diff --git a/fine-itext-old/src/com/fr/third/com/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java b/fine-itext-old/src/com/fr/third/com/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
index e4048ae18..dedace0b8 100644
--- a/fine-itext-old/src/com/fr/third/com/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
+++ b/fine-itext-old/src/com/fr/third/com/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
@@ -478,28 +478,6 @@ public class HTMLWorker implements SimpleXMLDocHandler, DocListener {
 	}
 
 
-	public BufferedImage GetBufferedImage(String base64string)
-	{
-		BufferedImage image = null;
-		try {
-			InputStream stream = BaseToInputStream(base64string);
-			image = ImageIO.read(stream);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		return image;
-	}
-
-	public  InputStream BaseToInputStream(String base64string){
-		ByteArrayInputStream stream = null;
-		try {
-			BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder();
-			byte[] bytes1 = decoder.decodeBuffer(base64string);
-			stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes1);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-		}
-		return stream;
-	}
 
 	public void endElement(String tag) {
 		if (!tagsSupported.containsKey(tag))