diff --git a/Frameworks/SSEQPlayer/SSEQPlayer/Channel.cpp b/Frameworks/SSEQPlayer/SSEQPlayer/Channel.cpp
index 4a378252b..c454e109c 100644
--- a/Frameworks/SSEQPlayer/SSEQPlayer/Channel.cpp
+++ b/Frameworks/SSEQPlayer/SSEQPlayer/Channel.cpp
@@ -52,27 +52,6 @@ double Channel::window_lut[Channel::SINC_SAMPLES + 1];
 static const double M_PI = 3.14159265358979323846;
 #endif
 
-// Code from http://hbfs.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/branchless-equivalents-of-simple-functions/
-inline int32_t sex(int32_t x)
-{
-    union
-    {
-        // let us suppose long is twice as wide as int
-        int64_t w;
-        
-        // should be hi,lo on a big endian machine
-        struct { int32_t lo, hi; } s;
-    } z;
-    z.w = x;
-    
-    return z.s.hi;
-}
-
-inline uint32_t abs(int32_t x)
-{
-    return (x ^ sex(x)) - sex(x);
-}
-
 // Code from http://learningcppisfun.blogspot.com/2010/04/comparing-floating-point-numbers.html
 template<typename T> inline bool fEqual(T x, T y, int N = 1)
 {