diff --git a/modules/io/src/io_manager.cc b/modules/io/src/io_manager.cc
index b48b679537b4a23ce3862e873e0058cb287dce76..11002226b603233e917bd5d3759e9bd84d6cd101 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/io_manager.cc
+++ b/modules/io/src/io_manager.cc
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 // 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include <ost/io/io_manager.hh>
-#include <ost/io/mol/entity_io_pdb_handler.hh>
+#include  <ost/io/mol/entity_io_pdb_handler.hh>
 #include <ost/io/mol/entity_io_crd_handler.hh>
 #include <ost/io/mol/entity_io_sdf_handler.hh>
 #include <ost/io/seq/fasta_io_handler.hh>
 #include <ost/io/seq/promod_io_handler.hh>
 #include <ost/io/mol/surface_io_msms_handler.hh>
-#include <ost/io/seq/clustal_io_handler.hh>
+#include  <ost/io/seq/clustal_io_handler.hh>
 #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
 #  include  <ost/io/img/map_io_dx_handler.hh>
 #  include  <ost/io/img/map_io_spi_handler.hh>
@@ -246,11 +246,6 @@ void IOManager::RegisterFactory(const MapIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr& f)
   map_io_list_.push_back(f);
 }
 
-const MapIOFList& IOManager::GetAvailableMapHandler() const
-{
-  return map_io_list_;
-}
-
 #endif //OST_IMG_ENABLED
 
 void IOManager::RegisterFactory(const EntityIOHandlerFactoryBaseP& f) 
@@ -268,19 +263,4 @@ void IOManager::RegisterFactory(const SurfaceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr& f)
   surface_io_list_.push_back(f);
 }
 
-const EntityIOHFList& IOManager::GetAvailableEntityHandler() const
-{
-  return entity_iohf_list_;
-}
-
-const AlignmentIOFList& IOManager::GetAvailableAlignmentHandler() const
-{
-  return alignment_io_list_;
-}
-
-const SurfaceIOFList& IOManager::GetAvailableSurfaceHandler() const
-{
-  return surface_io_list_;
-}
-
 }} // ns
diff --git a/modules/io/src/io_manager.hh b/modules/io/src/io_manager.hh
index a320f01ce5eef4d042b69cf40c1e9d07dbd2558d..bca40128e14055cb082e7e6f51e6f250a8c92a5b 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/io_manager.hh
+++ b/modules/io/src/io_manager.hh
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@
 #include <ost/io/io_exception.hh>
 namespace ost { namespace io {
 
-typedef std::vector<EntityIOHandlerFactoryBaseP> EntityIOHFList;
-typedef std::vector<SequenceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr> AlignmentIOFList;
-typedef std::vector<SurfaceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr> SurfaceIOFList;
+/// \brief Central registry for input/output handlers
+class DLLEXPORT_OST_IO IOManager {
+  typedef std::vector<EntityIOHandlerFactoryBaseP> EntityIOHFList;
+  typedef std::vector<SequenceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr> AlignmentIOFList;  
+  typedef std::vector<SurfaceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr> SurfaceIOFList;  
 
 #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
   typedef std::vector<MapIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr> MapIOFList;  
 #endif
 
-/// \brief Central registry for input/output handlers
-class DLLEXPORT_OST_IO IOManager {
 public:
   /// \brief get entity io handler that is able to import the given file.
   ///
@@ -96,15 +96,6 @@ public:
   /// \sa adding_io_handler
   void RegisterFactory(const SurfaceIOHandlerFactoryBasePtr&);  
 
-  /// \brief Get a list with all available EntityHandler
-  const EntityIOHFList& GetAvailableEntityHandler() const;
-
-  /// \brief Get a list with all available AlignmentHandler
-  const AlignmentIOFList& GetAvailableAlignmentHandler() const;
-
-  /// \brief Get a list with all available SurfaceHandler
-  const SurfaceIOFList& GetAvailableSurfaceHandler() const;
-
 #if OST_IMG_ENABLED
   /// \name Image/Map IO
   //@{
@@ -123,8 +114,6 @@ public:
 
   MapIOHandlerPtr FindMapExportHandlerStream(std::istream& stream,
                                              const ImageFormatBase& format);
-
-  const MapIOFList& GetAvailableMapHandler() const;
   //@}
 #endif