diff --git a/steps/InputStep.cc b/steps/InputStep.cc
index 7b69ac1b86c53cde93cb6db9db2ff1c5be4e95f7..3c5e99129517e73ed93dced17d8604cbcfd9dd87 100644
--- a/steps/InputStep.cc
+++ b/steps/InputStep.cc
@@ -34,68 +34,6 @@ InputStep::~InputStep() {}
 
 std::string InputStep::msName() const { return std::string(); }
 
-const Cube<bool>& InputStep::fetchFullResFlags(const base::DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                               base::DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                               common::NSTimer& timer,
-                                               bool merge) {
-  // If already defined in the buffer, return those fullRes flags.
-  if (!bufin.getFullResFlags().empty()) {
-    return bufin.getFullResFlags();
-  }
-  // No fullRes flags in buffer, so get them from the input.
-  timer.stop();
-  bool fnd = getFullResFlags(bufin.getRowNrs(), bufout);
-  timer.start();
-  Cube<bool>& fullResFlags = bufout.getFullResFlags();
-  if (!fnd) {
-    // No fullRes flags in input; form them from the flags in the buffer.
-    // Only use the XX flags; no averaging done, thus navgtime=1.
-    // (If any averaging was done, the flags would be in the buffer).
-    IPosition shp(bufin.getFlags().shape());
-    if (fullResFlags.shape()[0] != shp[1] || fullResFlags.shape()[1] != 1 ||
-        fullResFlags.shape()[2] != shp[2])
-      throw std::runtime_error("Invalid shape of full res flags");
-    casacore::objcopy(fullResFlags.data(), bufin.getFlags().data(),
-                      fullResFlags.size(), 1, shp[0]);  // only copy XX.
-    return fullResFlags;
-  }
-  // There are fullRes flags.
-  // If needed, merge them with the buffer's flags.
-  if (merge) {
-    DPBuffer::mergeFullResFlags(fullResFlags, bufin.getFlags());
-  }
-  return fullResFlags;
-}
-
-const Cube<float>& InputStep::fetchWeights(const DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                           DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                           common::NSTimer& timer) {
-  // If already defined in the buffer, return those weights.
-  if (!bufin.getWeights().empty()) {
-    return bufin.getWeights();
-  }
-  // No weights in buffer, so get them from the input.
-  // It might need the data and flags in the buffer.
-  timer.stop();
-  getWeights(bufin.getRowNrs(), bufout);
-  timer.start();
-  return bufout.getWeights();
-}
-
-const Matrix<double>& InputStep::fetchUVW(const DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                          DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                          common::NSTimer& timer) {
-  // If already defined in the buffer, return those UVW.
-  if (!bufin.getUVW().empty()) {
-    return bufin.getUVW();
-  }
-  // No UVW in buffer, so get them from the input.
-  timer.stop();
-  getUVW(bufin.getRowNrs(), bufin.getTime(), bufout);
-  timer.start();
-  return bufout.getUVW();
-}
-
 void InputStep::getUVW(const RefRows&, double, DPBuffer&) {
   throw std::runtime_error("InputStep::getUVW not implemented");
 }
diff --git a/steps/InputStep.h b/steps/InputStep.h
index 6822d34466f29167bea9b5350ed8c87aaaa40224..b1f4df08cd0955eff3942d0fe0df043208e0b1d5 100644
--- a/steps/InputStep.h
+++ b/steps/InputStep.h
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ namespace steps {
 /// data from a MeasurementSet. However, it is also possible to have
 /// input steps generating data on the fly as done in test programs
 /// like tAverager.cc.
-///
-/// A particular task of the class is to fetch the input for various
-/// data items like weight, uvw, etc.. This is done by testing if the
-/// item's data array is in the DPBuffer. If so, it will be returned.
-/// Otherwise the appropriate 'get' function will be called to read the
-/// data array from the input.
-/// The derived classes should implement those 'get' functions, unless
-/// they are sure the data arrays are always put in the buffer.
 
 class InputStep : public Step {
  public:
@@ -87,38 +79,6 @@ class InputStep : public Step {
   virtual double firstTime() const;
   virtual double lastTime() const;
 
-  /// Fetch the FullRes flags.
-  /// If defined in the buffer, they are taken from there.
-  /// Otherwise there are read from the input.
-  /// If not defined in the input, they are filled using the flags in the
-  /// buffer assuming that no averaging has been done so far.
-  /// If desired, they can be merged with the buffer's FLAG which means
-  /// that if an averaged channel is flagged, the corresponding FullRes
-  /// flags are set.
-  /// It does a stop/start of the timer when actually reading the data.
-  const casacore::Cube<bool>& fetchFullResFlags(const base::DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                                base::DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                                common::NSTimer& timer,
-                                                bool merge = false);
-
-  /// Fetch the weights.
-  /// If defined in the buffer, they are taken from there.
-  /// Otherwise there are read from the input.
-  /// If they have to be read and if autoweighting is in effect, the buffer
-  /// must contain DATA to calculate the weights.
-  /// <br>It does a stop/start of the timer when actually reading the data.
-  const casacore::Cube<float>& fetchWeights(const base::DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                            base::DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                            common::NSTimer& timer);
-
-  /// Fetch the UVW.
-  /// If defined in the buffer, they are taken from there.
-  /// Otherwise there are read from the input.
-  /// <br>It does a stop/start of the timer when actually reading the data.
-  const casacore::Matrix<double>& fetchUVW(const base::DPBuffer& bufin,
-                                           base::DPBuffer& bufout,
-                                           common::NSTimer& timer);
-
   /// Check if a measurement set contains Baseline Dependent Averaged data.
   /// @param ms A casacore measurement set.
   /// @return true if the measurement set has BDA data, false if it is regular.
diff --git a/steps/test/unit/mock/mockpystep.py b/steps/test/unit/mock/mockpystep.py
index 52a14ff776aa171ca30b596f2643df36143bdc52..18274049e88e2016a8d9021a113c9d09e8c0d99c 100644
--- a/steps/test/unit/mock/mockpystep.py
+++ b/steps/test/unit/mock/mockpystep.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ class MockPyStep(Step):
     def __init__(self, parset, prefix):
         """
         Set up the step (constructor). Read the parset here.
-        Set fetch_weights to True if the weights need to be read.
-        Similarly for fetch_uvw.
 
         Args:
           parset: Parameter set for the entire pipeline