diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/DetachableMixin.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/DetachableMixin.java
index a9e9cd6f0..b2eddeab3 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/DetachableMixin.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/support/DetachableMixin.java
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ public class DetachableMixin implements Detachable {
         }
         return metadata;        
     }
-
-    private QueryMetadata projection(Expression<?> first, Expression<?> second, Expression<?>[] rest) {
-        QueryMetadata metadata = queryMixin.getMetadata().clone();
-        metadata.addProjection(nullAsTemplate(first));    
-        metadata.addProjection(nullAsTemplate(second));    
-        for (Expression<?> expr : rest) {
-            metadata.addProjection(nullAsTemplate(expr));    
-        }
-        return metadata;   
-    }
     
     private Expression<?> nullAsTemplate(@Nullable Expression<?> expr){
         return expr != null ? expr : NullExpression.DEFAULT;
@@ -186,12 +176,5 @@ public class DetachableMixin implements Detachable {
         metadata.setUnique(true);
         return metadata;
     }
-
-    private QueryMetadata uniqueProjection(Expression<?> first, Expression<?> second, 
-            Expression<?>[] rest) {
-        QueryMetadata metadata = projection(first, second, rest);
-        metadata.setUnique(true);
-        return metadata;
-    }
     
 }