diff --git a/core/modules/startup.js b/core/modules/startup.js
index 58c6eb480..5e9a81eee 100644
--- a/core/modules/startup.js
+++ b/core/modules/startup.js
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ exports.startup = function() {
 	$tw.modules.applyMethods("tiddlermethod",$tw.Tiddler.prototype);
 	$tw.modules.applyMethods("wikimethod",$tw.Wiki.prototype);
 	$tw.modules.applyMethods("tiddlerdeserializer",$tw.Wiki.tiddlerDeserializerModules);
-	$tw.Wiki.tiddlerSerializerModules = {};
-	$tw.modules.applyMethods("tiddlerserializer",$tw.Wiki.tiddlerSerializerModules);
 	// Set up the wiki store
 	$tw.wiki.initParsers();
 	$tw.wiki.initSyncers();
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ exports.startup = function() {
 		var templateTitle = "$:/templates/PageTemplate",
 			parser = $tw.wiki.parseTiddler(templateTitle),
 			renderTree = new $tw.WikiRenderTree(parser,{wiki: $tw.wiki});
-console.log("Parse tree",parser);
 		renderTree.execute({tiddlerTitle: templateTitle});
 		var container = document.createElement("div");
 		document.body.insertBefore(container,document.body.firstChild);
diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 661f507ce..a6ab1a1c7 100644
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -165,18 +165,6 @@ exports.addTiddler = function(tiddler) {
 	this.touchTiddler(title);
 };
 
-/*
-Serialise tiddlers to a specified text serialization format
-*/
-exports.serializeTiddlers = function(tiddlers,type) {
-	var serializer = $tw.Wiki.tiddlerSerializerModules[type];
-	if(serializer) {
-		return serializer.call(this,tiddlers);
-	} else {
-		return null;
-	}
-};
-
 /*
 Return a sorted array of tiddler titles, optionally filtered by a tag 
 */