diff --git a/image/archive.go b/image/archive.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 501d549cc8..0000000000
--- a/image/archive.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package image
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os/exec"
-)
-
-type Compression uint32
-
-const (
-	Uncompressed Compression = iota
-	Bzip2
-	Gzip
-)
-
-func (compression *Compression) Flag() string {
-	switch *compression {
-	case Bzip2:
-		return "j"
-	case Gzip:
-		return "z"
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func Tar(path string, compression Compression) (io.Reader, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("bsdtar", "-f", "-", "-C", path, "-c"+compression.Flag(), ".")
-	return CmdStream(cmd)
-}
-
-func Untar(archive io.Reader, path string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("bsdtar", "-f", "-", "-C", path, "-x")
-	cmd.Stdin = archive
-	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New(err.Error() + ": " + string(output))
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func CmdStream(cmd *exec.Cmd) (io.Reader, error) {
-	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	pipeR, pipeW := io.Pipe()
-	go func() {
-		_, err := io.Copy(pipeW, stdout)
-		if err != nil {
-			pipeW.CloseWithError(err)
-		}
-		errText, e := ioutil.ReadAll(stderr)
-		if e != nil {
-			errText = []byte("(...couldn't fetch stderr: " + e.Error() + ")")
-		}
-		if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-			// FIXME: can this block if stderr outputs more than the size of StderrPipe()'s buffer?
-			pipeW.CloseWithError(errors.New(err.Error() + ": " + string(errText)))
-		} else {
-			pipeW.Close()
-		}
-	}()
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return pipeR, nil
-}
diff --git a/image/archive_test.go b/image/archive_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4271849797..0000000000
--- a/image/archive_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package image
-
-import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCmdStreamBad(t *testing.T) {
-	badCmd := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", "echo hello; echo >&2 error couldn\\'t reverse the phase pulser; exit 1")
-	out, err := CmdStream(badCmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to start command: " + err.Error())
-	}
-	if output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(out); err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Command should have failed")
-	} else if err.Error() != "exit status 1: error couldn't reverse the phase pulser\n" {
-		t.Fatalf("Wrong error value (%s)", err.Error())
-	} else if s := string(output); s != "hello\n" {
-		t.Fatalf("Command output should be '%s', not '%s'", "hello\\n", output)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCmdStreamGood(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", "echo hello; exit 0")
-	out, err := CmdStream(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(out); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Command should not have failed (err=%s)", err)
-	} else if s := string(output); s != "hello\n" {
-		t.Fatalf("Command output should be '%s', not '%s'", "hello\\n", output)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestTarUntar(t *testing.T) {
-	archive, err := Tar(".", Uncompressed)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-test-untar")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
-	if err := Untar(archive, tmp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(tmp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error stating %s: %s", tmp, err.Error())
-	}
-}
diff --git a/image/layers_test.go b/image/layers_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index eec59ab3d0..0000000000
--- a/image/layers_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package image
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/fake"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/future"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestAddLayer(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-test-image")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
-	store, err := NewLayerStore(tmp)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	archive, err := fake.FakeTar()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	layer, err := store.AddLayer(archive)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(layer); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error testing for existence of layer: %s\n", err.Error())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestComputeId(t *testing.T) {
-	id1, err := future.ComputeId(bytes.NewBufferString("hello world\n"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	id2, err := future.ComputeId(bytes.NewBufferString("foo bar\n"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if id1 == id2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Identical checksums for difference content (%s == %s)", id1, id2)
-	}
-}