diff --git a/libairspy/src/airspy.c b/libairspy/src/airspy.c
index 1f2178b..5f4adcc 100644
--- a/libairspy/src/airspy.c
+++ b/libairspy/src/airspy.c
@@ -102,13 +102,7 @@ typedef struct airspy_device
 static const uint16_t airspy_usb_vid = 0x1d50;
 static const uint16_t airspy_usb_pid = 0x60a1;
 
-#define STR_PRODUCT_AIRSPY_SIZE (6)
-static const char str_product_airspy[STR_PRODUCT_AIRSPY_SIZE] =
-{ 'A', 'I', 'R', 'S', 'P', 'Y' };
-
 #define STR_PREFIX_SERIAL_AIRSPY_SIZE (10)
-static const char str_prefix_serial_airspy[STR_PREFIX_SERIAL_AIRSPY_SIZE] =
-{ 'A', 'I', 'R', 'S', 'P', 'Y', ' ', 'S', 'N', ':' };
 
 #define SERIAL_AIRSPY_EXPECTED_SIZE (26)
 
@@ -594,19 +588,6 @@ static void airspy_open_exit(airspy_device_t* device)
 	device->usb_context = NULL;
 }
 
-static void upper_string(unsigned char *string, size_t len)
-{
-	while (len > 0)
-	{
-		if (*string >= 'a' && *string <= 'z')
-		{
-			*string = *string - 32;
-		}
-		string++;
-		len--;
-	}
-}
-
 static void airspy_open_device(airspy_device_t* device,
 	int* ret,
 	uint16_t vid,