diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inpeval.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inpeval.c
index 88939a872..4ad7bb3e6 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inpeval.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inpeval.c
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@ INPevaluate(char **line, int *error, int gobble)
     /* setup */
     tmpline = *line;
 
-    if (gobble == 1) {
+    if (gobble) {
         /* MW. INPgetUTok should be called with gobble=0 or it make
          * errors in v(1,2) exp */
         *error = INPgetUTok(line, &token, 0);
         if (*error)
             return (0.0);
-    } else if (gobble == 2) {
-        *error = INPgetU2Tok(line, &token, 0);
-        if (*error)
-            return (0.0);
     } else {
         token = *line;
         *error = 0;
diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inpgtok.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inpgtok.c
index 28fdd48f1..35b71c1c7 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inpgtok.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inpgtok.c
@@ -345,141 +345,3 @@ INPgetUTok(char **line, char **token, int gobble)
 
     return (OK);
 }
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
- * INPgetUTok plus points < > ? :, called from INPevaluate called
- * from INPevaluate with gobble == 2
- * fcn added to avoid unforeseeable side effects during other calls
- * to INPevaluate.
- *------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-int
-INPgetU2Tok(char **line, char **token, int gobble)
-/* gobble: eat non-whitespace trash AFTER token? */
-{
-    char *point, separator;
-    int signstate;
-
-    /* scan along throwing away garbage characters */
-    for (point = *line; *point != '\0'; point++) {
-        if (*point == ' ')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == '\t')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == '=')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == '(')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == ')')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == ',')
-            continue;
-        break;
-    }
-
-    if (*point == '"') {
-        separator = '"';
-        point++;
-    } else if (*point == '\'') {
-        separator = '\'';
-        point++;
-    } else
-        separator = 0;
-
-    /* mark beginning of token */
-    *line = point;
-
-    /* now find all good characters */
-    signstate = 0;
-    for (point = *line; *point != '\0'; point++) {
-
-        if (separator) {
-            if (*point == separator)
-                break;
-            else
-                continue;
-        }
-
-        if (*point == ' ')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '\t')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '=')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '(')
-            break;
-        if (*point == ')')
-            break;
-        if (*point == ',')
-            break;
-        /* This is not complex enough to catch all errors, but it will
-           get the "good" parses */
-        if (*point == '+' && (signstate == 1 || signstate == 3))
-            break;
-        if (*point == '-') {
-            if (signstate == 1 || signstate == 3)
-                break;
-            signstate += 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (*point == '*')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '/')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '^')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '<')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '>')
-            break;
-        if (*point == '?')
-            break;
-        if (*point == ':')
-            break;
-
-        if (isdigit(*point) || *point == '.') {
-            if (signstate > 1)
-                signstate = 3;
-            else
-                signstate = 1;
-        } else if (tolower(*point) == 'e' && signstate == 1)
-            signstate = 2;
-        else
-            signstate = 3;
-    }
-
-    if (separator && *point == separator)
-        point--;
-
-    if (point == *line && *point)       /* Weird items, 1 char */
-        point++;
-
-    *token = copy_substring(*line, point);
-    if (!*token)
-        return (E_NOMEM);
-
-    /* gobble garbage to next token */
-    for (; *point != '\0'; point++) {
-        if (*point == separator)
-            continue;
-        if (*point == ' ')
-            continue;
-        if (*point == '\t')
-            continue;
-        if ((*point == '=') && gobble)
-            continue;
-        if ((*point == ',') && gobble)
-            continue;
-        break;
-    }
-
-    *line = point;
-
-#ifdef TRACE
-    /* SDB debug statement */
-    /* printf("found refdes token (%s) and rest of line (%s)\n",*token,*line); */
-#endif
-
-    return (OK);
-}