diff --git a/examples/C/bufr_subset.c b/examples/C/bufr_subset.c
index 66bf695b4..e1676188f 100644
--- a/examples/C/bufr_subset.c
+++ b/examples/C/bufr_subset.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     size_t stringLen;
     char stringVal[100] = {0,};
     int i, err = 0;
-    int cnt            = 0;
+    int cnt = 0, ktype = 0;
     const char* infile = "../../data/bufr/synop_multi_subset.bufr";
 
     in = fopen(infile, "rb");
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         for (i = 1; i <= numberOfSubsets; i++) {
             snprintf(key, sizeof(key), "/subsetNumber=%d/blockNumber", i);
 
+            CODES_CHECK(codes_get_native_type(h, key, &ktype), 0);
+            //printf("Type = %d\n", ktype);
+
             printf("  subsetNumber=%d", i);
             /* read and print some data values */
             CODES_CHECK(codes_get_long(h, key, &longVal), 0);
diff --git a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
index e74a94f19..5080843d7 100644
--- a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
+++ b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
@@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ int grib_get_double_elements(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, const int*
 int grib_get_float_elements(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, const int* index_array, long len, float* val_array);
 int grib_get_string_internal(grib_handle* h, const char* name, char* val, size_t* length);
 int grib_get_string(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, char* val, size_t* length);
-int grib_get_bytes_internal(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, unsigned char* val, size_t* length);
 int grib_get_bytes(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, unsigned char* val, size_t* length);
 int grib_get_native_type(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, int* type);
 int ecc__grib_get_double_array_internal(const grib_handle* h, grib_accessor* a, double* val, size_t buffer_len, size_t* decoded_length);
diff --git a/src/grib_value.cc b/src/grib_value.cc
index c6ec63369..e6c382626 100644
--- a/src/grib_value.cc
+++ b/src/grib_value.cc
@@ -1218,17 +1218,15 @@ int grib_get_string(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, char* val, size_t* l
     }
 }
 
-int grib_get_bytes_internal(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, unsigned char* val, size_t* length)
-{
-    int ret = grib_get_bytes(h, name, val, length);
-
-    if (ret != GRIB_SUCCESS)
-        grib_context_log(h->context, GRIB_LOG_ERROR,
-                         "Unable to get %s as bytes (%s)",
-                         name, grib_get_error_message(ret));
-
-    return ret;
-}
+// int grib_get_bytes_internal(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, unsigned char* val, size_t* length)
+// {
+//     int ret = grib_get_bytes(h, name, val, length);
+//     if (ret != GRIB_SUCCESS)
+//         grib_context_log(h->context, GRIB_LOG_ERROR,
+//                          "Unable to get %s as bytes (%s)",
+//                          name, grib_get_error_message(ret));
+//     return ret;
+// }
 
 int grib_get_bytes(const grib_handle* h, const char* name, unsigned char* val, size_t* length)
 {