diff --git a/pkg/restic/restic.go b/pkg/restic/restic.go
index 116e214165..0881a439ff 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restic.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restic.go
@@ -46,17 +46,6 @@ func shCommand(command string) []string {
 	return []string{"bash", "-o", "errexit", "-o", "pipefail", "-c", command}
 }
 
-// BackupCommandByID returns restic backup command
-func BackupCommandByID(profile *param.Profile, repository, pathToBackup, encryptionKey string) ([]string, error) {
-	cmd, err := resticArgs(profile, repository, encryptionKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	cmd = append(cmd, "backup", pathToBackup)
-	command := strings.Join(cmd, " ")
-	return shCommand(command), nil
-}
-
 // BackupCommandByTag returns restic backup command with tag
 func BackupCommandByTag(profile *param.Profile, repository, backupTag, includePath, encryptionKey string) ([]string, error) {
 	cmd, err := resticArgs(profile, repository, encryptionKey)
@@ -134,17 +123,6 @@ func InitCommand(profile *param.Profile, repository, encryptionKey string) ([]st
 	return shCommand(command), nil
 }
 
-// ForgetCommandByTag returns restic forget command
-func ForgetCommandByTag(profile *param.Profile, repository, tag, encryptionKey string) ([]string, error) {
-	cmd, err := resticArgs(profile, repository, encryptionKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	cmd = append(cmd, "forget", "--tag", tag)
-	command := strings.Join(cmd, " ")
-	return shCommand(command), nil
-}
-
 // ForgetCommandByID returns restic forget command
 func ForgetCommandByID(profile *param.Profile, repository, id, encryptionKey string) ([]string, error) {
 	cmd, err := resticArgs(profile, repository, encryptionKey)
@@ -449,25 +427,6 @@ func DoesRepoExist(output string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(output, "Is there a repository at the following location?")
 }
 
-// SnapshotIDFromSnapshotLog gets the SnapshotID from Snapshot Command log
-func SnapshotIDsFromSnapshotCommand(output string) ([]string, error) {
-	var snapIds []string
-	var result []map[string]interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), &result)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "Failed to unmarshall output from snapshotCommand")
-	}
-	if len(result) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("Snapshots not found")
-	}
-	for _, r := range result {
-		if r["short_id"] != nil {
-			snapIds = append(snapIds, r["short_id"].(string))
-		}
-	}
-	return snapIds, nil
-}
-
 // SpaceFreedFromPruneLog gets the space freed from the prune log output
 // For reference, here is the logging command from restic codebase:
 //
diff --git a/pkg/restic/restic_test.go b/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
index 123deb3a3c..b6f95c9f35 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
@@ -318,22 +318,6 @@ func (s *ResticDataSuite) TestGetSnapshotStatsModeFromStatsLog(c *C) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *ResticDataSuite) TestGetSnapshotIDsFromSnapshotCommand(c *C) {
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		log      string
-		expected []string
-		checker  Checker
-	}{
-		{log: `[{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"}]`, expected: []string{"7c0bfeb9"}, checker: IsNil},
-		{log: `[{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb67"},{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"}]`, expected: []string{"7c0bfeb67", "7c0bfeb9"}, checker: IsNil},
-		{log: `null`, expected: []string(nil), checker: NotNil},
-	} {
-		ids, err := SnapshotIDsFromSnapshotCommand(tc.log)
-		c.Assert(err, tc.checker)
-		c.Assert(ids, DeepEquals, tc.expected)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *ResticDataSuite) TestIsPasswordIncorrect(c *C) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		log      string