diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index d7a81fde82..d69d675ac6 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -2224,34 +2224,6 @@ zpool_do_list(int argc, char **argv)
 	return (ret);
 }
 
-static nvlist_t *
-zpool_get_vdev_by_name(nvlist_t *nv, char *name)
-{
-	nvlist_t **child;
-	uint_t c, children;
-	nvlist_t *match;
-	char *path;
-	size_t droot_len = strlen(DISK_ROOT) + 1;
-
-	if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nv, ZPOOL_CONFIG_CHILDREN,
-	    &child, &children) != 0) {
-		verify(nvlist_lookup_string(nv, ZPOOL_CONFIG_PATH, &path) == 0);
-		if (strncmp(name, DISK_ROOT "/", droot_len) == 0)
-			name += droot_len;
-		if (strncmp(path, DISK_ROOT "/", droot_len) == 0)
-			path += droot_len;
-		if (strcmp(name, path) == 0)
-			return (nv);
-		return (NULL);
-	}
-
-	for (c = 0; c < children; c++)
-		if ((match = zpool_get_vdev_by_name(child[c], name)) != NULL)
-			return (match);
-
-	return (NULL);
-}
-
 static int
 zpool_do_attach_or_replace(int argc, char **argv, int replacing)
 {
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
index f92e531985..15c72dcb55 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -78,49 +78,6 @@ zfs_type_to_name(zfs_type_t type)
 	return (NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * Given a path and mask of ZFS types, return a string describing this dataset.
- * This is used when we fail to open a dataset and we cannot get an exact type.
- * We guess what the type would have been based on the path and the mask of
- * acceptable types.
- */
-static const char *
-path_to_str(const char *path, int types)
-{
-	/*
-	 * When given a single type, always report the exact type.
-	 */
-	if (types == ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT)
-		return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "snapshot"));
-	if (types == ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM)
-		return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "filesystem"));
-	if (types == ZFS_TYPE_VOLUME)
-		return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "volume"));
-
-	/*
-	 * The user is requesting more than one type of dataset.  If this is the
-	 * case, consult the path itself.  If we're looking for a snapshot, and
-	 * a '@' is found, then report it as "snapshot".  Otherwise, remove the
-	 * snapshot attribute and try again.
-	 */
-	if (types & ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT) {
-		if (strchr(path, '@') != NULL)
-			return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "snapshot"));
-		return (path_to_str(path, types & ~ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT));
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The user has requested either filesystems or volumes.
-	 * We have no way of knowing a priori what type this would be, so always
-	 * report it as "filesystem" or "volume", our two primitive types.
-	 */
-	if (types & ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM)
-		return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "filesystem"));
-
-	assert(types & ZFS_TYPE_VOLUME);
-	return (dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "volume"));
-}
-
 /*
  * Validate a ZFS path.  This is used even before trying to open the dataset, to
  * provide a more meaningful error message.  We place a more useful message in