diff --git a/swig/functionalopsequence.i b/swig/functionalopsequence.i
index 4d1aefff0ec1b7c4869231259ebb7be517aee942..a476ff86bd8063947e58a04ca366179e4c9b7c13 100644
--- a/swig/functionalopsequence.i
+++ b/swig/functionalopsequence.i
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ namespace Wccl {
     virtual bool empty() const = 0;
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-    virtual FunctionalOperator& get(size_t idx) = 0;
-    virtual const FunctionalOperator& get(size_t idx) const = 0;
+    //virtual FunctionalOperator& get(size_t idx) = 0;
+    //virtual const FunctionalOperator& get(size_t idx) const = 0;
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
     virtual fun_op_ptr_t get_untyped_ptr(size_t idx) = 0;
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ namespace Wccl {
     void append(const fun_op_ptr_t& op);
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-    op_t& get(size_t idx);
-    const op_t& get(size_t idx) const;
+    //op_t& get(size_t idx);
+    //const op_t& get(size_t idx) const;
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
     fun_op_ptr_t get_untyped_ptr(size_t idx);
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ namespace Wccl {
     void append(const op_ptr_t& op);
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-    op_t& get(size_t idx);
-    const op_t& get(size_t idx) const;
+    //op_t& get(size_t idx);
+    //const op_t& get(size_t idx) const;
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
     op_ptr_t get_ptr(size_t idx);