diff --git a/src/V3Ast.h b/src/V3Ast.h
index 6a286bde8..8dc154695 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.h
+++ b/src/V3Ast.h
@@ -1915,8 +1915,6 @@ public:
     // Iterate and insert - assumes tree format
     virtual void addNextStmt(AstNode* newp,
                              AstNode* belowp);  // When calling, "this" is second argument
-    virtual void addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp,
-                               AstNode* belowp);  // When calling, "this" is second argument
 
     // METHODS - Iterate on a tree
     // Clone or return nullptr if nullptr
diff --git a/src/V3AstNodeOther.h b/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
index 960f10d09..1070c83f9 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
+++ b/src/V3AstNodeOther.h
@@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ public:
     // METHODS
     void addNextStmt(AstNode* newp,
                      AstNode* belowp) override;  // Stop statement searchback here
-    void addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp,
-                       AstNode* belowp) override;  // Stop statement searchback here
     void dump(std::ostream& str = std::cout) const override;
 };
 class AstNodeAssign VL_NOT_FINAL : public AstNodeStmt {
@@ -3246,8 +3244,6 @@ public:
     int instrCount() const override { return INSTR_COUNT_BRANCH; }
     bool same(const AstNode* /*samep*/) const override { return true; }
     // Stop statement searchback here
-    void addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode* belowp) override;
-    // Stop statement searchback here
     void addNextStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode* belowp) override;
     bool isFirstInMyListOfStatements(AstNode* n) const override { return n == stmtsp(); }
 };
diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
index 0f3fa80a4..eccb2d504 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
@@ -1271,44 +1271,17 @@ AstVarScope* AstConstPool::findConst(AstConst* initp, bool mergeDType) {
 //======================================================================
 // Special walking tree inserters
 
-void AstNode::addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode*) {
-    UASSERT_OBJ(backp(), newp, "Can't find current statement to addBeforeStmt");
-    // Look up; virtual call will find where to put it
-    this->backp()->addBeforeStmt(newp, this);
-}
 void AstNode::addNextStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode*) {
     UASSERT_OBJ(backp(), newp, "Can't find current statement to addNextStmt");
     // Look up; virtual call will find where to put it
     this->backp()->addNextStmt(newp, this);
 }
 
-void AstNodeStmt::addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode*) {
-    // Insert newp before current node
-    this->addHereThisAsNext(newp);
-}
 void AstNodeStmt::addNextStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode*) {
     // Insert newp after current node
     this->addNextHere(newp);
 }
 
-void AstWhile::addBeforeStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode* belowp) {
-    // Special, as statements need to be put in different places
-    // Belowp is how we came to recurse up to this point
-    // Preconditions insert first just before themselves (the normal rule
-    // for other statement types)
-    if (belowp == precondsp()) {
-        // Must have been first statement in precondsp list, so newp is new first statement
-        belowp->addHereThisAsNext(newp);
-    } else if (belowp == condp()) {
-        // Goes before condition, IE in preconditions
-        addPrecondsp(newp);
-    } else if (belowp == stmtsp()) {
-        // Was first statement in body, so new front
-        belowp->addHereThisAsNext(newp);
-    } else {
-        belowp->v3fatalSrc("Doesn't look like this was really under the while");
-    }
-}
 void AstWhile::addNextStmt(AstNode* newp, AstNode* belowp) {
     // Special, as statements need to be put in different places
     // Belowp is how we came to recurse up to this point
diff --git a/src/V3LinkInc.cpp b/src/V3LinkInc.cpp
index 8c71d6bb2..904fd423f 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkInc.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkInc.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ private:
     // METHODS
     void insertBeforeStmt(AstNode* nodep, AstNode* newp) {
         // Return node that must be visited, if any
-        // See also AstNode::addBeforeStmt; this predates that function
         if (debug() >= 9) newp->dumpTree("-  newstmt: ");
         UASSERT_OBJ(m_insStmtp, nodep, "Function not underneath a statement");
         if (m_insMode == IM_BEFORE) {
diff --git a/src/V3Task.cpp b/src/V3Task.cpp
index e7ef1e0f7..9bc068a19 100644
--- a/src/V3Task.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Task.cpp
@@ -1335,7 +1335,6 @@ private:
     }
     AstNode* insertBeforeStmt(AstNode* nodep, AstNode* newp) {
         // Return node that must be visited, if any
-        // See also AstNode::addBeforeStmt; this predates that function
         if (debug() >= 9) nodep->dumpTree("-  newstmt: ");
         UASSERT_OBJ(m_insStmtp, nodep, "Function not underneath a statement");
         AstNode* visitp = nullptr;