diff --git a/backends/cbackend.py b/backends/cbackend.py
index 54be489c5ecae73f79ff9c3a95d6664ef1687125..a8c1c32c0e17d9b27be694304bb78acc89c2faf0 100644
--- a/backends/cbackend.py
+++ b/backends/cbackend.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from sympy.printing.ccode import CCodePrinter  # for sympy versions < 1.1
 
 from pystencils.integer_functions import bitwise_xor, bit_shift_right, bit_shift_left, bitwise_and, \
-    bitwise_or, modulo_floor, modulo_ceil
+    bitwise_or, modulo_ceil
 from pystencils.astnodes import Node, KernelFunction
 from pystencils.data_types import create_type, PointerType, get_type_of_expression, VectorType, cast_func, \
     vector_memory_access
diff --git a/stencils.py b/stencils.py
index 428d22dc6af6f2a9b3cf71a0d72130cc16f1dde5..4036b4ec1c7fb9b750ea47f07ab331374e27ccca 100644
--- a/stencils.py
+++ b/stencils.py
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ def stencil_coefficient_list(expr, matrix_form=False):
             raise ValueError("Can only handle fields with 1,2 or 3 spatial dimensions")
 
 
-def inverse_direction(direction):
-    return type(direction)(-e for e in direction)
-
 # ------------------------------------- Point-on-compass notation ------------------------------------------------------