diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/Evaluator.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/Evaluator.java
index f64b818486ceb59d2d00b3b1d4531f5cee126633..5760081414ef889e18d58103cd52004db16a3879 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/Evaluator.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/Evaluator.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public final class Evaluator
         }
         this.interpreter = new PythonInterpreter();
         // Security: do not allow file access.
-        
+
         try
         {
             interpreter.exec("def open():\n   pass");
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ public final class Evaluator
         PyObject pyObject = interpreter.get(functionName);
         return pyObject instanceof PyFunction;
     }
-    
+
     /**
-     * Evaluates specified function with specified arguments. The arguments are turned into
-     * Python Strings if they are Java {@link String} objects. The return value of the function
-     * is returned as a Java object or <code>null</code>.
+     * Evaluates specified function with specified arguments. The arguments are turned into Python
+     * Strings if they are Java {@link String} objects. The return value of the function is returned
+     * as a Java object or <code>null</code>.
      * 
      * @throws EvaluatorException if evaluation fails.
      */
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public final class Evaluator
         } catch (PyException ex)
         {
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-            for (Object  argument : args)
+            for (Object argument : args)
             {
                 if (builder.length() > 0)
                 {
@@ -203,34 +203,6 @@ public final class Evaluator
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @throws EvaluatorException if compilation of given expression fails
-     */
-    public static void checkExpressionCompilation(String expression) throws EvaluatorException
-    {
-        new PythonInterpreter();
-        doCompile(expression);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @throws EvaluatorException if compilation of given script fails
-     */
-    public static void checkScriptCompilation(String script) throws EvaluatorException
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            PythonInterpreter pi = new PythonInterpreter();
-            // Security: do not allow file access.
-            pi.exec("def open():\n   pass");
-            pi.exec(script);
-        } catch (PyException ex)
-        {
-            final String msg =
-                    "Script compilation failed with message:\n\n" + extractExceptionMessage(ex);
-            throw new EvaluatorException(msg);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the variable <var>name</var> to <var>value</var> in the evaluator's name space.
      */
diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/EvaluatorTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/EvaluatorTest.java
index e22546dcd1ee5f26bf3a484927e1f436e39e92c2..0427ac7007b0a1fb66913c9d80c9deb068d35290 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/EvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/evaluator/EvaluatorTest.java
@@ -338,19 +338,4 @@ public class EvaluatorTest extends AssertJUnit
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testCheckScriptCompilation()
-    {
-        Evaluator.checkScriptCompilation("1+1");
-        try
-        {
-            Evaluator.checkScriptCompilation("1+");
-            fail("EvaluatorException expected");
-        } catch (EvaluatorException ex)
-        {
-            assertEquals("Script compilation failed with message:\n\n"
-                    + "SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('<string>', 1, 3, '1+'))", ex.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
 }