diff --git a/core/execute.go b/core/execute.go
index f097626..2f2e647 100644
--- a/core/execute.go
+++ b/core/execute.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package core
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
-	"database/sql/driver"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -15,77 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Type alias for storing string array as jsonb
-type argList []string
-
-func (a argList) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(a)
-}
-
-func (a *argList) Scan(value interface{}) error {
-	return json.Unmarshal([]byte(value.(string)), a)
-}
-
-func AddAction(db DB, source string, name string, argv []string) error {
-	_, err := db.Exec(`
-		insert into actions (source, name, argv)
-		values (?, ?, jsonb(?))
-	`, source, name, argList(argv))
-	return err
-}
-
-func UpdateAction(db DB, source string, name string, argv []string) error {
-	_, err := db.Exec(`
-		update actions
-		set argv = jsonb(?)
-		where source = ? and name = ?
-	`, argList(argv), source, name)
-	return err
-}
-
-func GetActionsForSource(db DB, source string) ([]string, error) {
-	rows, err := db.Query(`
-		select name
-		from actions
-		where source = ?
-	`, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	var names []string
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var name string
-		err = rows.Scan(&name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		names = append(names, name)
-	}
-	return names, nil
-}
-
-func GetArgvForAction(db DB, source string, name string) ([]string, error) {
-	rows := db.QueryRow(`
-		select json(argv)
-		from actions
-		where source = ? and name = ?
-	`, source, name)
-	var argv argList
-	err := rows.Scan(&argv)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return argv, nil
-}
-
-func DeleteAction(db DB, source string, name string) error {
-	_, err := db.Exec(`
-		delete from actions
-		where source = ? and name = ?
-	`, source, name)
-	return err
-}
-
 func readStdout(stdout io.ReadCloser, source string, items chan Item, cparse chan bool) {
 	var item Item
 	parseError := false
diff --git a/core/execute_test.go b/core/execute_test.go
index 9a33f04..78df685 100644
--- a/core/execute_test.go
+++ b/core/execute_test.go
@@ -5,56 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestActionCreate(t *testing.T) {
-	db := EphemeralDb(t)
-
-	if err := AddAction(db, "test", "hello", []string{"echo", "hello"}); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("Action created for nonexistent source")
-	}
-
-	if err := AddSource(db, "test"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if err := AddAction(db, "test", "hello", []string{"echo", "hello"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := AddAction(db, "test", "goodbye", []string{"exit", "1"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := UpdateAction(db, "test", "goodbye", []string{"echo", "goodbye"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	actions, err := GetActionsForSource(db, "test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(actions) != 2 {
-		t.Fatal("expected 2 actions")
-	}
-	found := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, action := range actions {
-		found[action] = true
-	}
-	if !found["hello"] || !found["goodbye"] {
-		t.Fatalf("missing hello and/or goodbye, got: %v", actions)
-	}
-
-	argv, err := GetArgvForAction(db, "test", "goodbye")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(argv) != 2 || argv[0] != "echo" || argv[1] != "goodbye" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected [echo goodbye], got: %v", argv)
-	}
-
-	err = DeleteAction(db, "test", "hello")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestExecute(t *testing.T) {
 	assertLen := func(items []Item, length int) {
 		if len(items) != length {