;
+    char *word;
+
+    word = wlist->wl_word;
+    if (*word == '\\') {
+        wlist->wl_word++;
+        return (NULL);
+    }
+    for (al = cp_aliases; al; al = al->al_next)
+        if (eq(word, al->al_name))
+            break;
+    if (!al)
+        return (NULL);
+    wl = cp_histsubst(wl_copy(al->al_text));
+
+    if (cp_didhsubst) {
+        /* Make sure that we have an up-to-date last history entry. */
+        wl_free(cp_lastone->hi_wlist);
+        cp_lastone->hi_wlist = wl_copy(wl);
+    } else {
+        /* If it had no history args, then append the rest of the wl */
+        for (w = wl; w->wl_next; w = w->wl_next);
+        w->wl_next = wl_copy(wlist->wl_next);
+        if (w->wl_next)
+            w->wl_next->wl_prev = w;
+    }
+    return (wl);
+}
+
+
+
 wordlist *
 cp_doalias(wordlist *wlist)
 {
@@ -26,11 +62,10 @@ cp_doalias(wordlist *wlist)
         wlist = wlist->wl_next;
     wlist->wl_prev = NULL;
 
-    /* The alias process is going to modify the "last" line typed,
-     * so save a copy of what it really is and restore it after
-     * aliasing is done. We have to do tricky things do get around
-     * the problems with ; ...
-     */
+    /* The alias process is going to modify the "last" line typed, so
+     * save a copy of what it really is and restore it after aliasing
+     * is done. We have to do tricky things do get around the problems
+     * with ; ...  */
     realw = wl_copy(cp_lastone->hi_wlist);
     comm = wlist;
     do {
@@ -85,46 +120,8 @@ cp_doalias(wordlist *wlist)
     return (wlist);
 }
 
-/* Return NULL if no alias was found. We can get away with just calling
- * cp_histsubst now because the line will have gone onto the history list
- * by now and cp_histsubst will look in the right place.
- */
-
-static wordlist *
-asubst(wordlist *wlist)
-{
-    struct alias *al;
-    wordlist *wl, *w = NULL;
-    char *word;
-
-    word = wlist->wl_word;
-    if (*word == '\\') {
-        wlist->wl_word++;
-        return (NULL);
-    }
-    for (al = cp_aliases; al; al = al->al_next)
-        if (eq(word, al->al_name))
-            break;
-    if (!al)
-        return (NULL);
-    wl = cp_histsubst(wl_copy(al->al_text));
-
-    if (cp_didhsubst) {
-        /* Make sure that we have an up-to-date last history entry. */
-        wl_free(cp_lastone->hi_wlist);
-        cp_lastone->hi_wlist = wl_copy(wl);
-    } else {
-        /* If it had no history args, then append the rest of the wl */
-        for (w = wl; w->wl_next; w = w->wl_next);
-        w->wl_next = wl_copy(wlist->wl_next);
-        if (w->wl_next)
-            w->wl_next->wl_prev = w;
-    }
-    return (wl);
-}
 
 /* If we use this, aliases will be in alphabetical order. */
-
 void
 cp_setalias(char *word, wordlist *wlist)
 {
@@ -164,10 +161,9 @@ cp_setalias(char *word, wordlist *wlist)
     al->al_name = copy(word);
     al->al_text = wl_copy(wlist);
     cp_striplist(al->al_text);
-    /* We can afford to not worry about the bits, because before
-     * the keyword lookup is done the alias is evaluated. 
-     * Make everything file completion, just in case...
-     */
+    /* We can afford to not worry about the bits, because before the
+     * keyword lookup is done the alias is evaluated.  Make everything
+     * file completion, just in case...  */
     cp_addcomm(word, (long) 1, (long) 1, (long) 1, (long) 1);
     /* printf("word %s, next = %s, prev = %s...\n", al->al_name, 
             al->al_next ? al->al_next->al_name : "(none)",
diff --git a/src/parser/alias.h b/src/frontend/com_alias.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/parser/alias.h
rename to src/frontend/com_alias.h
diff --git a/src/parser/Makefile.am b/src/parser/Makefile.am
index f88f4083f..2a39cc898 100644
--- a/src/parser/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/parser/Makefile.am
@@ -3,26 +3,18 @@
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libparser.a
 
 libparser_a_SOURCES = \
-		alias.c		\
-		alias.h		\
 		backq.c		\
 		backq.h		\
 		complete.c	\
 		complete.h	\
 		cshpar.c	\
 		cshpar.h	\
-		front.c		\
-		front.h		\
 		glob.c		\
 		glob.h		\
-		history.c	\
-		history.h	\
 		input.c		\
 		input.h		\
 		lexical.c	\
 		lexical.h	\
-		modify.c	\
-		modify.h	\
 		numparse.c	\
 		numparse.h	\
 		quote.c		\
@@ -30,8 +22,6 @@ libparser_a_SOURCES = \
 		std.c		\
 		unixcom.c	\
 		unixcom.h	\
-		variable.c	\
-		variable.h	\
 		var2.c		\
 		var2.h		\
 		wlist.c		\
diff --git a/src/parser/cshpar.c b/src/parser/cshpar.c
index 578e9dcd2..b351bef76 100644
--- a/src/parser/cshpar.c
+++ b/src/parser/cshpar.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ cp_parse(char *string)
     pwlist(wlist, "After history substitution");
     if (cp_didhsubst) {
         wl_print(wlist, stdout);
-        (void) putc('\n', stdout);
+        putc('\n', stdout);
     }
 
     /* Add the word list to the history. */
@@ -281,30 +281,30 @@ error:  wl_free(wl);
     return (NULL);
 }
 
-/* Reset the cp_* FILE pointers to the standard ones.  This is tricky, since
- * if we are sourcing a command file, and io has been redirected from inside
- * the file, we have to reset it back to what it was for the source, not for
- * the top level.  That way if you type "foo > bar" where foo is a script,
- * and it has redirections of its own inside of it, none of the output from
- * foo will get sent to stdout...
- */
+/* Reset the cp_* FILE pointers to the standard ones.  This is tricky,
+ * since if we are sourcing a command file, and io has been redirected
+ * from inside the file, we have to reset it back to what it was for
+ * the source, not for the top level.  That way if you type "foo >
+ * bar" where foo is a script, and it has redirections of its own
+ * inside of it, none of the output from foo will get sent to
+ * stdout...  */
 
 void
 cp_ioreset(void)
 {
     if (cp_in != cp_curin) {
         if (cp_in)
-            (void) fclose(cp_in);
+            fclose(cp_in);
         cp_in = cp_curin;
     }
     if (cp_out != cp_curout) {
         if (cp_out)
-            (void) fclose(cp_out);
+            fclose(cp_out);
         cp_out = cp_curout;
     }
     if (cp_err != cp_curerr) {
         if (cp_err)
-            (void) fclose(cp_err);
+            fclose(cp_err);
         cp_err = cp_curerr;
     }
 
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@ com_shell(wordlist *wl)
         if (pid == 0) {
             fixdescriptors();
 	    if (wl == NULL) {
-		(void) execl(shell, shell, 0);
+		execl(shell, shell, 0);
 		_exit(99);
 	    } else {
 		com = wl_flatten(wl);
-		(void) execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", com, 0);
+		execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", com, 0);
 	    }
         } else {
 	    /* XXX Better have all these signals */
@@ -359,17 +359,17 @@ com_shell(wordlist *wl)
             do {
                 r = wait((union wait *) NULL);
             } while ((r != pid) && pid != -1);
-	    (void) signal(SIGINT, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svint);
-	    (void) signal(SIGQUIT, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svquit);
-	    (void) signal(SIGTSTP, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svtstp);
+	    signal(SIGINT, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svint);
+	    signal(SIGQUIT, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svquit);
+	    signal(SIGTSTP, (SIGNAL_FUNCTION) svtstp);
         }
 #else
     /* Easier to forget about changing the io descriptors. */
     if (wl) {
         com = wl_flatten(wl);
-        (void) system(com);
+        system(com);
     } else
-        (void) system(shell);
+        system(shell);
 #endif
 
     return;
@@ -382,11 +382,11 @@ void
 fixdescriptors(void)
 {
     if (cp_in != stdin)
-        (void) dup2(fileno(cp_in), fileno(stdin));
+        dup2(fileno(cp_in), fileno(stdin));
     if (cp_out != stdout)
-        (void) dup2(fileno(cp_out), fileno(stdout));
+        dup2(fileno(cp_out), fileno(stdout));
     if (cp_err != stderr)
-        (void) dup2(fileno(cp_err), fileno(stderr));
+        dup2(fileno(cp_err), fileno(stderr));
     return;
 }
 
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ com_chdir(wordlist *wl)
 	tfree(s);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETCWD
- if ((s = (char *)getcwd(localbuf, sizeof(localbuf))))
+    s = getcwd(localbuf, sizeof(localbuf));
+    if (s)
 	    printf("Current directory: %s\n", s);
     else
 	    fprintf(cp_err, "Can't get current working directory.\n");
diff --git a/src/parser/front.c b/src/parser/front.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/front.h b/src/parser/front.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/history.c b/src/parser/history.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/history.h b/src/parser/history.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/modify.c b/src/parser/modify.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/modify.h b/src/parser/modify.h
deleted file mode 100644
index db3110874..000000000
--- a/src/parser/modify.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*************
- * Header file for modify.c
- * 1999 E. Rouat
- ************/
-
-#ifndef MODIFY_H_INCLUDED
-#define MODIFY_H_INCLUDED
-
-
-void cp_init(void);
-
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/parser/variable.c b/src/parser/variable.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/parser/variable.h b/src/parser/variable.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b012ec3d..000000000
--- a/src/parser/variable.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*************
- * Header file for variable.c
- * 1999 E. Rouat
- ************/
-
-#ifndef VARIABLE_H_INCLUDED
-#define VARIABLE_H_INCLUDED
-
-
-wordlist * cp_varwl(struct variable *var);
-void cp_vset(char *varname, char type, char *value);
-struct variable * cp_setparse(wordlist *wl);
-void cp_remvar(char *varname);
-
-
-
-#endif