diff --git a/src/CLI.cpp b/src/CLI.cpp
index 3581cd31b..052e70615 100644
--- a/src/CLI.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI.cpp
@@ -213,88 +213,6 @@ const std::string A::dump () const
   return output;
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Static method.
-void CLI::getOverride (int argc, const char** argv, std::string& home, File& rc)
-{
-  for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-  {
-    std::string raw = argv[i];
-    if (raw == "--")
-      return;
-
-    if (raw.length () > 3 &&
-        raw.substr (0, 3) == "rc:")
-    {
-      rc = raw.substr (3);
-
-      home = ".";
-      auto last_slash = rc._data.rfind ("/");
-      if (last_slash != std::string::npos)
-        home = rc.parent ();
-
-      context.header (format (STRING_PARSER_ALTERNATE_RC, rc._data));
-
-      // Keep looping, because if there are multiple rc:file arguments, the last
-      // one should dominate.
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Look for CONFIG data.location and initialize a Path object.
-// Static method.
-void CLI::getDataLocation (int argc, const char** argv, Path& data)
-{
-  std::string location = context.config.get ("data.location");
-  if (location != "")
-    data = location;
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-  {
-    std::string raw = argv[i];
-    if (raw == "--")
-      break;
-
-    if (raw.length () > 17 &&
-        raw.substr (0, 16) == "rc.data.location")
-    {
-      data = Directory (raw.substr (17));
-      context.header (format (STRING_PARSER_ALTERNATE_DATA, (std::string) data));
-
-      // Keep looping, because if there are multiple rc:file arguments, the last
-      // one should dominate.
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Static method.
-void CLI::applyOverrides (int argc, const char** argv)
-{
-  for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-  {
-    std::string raw = argv[i];
-    if (raw == "--")
-      break;
-
-    if (raw.length () > 3 &&
-        raw.substr (0, 3) == "rc.")
-    {
-      auto sep = raw.find ('=', 3);
-      if (sep == std::string::npos)
-        sep = raw.find (':', 3);
-      if (sep != std::string::npos)
-      {
-        std::string name  = raw.substr (3, sep - 3);
-        std::string value = raw.substr (sep + 1);
-        context.config.set (name, value);
-        context.footnote (format (STRING_PARSER_OVERRIDE_RC, name, value));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 CLI::CLI ()
 : _strict (false)
diff --git a/src/CLI.h b/src/CLI.h
index b388c6fda..0de1228bc 100644
--- a/src/CLI.h
+++ b/src/CLI.h
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ class CLI
 {
 public:
   static int minimumMatchLength;
-  static void getOverride (int, const char**, std::string&, File&);
-  static void getDataLocation (int, const char**, Path&);
-  static void applyOverrides (int, const char**);
 
 public:
   CLI ();
diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 47a13da0d..cd8bcdee2 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ int Context::initialize (int argc, const char** argv)
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     CLI2::getOverride (argc, argv, home_dir, rc_file);
-    CLI::getOverride (argc, argv, home_dir, rc_file);
 
     char* override = getenv ("TASKRC");
     if (override)
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ int Context::initialize (int argc, const char** argv)
     config.clear ();
     config.load (rc_file);
     CLI2::applyOverrides (argc, argv);
-    CLI::applyOverrides (argc, argv);
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //
@@ -136,7 +134,6 @@ int Context::initialize (int argc, const char** argv)
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     CLI2::getDataLocation (argc, argv, data_dir);
-    CLI::getDataLocation (argc, argv, data_dir);
 
     override = getenv ("TASKDATA");
     if (override)