diff --git a/src/mu-msg-str.c b/src/mu-msg-str.c
index 0011d629..5dace976 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-str.c
+++ b/src/mu-msg-str.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const char*
 mu_msg_str_display_date_s (time_t t)
 {
 	time_t now;
-	static const guint SECS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60;
+	static const time_t SECS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60;
 	
 	now = time (NULL);
 
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ mu_msg_str_size_s  (size_t s)
 
 #else
 	if (s >= 1000 * 1000)
-		g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.1f MB", (double)s/(1000*1000));
+		g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.1f MB",
+			   (double)s/(1000*1000));
 	else
 		g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.1f kB", (double)s/(1000));
 #endif /*HAVE_GLIB216*/
@@ -110,28 +111,6 @@ mu_msg_str_flags  (MuMsgFlags flags)
 	return g_strdup (mu_msg_str_flags_s(flags));
 }
 
-const char* 
-mu_msg_str_prio  (MuMsgPrio prio)
-{
-	switch (prio) {
-
-	case MU_MSG_PRIO_LOW:
-		return "low";
-		
-	case MU_MSG_PRIO_NONE:
-	case MU_MSG_PRIO_NORMAL:
-		return "normal";
-
-	case MU_MSG_PRIO_HIGH:
-		return "high";
-
-	default:
-		g_warning ("%s: invalid priority %d", __FUNCTION__, prio);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-
 char*
 mu_msg_str_summarize (const char* str, size_t max_lines)
 {
diff --git a/src/mu-msg-str.h b/src/mu-msg-str.h
index 14068371..7c842c90 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-str.h
+++ b/src/mu-msg-str.h
@@ -118,18 +118,6 @@ const char* mu_msg_str_flags_s  (MuMsgFlags flags) G_GNUC_CONST;
 char*       mu_msg_str_flags    (MuMsgFlags flags) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
 
-/**
- * get a display string for a message priority; either
- * high, low or normal
- *
- * @param flags file flags
- * 
- * @return a string representation of the priority; see above
- * for what to do with it, or NULL in case of error
- */
-const char* mu_msg_str_prio  (MuMsgPrio prio) G_GNUC_CONST;
-
-
 /**
  * get a 'summary' of the string, ie. the first /n/ lines of the
  * strings, with all newlines removed, replaced by single spaces