diff --git a/commands/utils.go b/commands/utils.go
index 878e28435029cb39add696b2111c49db947d87d5..31123de932abda7fa651692c6c06f0d96903779d 100644
--- a/commands/utils.go
+++ b/commands/utils.go
@@ -90,25 +90,6 @@ func isEmptyDir(path string) bool {
 	return match == nil
 }
 
-func readMsgFromFile(filename string, edit bool, editorPrefix, editorTopic string) (title, body string, editor *github.Editor, err error) {
-	message, err := msgFromFile(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if edit {
-		editor, err = github.NewEditor(editorPrefix, editorTopic, message)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		title, body, err = editor.EditTitleAndBody()
-		return
-	} else {
-		title, body = readMsg(message)
-		return
-	}
-}
-
 func msgFromFile(filename string) (string, error) {
 	var content []byte
 	var err error
@@ -125,16 +106,6 @@ func msgFromFile(filename string) (string, error) {
 	return strings.Replace(string(content), "\r\n", "\n", -1), nil
 }
 
-func readMsg(message string) (title, body string) {
-	parts := strings.SplitN(message, "\n\n", 2)
-
-	title = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Replace(parts[0], "\n", " ", -1))
-	if len(parts) > 1 {
-		body = strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 func printBrowseOrCopy(args *Args, msg string, openBrowser bool, performCopy bool) {
 	if performCopy {
 		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(msg); err != nil {
diff --git a/github/editor.go b/github/editor.go
index ea011c2077ab8470846df6dd556aa6013fe94c19..9d29d8a69a2d5af4157f74e05994e1f9a4f4e031 100644
--- a/github/editor.go
+++ b/github/editor.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -65,23 +64,6 @@ func (e *Editor) DeleteFile() error {
 	return os.Remove(e.File)
 }
 
-func (e *Editor) EditTitleAndBody() (title, body string, err error) {
-	content, err := e.openAndEdit()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	content = bytes.TrimSpace(content)
-	reader := bytes.NewReader(content)
-	title, body, err = readTitleAndBody(reader, e.CS)
-
-	if err != nil || title == "" {
-		defer e.DeleteFile()
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
 func (e *Editor) EditContent() (content string, err error) {
 	b, err := e.openAndEdit()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -159,34 +141,3 @@ func openTextEditor(program, file string) error {
 
 	return editCmd.Spawn()
 }
-
-func readTitleAndBody(reader io.Reader, cs string) (title, body string, err error) {
-	var titleParts, bodyParts []string
-
-	r := regexp.MustCompile("\\S")
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, cs) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if len(bodyParts) == 0 && r.MatchString(line) {
-			titleParts = append(titleParts, line)
-		} else {
-			bodyParts = append(bodyParts, line)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err = scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	title = strings.Join(titleParts, " ")
-	title = strings.TrimSpace(title)
-
-	body = strings.Join(bodyParts, "\n")
-	body = strings.TrimSpace(body)
-
-	return
-}