1 files changed, 2 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
index 366237ef8f..da3cf96050 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 __all__ = ['set_install_permissions', 'install', 'install_tree', 'traverse_tree',
            'expand_user', 'working_dir', 'touch', 'touchp', 'mkdirp',
            'force_remove', 'join_path', 'ancestor', 'can_access', 'filter_file',
-           'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink', 'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree']
+           'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink']
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def touchp(path):
 def force_symlink(src, dest):
     try:
         os.symlink(src, dest)
-    except OSError as e:
+    except OSError, e:
         os.remove(dest)
         os.symlink(src, dest)
 
@@ -344,34 +344,3 @@ def traverse_tree(source_root, dest_root, rel_path='', **kwargs):
 
     if order == 'post':
         yield (source_path, dest_path)
-
-def remove_dead_links(root):
-    """
-    Removes any dead link that is present in root
-
-    Args:
-        root: path where to search for dead links
-
-    """
-    for file in os.listdir(root):
-        path = join_path(root, file)
-        if os.path.islink(path):
-            real_path = os.path.realpath(path)
-            if not os.path.exists(real_path):
-                os.unlink(path)
-
-def remove_linked_tree(path):
-    """
-    Removes a directory and its contents.  If the directory is a symlink, follows the link and removes the real
-    directory before removing the link.
-
-    Args:
-        path: directory to be removed
-
-    """
-    if os.path.exists(path):
-        if os.path.islink(path):
-            shutil.rmtree(os.path.realpath(path), True)
-            os.unlink(path)
-        else:
-            shutil.rmtree(path, True)