diff --git a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
index e8a5134b2..5642a64db 100644
--- a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
+++ b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ void grib_hash_array_value_delete(grib_context* c, grib_hash_array_value* v);
 bufr_descriptor* grib_bufr_descriptor_new(grib_accessor* tables_accessor, int code, int silent, int* err);
 bufr_descriptor* grib_bufr_descriptor_clone(bufr_descriptor* d);
 int grib_bufr_descriptor_set_code(grib_accessor* tables_accessor, int code, bufr_descriptor* v);
-void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_reference(bufr_descriptor* v, long reference);
-void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_width(bufr_descriptor* v, long width);
 void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_scale(bufr_descriptor* v, long scale);
 int grib_bufr_descriptor_can_be_missing(bufr_descriptor* v);
 void grib_bufr_descriptor_delete(bufr_descriptor* v);
diff --git a/src/grib_bufr_descriptor.cc b/src/grib_bufr_descriptor.cc
index 68aa7e290..fa653bc29 100644
--- a/src/grib_bufr_descriptor.cc
+++ b/src/grib_bufr_descriptor.cc
@@ -89,20 +89,6 @@ int grib_bufr_descriptor_set_code(grib_accessor* tables_accessor, int code, bufr
     return err;
 }
 
-void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_reference(bufr_descriptor* v, long reference)
-{
-    if (!v)
-        return;
-    v->reference = reference;
-}
-
-void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_width(bufr_descriptor* v, long width)
-{
-    if (!v)
-        return;
-    v->width = width;
-}
-
 void grib_bufr_descriptor_set_scale(bufr_descriptor* v, long scale)
 {
     if (!v)