diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.cpp b/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.cpp
index c39502d6ba80e409c485808075062833ce310665..ce976b56f7d0bd988422305d99a87281e450837b 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.cpp
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void YamlEmitter::open() throw(YamlEmitterException)
     }
 }
 
-void YamlEmitter::close() throw(YamlEmitterException) {
+void YamlEmitter::close() throw(YamlEmitterException)
 {
     _debug ("YamlEmitter: Close");
 
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ void YamlEmitter::close() throw(YamlEmitterException) {
 
 }
 
-void YamlEmitter::read() {}
-
-void YamlEmitter::write()
-{
-
-}
-
 void YamlEmitter::serializeData() throw(YamlEmitterException)
 {
     // Document object is destroyed once its content is emitted
diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.h b/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.h
index b478562707a4d29802ddf3c886f962406c738036..b284072b5848f6e7c1223655d607e8436c9b8305 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.h
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/config/yamlemitter.h
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ class YamlEmitter
 
         void close() throw(YamlEmitterException);
 
-        void read();
-
-        void write();
-
         void serializeAccount (MappingNode *map) throw(YamlEmitterException);
 
         void serializePreference (MappingNode *map) throw(YamlEmitterException);