diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index a70dd19f42..cf17df7008 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -609,8 +609,6 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 		.beginClass <Temporal::timepos_t> ("timepos_t")
 		.addConstructor <void (*) (Temporal::samplepos_t)> ()
 		.addOperator ("__add", CPPOPERATORALT(Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timecnt_t, +))
-		/* timecnt_t distance (timecnt_t const & p) const;  is declared but not implemented */
-		//.addOperator ("__sub", CPPOPERATOR4(Temporal::timecnt_t, Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timecnt_t, .distance))
 		.addOperator ("__sub", CPPOPERATOR2(Temporal::timecnt_t, Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timepos_t, .distance))
 		//.addOperator ("__mod", CPPOPERATOR2(Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timecnt_t, %))
 		.addOperator ("__lt", CPPCOMPERATORALT(Temporal::timepos_t, Temporal::timecnt_t, <))
diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
index baeace63d4..8b8feb7e55 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ class LIBTEMPORAL_API timepos_t : public int62_t  {
 	 * at other positions on the timeline.
 	*/
 
-	timecnt_t distance (timecnt_t const & p) const;
 	timecnt_t distance (timepos_t const & p) const;
 
 	/* computes a new position value that is @param d earlier than this */