diff --git a/src/common/Makefile.am b/src/common/Makefile.am
index 647c70213135e41cc96d980f50ee55602b9611ed..0df2e7f2b70233225193677af8aa65a2d5966b84 100644
--- a/src/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/common/Makefile.am
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ libcommon_la_SOURCES = 	xmalloc.c 	\
 			pack.c		\
 			xerrno.c	\
 			hostlist.c	\
-			nodelist.c	\
 			slurm_protocol_api.c	\
 			slurm_protocol_pack.c	\
 			slurm_protocol_util.c	\
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS = 	xmalloc.h 	\
 			pack.h		\
 			xerrno.h	\
 			hostlist.h	\
-			nodelist.h	\
 			slurm_protocol_api.h	\
 			slurm_protocol_pack.h	\
 			slurm_protocol_util.h	\
diff --git a/src/common/bitstring.c b/src/common/bitstring.c
index 3a09fead78ef0f17842503e5530c8d54f7a37480..9d84aeaa78bb933521f33c4fd601d637469e972e 100644
--- a/src/common/bitstring.c
+++ b/src/common/bitstring.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "bitstring.h"
+#include <src/common/bitstring.h>
+#include <src/common/xmalloc.h>
 
 /* 
  * Allocate a bitstring.
@@ -551,3 +552,53 @@ bit_fmt(char *str, int len, bitstr_t *b)
 	return str;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * bitfmt2int - convert a string describing bitmap (output from bit_fmt, 
+ *	e.g. "0-30,45,50-60") into an array of integer (start/end) pairs 
+ *	terminated by -1 (e.g. "0, 30, 45, 45, 50, 60, -1")
+ * input: bitmap string as produced by bitstring.c : bitfmt
+ * output: an array of integers
+ * NOTE: the caller must xfree the returned memory
+ */
+int *
+bitfmt2int (char *bit_str_ptr) 
+{
+	int *bit_int_ptr, i, bit_inx, size, sum, start_val;
+
+	if (bit_str_ptr == NULL) 
+		return NULL;
+	size = strlen (bit_str_ptr) + 1;
+	bit_int_ptr = xmalloc ( sizeof (int *) * size);
+	if (bit_int_ptr == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	bit_inx = sum = 0;
+	start_val = -1;
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+		if (bit_str_ptr[i] >= '0' &&
+		    bit_str_ptr[i] <= '9'){
+			sum = (sum * 10) + (bit_str_ptr[i] - '0');
+		}
+
+		else if (bit_str_ptr[i] == '-') {
+			start_val = sum;
+			sum = 0;
+		}
+
+		else if (bit_str_ptr[i] == ',' || 
+		         bit_str_ptr[i] == (char) NULL) {
+			if (i == 0)
+				break;
+			if (start_val == -1)
+				start_val = sum;
+			bit_int_ptr[bit_inx++] = start_val;
+			bit_int_ptr[bit_inx++] = sum;
+			start_val = -1;
+			sum = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	bit_int_ptr[bit_inx] = -1;
+	return bit_int_ptr;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/common/bitstring.h b/src/common/bitstring.h
index 8c5abeef2547662e9f0631320aa60ccca176e2ca..3d8a6fab84465d92a71efe058e6accc06dec3d6c 100644
--- a/src/common/bitstring.h
+++ b/src/common/bitstring.h
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ void	bit_fill_gaps(bitstr_t *b);
 int	bit_super_set(bitstr_t *b1, bitstr_t *b2);
 bitstr_t *bit_copy(bitstr_t *b);
 bitstr_t *bit_pick_cnt(bitstr_t *b, bitoff_t nbits);
-
+int 	*bitfmt2int (char *bit_str_ptr);
 #endif /* !_BITSTRING_H_ */
diff --git a/src/common/nodelist.c b/src/common/nodelist.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 53c17db60d70c405d329b785b99705a04c61261c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/common/nodelist.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-/* $Id$ */
-
-/*
- * nodelist.c
- *
- * author: moe jette, jette@llnl.gov
- */
-
-#define DEBUG_SYSTEM  1
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#  include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <syslog.h>
-#include <src/common/nodelist.h>
-#include <src/common/xmalloc.h>
-
-/*
- * bitfmt2int - convert a string describing bitmap (e.g. "0-30,45,50-60") 
- *	into an array of integer (start/end) pairs terminated by -1
- *	(e.g. "0, 30, 45, 45, 50, 60, -1")
- * input: bitmap string as produced by bitstring.c : bitfmt
- * output: an array of integers
- * NOTE: the caller must xfree the returned memory
- */
-int *
-bitfmt2int (char *bit_str_ptr) 
-{
-	int *bit_int_ptr, i, bit_inx, size, sum, start_val;
-
-	if (bit_str_ptr == NULL) 
-		return NULL;
-	size = strlen (bit_str_ptr) + 1;
-	bit_int_ptr = xmalloc ( sizeof (int *) * size);
-	if (bit_int_ptr == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	bit_inx = sum = 0;
-	start_val = -1;
-	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-		if (bit_str_ptr[i] >= '0' &&
-		    bit_str_ptr[i] <= '9'){
-			sum = (sum * 10) + (bit_str_ptr[i] - '0');
-		}
-
-		else if (bit_str_ptr[i] == '-') {
-			start_val = sum;
-			sum = 0;
-		}
-
-		else if (bit_str_ptr[i] == ',' || 
-		         bit_str_ptr[i] == (char) NULL) {
-			if (i == 0)
-				break;
-			if (start_val == -1)
-				start_val = sum;
-			bit_int_ptr[bit_inx++] = start_val;
-			bit_int_ptr[bit_inx++] = sum;
-			start_val = -1;
-			sum = 0;
-		}
-	}
-	bit_int_ptr[bit_inx] = -1;
-	return bit_int_ptr;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/common/nodelist.h b/src/common/nodelist.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e40db10bfa71e317a2eb4130177465233c137e9a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/common/nodelist.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/* $Id$ */
-
-/* nodelist parsing and utility functions
- *
- * Author: Moe Jette <jette@llnl.gov>
- */
-
-#ifndef _NODELIST_H
-#define _NODELIST_H
-
-extern int * bitfmt2int (char *bit_str_ptr);
-extern int parse_node_names(char *name, char **fmt, int *start, int *end, int *count); 
-
-#endif /* !_NODELIST_H */
diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
index 3030b98ca85e6df245d2f9a7bfc0c20c8fb692bb..4c376b6a2074db6b6c00ee66cece88257f644765 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.c
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <src/common/bitstring.h>
 #include <src/common/slurm_protocol_pack.h>
 #include <src/common/slurm_protocol_api.h>
 #include <src/common/pack.h>
 #include <src/common/log.h>
-#include <src/common/nodelist.h>
 #include <src/common/xmalloc.h>