diff --git a/gallery_dl/text.py b/gallery_dl/text.py
index 9ce7ef1f..4bed863a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/text.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/text.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 """Collection of functions that work in strings/text"""
 
-import sys
 import re
 import os.path
 import html
@@ -78,19 +77,6 @@ def clean_path_posix(path):
         return ""
 
 
-def shorten_path(path, limit=255, encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()):
-    """Shorten a path segment to at most 'limit' bytes"""
-    return (path.encode(encoding)[:limit]).decode(encoding, "ignore")
-
-
-def shorten_filename(fname, limit=255, encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()):
-    """Shorten filename to at most 'limit' bytes while preserving extension"""
-    name, extension = os.path.splitext(fname)
-    bext = extension.encode(encoding)
-    bname = name.encode(encoding)[:limit-len(bext)]
-    return bname.decode(encoding, "ignore") + extension
-
-
 def extract(txt, begin, end, pos=0):
     """Extract the text between 'begin' and 'end' from 'txt'
 
diff --git a/test/test_text.py b/test/test_text.py
index 4afa058d..b07dff10 100644
--- a/test/test_text.py
+++ b/test/test_text.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 import unittest
-import sys
 
 from gallery_dl import text
 
@@ -118,32 +117,6 @@ class TestText(unittest.TestCase):
         for value in INVALID:
             self.assertEqual(f(value), "")
 
-    def test_shorten_path(self):
-        cases = {
-            "dirname": "dirname",
-            "X"*255: "X"*255,
-            "X"*256: "X"*255,
-            "Ä"*255: "Ä"*127,
-        }
-        enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-        for case, result in cases.items():
-            self.assertEqual(text.shorten_path(case), result)
-            self.assertTrue(len(text.shorten_path(case).encode(enc)) <= 255)
-
-    def test_shorten_filename(self):
-        self.maxDiff = None
-        cases = {
-            "filename.ext": "filename.ext",
-            "X"*251 + ".ext": "X"*251 + ".ext",
-            "X"*255 + ".ext": "X"*251 + ".ext",
-            "Ä"*251 + ".ext": "Ä"*125 + ".ext",
-        }
-        enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-        for case, result in cases.items():
-            fname = text.shorten_filename(case)
-            self.assertEqual(fname, result)
-            self.assertTrue(len(fname.encode(enc)) <= 255)
-
     def test_extract(self, f=text.extract):
         txt = "<a><b>"
         self.assertEqual(f(txt, "<", ">"), ("a", 3))