diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
index 7ea893f1..4ab65803 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ class ByteVectorListPrivate
 // static members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-ByteVectorList ByteVectorList::split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &pattern,
-                                     int byteAlign)
-{
-  return split(v, pattern, byteAlign, 0);
-}
-
 ByteVectorList ByteVectorList::split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &pattern,
                                      int byteAlign, int max)
 {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.h b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.h
index 5852583a..17444522 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.h
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ namespace TagLib {
      */
     ByteVector toByteVector(const ByteVector &separator = " ") const;
 
-    /*!
-     * Splits the ByteVector \a v into several strings at \a pattern.  This will
-     * not include the pattern in the returned ByteVectors.
-     */
-    static ByteVectorList split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &pattern,
-                                int byteAlign = 1);
     /*!
      * Splits the ByteVector \a v into several strings at \a pattern.  This will
      * not include the pattern in the returned ByteVectors.  \a max is the
@@ -78,9 +72,8 @@ namespace TagLib {
      * is 2 then a maximum of 1 match will be found and the vector will be split
      * on that match.
      */
-    // BIC: merge with the function above
     static ByteVectorList split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &pattern,
-                                int byteAlign, int max);
+                                int byteAlign = 1, int max = 0);
   private:
     class ByteVectorListPrivate;
     ByteVectorListPrivate *d;
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
index 292f3533..402ce2b8 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
@@ -458,11 +458,6 @@ ByteVector String::data(Type t) const
   return v;
 }
 
-int String::toInt() const
-{
-  return toInt(0);
-}
-
 int String::toInt(bool *ok) const
 {
   int value = 0;