diff --git a/cme/cmedb.py b/cme/cmedb.py
index a3ed255f..f713920e 100644
--- a/cme/cmedb.py
+++ b/cme/cmedb.py
@@ -456,66 +456,6 @@ def delete_workspace(workspace_name):
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name))
 
 
-def create_workspace(workspace_name, p_loader, protocols):
-    os.mkdir(os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name))
-
-    for protocol in protocols.keys():
-        try:
-            protocol_object = p_loader.load_protocol(protocols[protocol]['dbpath'])
-        except KeyError:
-            continue
-        proto_db_path = os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name, protocol + '.db')
-
-        if not os.path.exists(proto_db_path):
-            print('[*] Initializing {} protocol database'.format(protocol.upper()))
-            conn = sqlite3.connect(proto_db_path)
-            c = conn.cursor()
-
-            # try to prevent some weird sqlite I/O errors
-            c.execute('PRAGMA journal_mode = OFF')
-            c.execute('PRAGMA foreign_keys = 1')
-
-            getattr(protocol_object, 'database').db_schema(c)
-
-            # commit the changes and close everything off
-            conn.commit()
-            conn.close()
-
-
-def delete_workspace(workspace_name):
-    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name))
-
-
-def create_workspace(workspace_name, p_loader, protocols):
-    os.mkdir(os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name))
-
-    for protocol in protocols.keys():
-        try:
-            protocol_object = p_loader.load_protocol(protocols[protocol]['dbpath'])
-        except KeyError:
-            continue
-        proto_db_path = os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name, protocol + '.db')
-
-        if not os.path.exists(proto_db_path):
-            print('[*] Initializing {} protocol database'.format(protocol.upper()))
-            conn = sqlite3.connect(proto_db_path)
-            c = conn.cursor()
-
-            # try to prevent some weird sqlite I/O errors
-            c.execute('PRAGMA journal_mode = OFF')
-            c.execute('PRAGMA foreign_keys = 1')
-
-            getattr(protocol_object, 'database').db_schema(c)
-
-            # commit the changes and close everything off
-            conn.commit()
-            conn.close()
-
-
-def delete_workspace(workspace_name):
-    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(WORKSPACE_DIR, workspace_name))
-
-
 def initialize_db(logger):
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(WS_PATH, 'default')):
         logger.info('Creating default workspace')