diff --git a/libcorpus2/io/reader.cpp b/libcorpus2/io/reader.cpp
index 7dacd101ae706d63955bddaf14b303d8038b7d4f..46a158a4eceaf78eee265785497ca1a4c4811b76 100644
--- a/libcorpus2/io/reader.cpp
+++ b/libcorpus2/io/reader.cpp
@@ -222,22 +222,6 @@ boost::shared_ptr<Chunk> BufferedChunkReader::get_next_chunk()
 	}
 }
 
-bool BufferedChunkReader::has_more()
-{
-	ensure_more();
-	return !chunk_buf_.empty();
-}
-
-bool BufferedSentenceReader::has_more()
-{
-	if (sentence_buf_ != NULL) {
-		return true;
-	}
-	sentence_buf_ = actual_next_sentence();
-	return (sentence_buf_ != NULL);
-}
-
-
 BufferedSentenceReader::BufferedSentenceReader(const Tagset& tagset)
 	: TokenReader(tagset), chunkify_(true)
 	, sentence_buf_(), token_buf_()
diff --git a/libcorpus2/io/reader.h b/libcorpus2/io/reader.h
index e4e242fe20306cf24bb4c82006aef1788d5a1a38..417497d637d8600f37d9476730e2323bd10802d4 100644
--- a/libcorpus2/io/reader.h
+++ b/libcorpus2/io/reader.h
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual boost::shared_ptr<Chunk> get_next_chunk() = 0;
 
-
-	/**
-	 * Checks if there is anything left to be returned. Non-const because it
-	 * might read ahead and fill the buffer.
-	 */
-	virtual bool has_more() = 0;
-
 	/**
 	 * General option setter.
 	 */
@@ -304,8 +297,6 @@ public:
 
 	boost::shared_ptr<Chunk> get_next_chunk();
 
-	bool has_more();
-
 	void set_option(const std::string& option) {
 		TokenReader::set_option(option);
 	}
@@ -341,8 +332,6 @@ public:
 
 	Sentence::Ptr get_next_sentence();
 
-	bool has_more();
-
 	boost::shared_ptr<Chunk> get_next_chunk();
 
 	void set_option(const std::string& option) {
diff --git a/swig/libcorpustokenreader.i b/swig/libcorpustokenreader.i
index c5d64d1ae4f7bc731f9e9872c1d694aaa7cf2268..0a367d531e933538db5866133b8a9ed2a9ab2a6f 100644
--- a/swig/libcorpustokenreader.i
+++ b/swig/libcorpustokenreader.i
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ namespace Corpus2 {
     virtual Token* get_next_token() = 0;
     virtual Sentence::Ptr get_next_sentence() = 0;
     virtual boost::shared_ptr<Chunk> get_next_chunk() = 0;
-    virtual bool has_more() = 0;
 
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
     virtual void set_option(const std::string& option);