diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ecf00c5b2b..4317e0b3b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Thu Oct 11 21:10:17 2007  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* include/ruby/node.h (NOEX_LOCAL): remove unused local visibility.
+
+	* class.c (ins_methods_push): ditto.
+
+	* class.c (rb_class_local_methods): method removed.
+
 Thu Oct 11 14:29:31 2007  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* */Makefile.sub (COMMON_MACROS): workaround for old SDK's bug.
diff --git a/class.c b/class.c
index ead4d767ae..5bb801d2e0 100644
--- a/class.c
+++ b/class.c
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ ins_methods_push(ID name, long type, VALUE ary, long visi)
       case NOEX_PRIVATE:
       case NOEX_PROTECTED:
       case NOEX_PUBLIC:
-      case NOEX_LOCAL:
 	visi = (type == visi);
 	break;
       default:
@@ -558,12 +557,6 @@ ins_methods_pub_i(ID name, long type, VALUE ary)
     return ins_methods_push(name, type, ary, NOEX_PUBLIC);
 }
 
-static int
-ins_methods_local_i(ID name, long type, VALUE ary)
-{
-    return ins_methods_push(name, type, ary, NOEX_LOCAL);
-}
-
 static int
 method_entry(ID key, NODE *body, st_table *list)
 {
@@ -701,19 +694,6 @@ rb_class_public_instance_methods(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE mod)
     return class_instance_method_list(argc, argv, mod, ins_methods_pub_i);
 }
 
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     mod.local_methods   => array
- *  
- *  Returns a list of the local methods defined in <i>mod</i>.
- */
-
-VALUE
-rb_class_local_methods(VALUE mod)
-{
-    return class_instance_method_list(0, 0, mod, ins_methods_local_i);
-}
-
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     obj.singleton_methods(all=true)    => array
diff --git a/include/ruby/intern.h b/include/ruby/intern.h
index 8c39e2a6bd..2b50364d7c 100644
--- a/include/ruby/intern.h
+++ b/include/ruby/intern.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ VALUE rb_class_instance_methods(int, VALUE*, VALUE);
 VALUE rb_class_public_instance_methods(int, VALUE*, VALUE);
 VALUE rb_class_protected_instance_methods(int, VALUE*, VALUE);
 VALUE rb_class_private_instance_methods(int, VALUE*, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_class_local_methods(VALUE);
 VALUE rb_obj_singleton_methods(int, VALUE*, VALUE);
 void rb_define_method_id(VALUE, ID, VALUE (*)(ANYARGS), int);
 void rb_frozen_class_p(VALUE);
diff --git a/include/ruby/node.h b/include/ruby/node.h
index a5b66d35f9..51268061e0 100644
--- a/include/ruby/node.h
+++ b/include/ruby/node.h
@@ -467,8 +467,7 @@ typedef struct RNode {
 #define NOEX_NOSUPER   0x01
 #define NOEX_PRIVATE   0x02
 #define NOEX_PROTECTED 0x04
-#define NOEX_LOCAL     0x08
-#define NOEX_MASK      0x0E /* 1110 */
+#define NOEX_MASK      0x06 /* 1110 */
 
 #define NOEX_UNDEF     NOEX_NOSUPER
 
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 031d2afdc8..660c9e1fe1 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -2436,8 +2436,6 @@ Init_Object(void)
 		     rb_class_protected_instance_methods, -1); /* in class.c */
     rb_define_method(rb_cModule, "private_instance_methods", 
 		     rb_class_private_instance_methods, -1);   /* in class.c */
-    rb_define_method(rb_cModule, "local_methods", 
-		     rb_class_local_methods, 0);               /* in class.c */
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cModule, "constants", rb_mod_constants, -1); /* in variable.c */
     rb_define_method(rb_cModule, "const_get", rb_mod_const_get, -1);