diff --git a/doc/build_instrument_method_map.py b/doc/build_instrument_method_map.py
index ad5bea4d..b1983801 100644
--- a/doc/build_instrument_method_map.py
+++ b/doc/build_instrument_method_map.py
@@ -22,18 +22,9 @@ from wa.framework.instrument import SIGNAL_MAP
 from wa.framework.signal import CallbackPriority
 from wa.utils.doc import format_simple_table
 
-
-CONVINIENCE_ALIASES = ['initialize', 'setup', 'start', 'stop', 'process_workload_result',
-                       'update_result', 'teardown', 'finalize']
-
 OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_FILE =  os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'source', 'instrument_method_map.template')
 
 
-def escape_trailing_underscore(value):
-    if value.endswith('_'):
-        return value[:-1] + '\_'
-
-
 def generate_instrument_method_map(outfile):
     signal_table = format_simple_table([(k, v) for k, v in SIGNAL_MAP.iteritems()],
                                        headers=['method name', 'signal'], align='<<')