diff --git a/applications/content/servicedef/services.xml b/applications/content/servicedef/services.xml
index 2b534167041..c89cf2be695 100644
--- a/applications/content/servicedef/services.xml
+++ b/applications/content/servicedef/services.xml
@@ -248,24 +248,6 @@
         <attribute mode="OUT" name="entityList" optional="true" type="List"/>
     </service>
 
-    <service name="traverseContent" auth="false" engine="java" invoke="traverseContent"
-        location="org.apache.ofbiz.content.content.ContentServices">
-        <description>Follow a content and return descendants</description>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="contentId" optional="false" type="String">
-            <type-validate>
-                <fail-property resource="ContentErrorUiLabels" property="ContentRequiredFieldMissingContentId"/>
-            </type-validate>
-        </attribute>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="fromDateStr" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="thruDateStr" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="followWhen" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="pickWhen" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="returnBeforePickWhen" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="returnAfterPickWhen" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="direction" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="OUT" name="pickList" optional="true" type="List"/>
-        <attribute mode="OUT" name="nodeMap" optional="true" type="Map"/>
-    </service>
     <service name="getContent" engine="java"
         location="org.apache.ofbiz.content.ContentManagementServices" invoke="getContent" auth="false">
         <description>Get Content of passed contentId</description>
@@ -364,23 +346,6 @@
         <override name="textData" allow-html="any"/>
     </service>
 
-    <service name="findContentParents" engine="java"
-        transaction-timeout="7200"
-            location="org.apache.ofbiz.content.content.ContentServices" invoke="findContentParents" auth="true">
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="contentId" optional="false" type="String">
-            <type-validate>
-                <fail-property resource="ContentErrorUiLabels" property="ContentRequiredFieldMissingContentId"/>
-            </type-validate>
-        </attribute>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="contentAssocTypeId" optional="false" type="String">
-            <type-validate>
-                <fail-property resource="ContentErrorUiLabels" property="ContentRequiredFieldMissingContentAssocTypeId"/>
-            </type-validate>
-        </attribute>
-        <attribute mode="IN" name="direction" optional="true" type="String"/>
-        <attribute mode="OUT" name="parentList" optional="true" type="List"/>
-    </service>
-
     <service name="deactivateAssocs" engine="java"
             location="org.apache.ofbiz.content.content.ContentServices" invoke="deactivateAssocs" auth="true">
         <description>Supply thruDate to all ContentAssoc that come "before" current one</description>
diff --git a/applications/content/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/content/content/ContentServices.java b/applications/content/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/content/content/ContentServices.java
index bd7c0949903..3f133ed0498 100644
--- a/applications/content/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/content/content/ContentServices.java
+++ b/applications/content/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/content/content/ContentServices.java
@@ -123,107 +123,6 @@ public static Map<String, Object> findRelatedContent(DispatchContext dctx, Map<S
         results.put("contentList", permittedList);
         return results;
     }
-    /**
-     * This is a generic service for traversing a Content tree, typical of a blog response tree. It calls the ContentWorker.traverse method.
-     */
-    public static Map<String, Object> findContentParents(DispatchContext dctx, Map<String, ? extends Object> context) {
-        Map<String, Object> results = new HashMap<>();
-        List<Object> parentList = new LinkedList<>();
-        results.put("parentList", parentList);
-        LocalDispatcher dispatcher = dctx.getDispatcher();
-        String contentId = (String) context.get("contentId");
-        String contentAssocTypeId = (String) context.get("contentAssocTypeId");
-        String direction = (String) context.get("direction");
-        if (UtilValidate.isEmpty(direction)) {
-            direction = "To";
-        }
-        Map<String, Object> traversMap = new HashMap<>();
-        traversMap.put("contentId", contentId);
-        traversMap.put("direction", direction);
-        traversMap.put("contentAssocTypeId", contentAssocTypeId);
-        try {
-            Map<String, Object> thisResults = dispatcher.runSync("traverseContent", traversMap);
-            if (ServiceUtil.isError(thisResults)) {
-                return ServiceUtil.returnError(ServiceUtil.getErrorMessage(thisResults));
-            }
-            Map<String, Object> nodeMap = UtilGenerics.cast(thisResults.get("nodeMap"));
-            walkParentTree(nodeMap, parentList);
-        } catch (GenericServiceException e) {
-            return ServiceUtil.returnFailure(e.getMessage());
-        }
-        return results;
-    }
-
-    private static void walkParentTree(Map<String, Object> nodeMap, List<Object> parentList) {
-        List<Map<String, Object>> kids = UtilGenerics.cast(nodeMap.get("kids"));
-        if (UtilValidate.isEmpty(kids)) {
-            parentList.add(nodeMap.get("contentId"));
-        } else {
-            for (Map<String, Object> node : kids) {
-                walkParentTree(node, parentList);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    /**
-     * This is a generic service for traversing a Content tree, typical of a blog response tree. It calls the ContentWorker.traverse method.
-     */
-    public static Map<String, Object> traverseContent(DispatchContext dctx, Map<String, ? extends Object> context) {
-        Delegator delegator = dctx.getDelegator();
-        Map<String, Object> results = new HashMap<>();
-        Locale locale = (Locale) context.get("locale");
-
-        String contentId = (String) context.get("contentId");
-        String direction = (String) context.get("direction");
-        if (direction != null && "From".equalsIgnoreCase(direction)) {
-            direction = "From";
-        } else {
-            direction = "To";
-        }
-
-        if (contentId == null) {
-            contentId = "PUBLISH_ROOT";
-        }
-
-        GenericValue content = null;
-        try {
-            content = EntityQuery.use(delegator).from("Content").where("contentId", contentId).queryOne();
-        } catch (GenericEntityException e) {
-            Debug.logError(e, "Entity Error:" + e.getMessage(), MODULE);
-            return ServiceUtil.returnError(UtilProperties.getMessage(RESOURCE, "ContentNoContentFound",
-                    UtilMisc.toMap("contentId", contentId), locale));
-        }
-
-        String fromDateStr = (String) context.get("fromDateStr");
-        String thruDateStr = (String) context.get("thruDateStr");
-        Timestamp fromDate = null;
-        if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(fromDateStr)) {
-            fromDate = UtilDateTime.toTimestamp(fromDateStr);
-        }
-
-        Timestamp thruDate = null;
-        if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(thruDateStr)) {
-            thruDate = UtilDateTime.toTimestamp(thruDateStr);
-        }
-
-        Map<String, Object> whenMap = new HashMap<>();
-        whenMap.put("followWhen", context.get("followWhen"));
-        whenMap.put("pickWhen", context.get("pickWhen"));
-        whenMap.put("returnBeforePickWhen", context.get("returnBeforePickWhen"));
-        whenMap.put("returnAfterPickWhen", context.get("returnAfterPickWhen"));
-
-        String startContentAssocTypeId = (String) context.get("contentAssocTypeId");
-        if (startContentAssocTypeId != null) {
-            startContentAssocTypeId = "PUBLISH";
-        }
-
-        Map<String, Object> nodeMap = new HashMap<>();
-        List<GenericValue> pickList = new LinkedList<>();
-        ContentWorker.traverse(delegator, content, fromDate, thruDate, whenMap, 0, nodeMap, startContentAssocTypeId, pickList, direction);
-
-        results.put("nodeMap", nodeMap);
-        results.put("pickList", pickList);
-        return results;
-    }
 
     /**
      * Update a ContentAssoc service. The work is done in a separate method so that complex services that need this