diff --git a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
index fbe8f38d..862c6cac 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
@@ -80,16 +80,6 @@ void *safe_calloc_info( size_t size, const char* info ){
 }
 #endif
 
-// set these before calling CheckParm
-int myargc;
-char **myargv;
-
-char com_token[1024];
-bool com_eof;
-
-bool archive;
-char archivedir[1024];
-
 
 /*
    ===================
@@ -335,84 +325,6 @@ int FileTime( const char *path ){
 
 
 
-/*
-   ==============
-   COM_Parse
-
-   Parse a token out of a string
-   ==============
- */
-char *COM_Parse( char *data ){
-	int c;
-	int len;
-
-	len = 0;
-	com_token[0] = 0;
-
-	if ( !data ) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-// skip whitespace
-skipwhite:
-	while ( ( c = *data ) <= ' ' )
-	{
-		if ( c == 0 ) {
-			com_eof = true;
-			return NULL;            // end of file;
-		}
-		data++;
-	}
-
-// skip // comments
-	if ( c == '/' && data[1] == '/' ) {
-		while ( *data && *data != '\n' )
-			data++;
-		goto skipwhite;
-	}
-
-
-// handle quoted strings specially
-	if ( c == '\"' ) {
-		data++;
-		do
-		{
-			c = *data++;
-			if ( c == '\"' ) {
-				com_token[len] = 0;
-				return data;
-			}
-			com_token[len] = c;
-			len++;
-		} while ( 1 );
-	}
-
-// parse single characters
-	if ( c == '{' || c == '}' || c == ')' || c == '(' || c == '\'' || c == ':' ) {
-		com_token[len] = c;
-		len++;
-		com_token[len] = 0;
-		return data + 1;
-	}
-
-// parse a regular word
-	do
-	{
-		com_token[len] = c;
-		data++;
-		len++;
-		c = *data;
-		if ( c == '{' || c == '}' || c == ')' || c == '(' || c == '\'' || c == ':' ) {
-			break;
-		}
-	} while ( c > 32 );
-
-	com_token[len] = 0;
-	return data;
-}
-
-
-
 //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27303062/strstr-function-like-that-ignores-upper-or-lower-case
 //chux: Somewhat tricky to match the corner cases of strstr() with inputs like "x","", "","x", "",""
 char *strIstr( const char* haystack, const char* needle ) {
@@ -475,29 +387,6 @@ size_t strncatQ( char* dest, const char* src, const size_t dest_size, const size
  */
 
 
-/*
-   =================
-   CheckParm
-
-   Checks for the given parameter in the program's command line arguments
-   Returns the argument number (1 to argc-1) or 0 if not present
-   =================
- */
-int CheckParm( const char *check ){
-	int i;
-
-	for ( i = 1; i < myargc; i++ )
-	{
-		if ( !Q_stricmp( check, myargv[i] ) ) {
-			return i;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
-
 /*
    ================
    Q_filelength
diff --git a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
index 93af470a..c26ffaaf 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
+++ b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ void *safe_calloc_info( size_t size, const char* info );
 #define safe_calloc_info( size, info ) calloc( 1, size )
 #endif /* SAFE_MALLOC */
 
-// set these before calling CheckParm
-extern int myargc;
-extern char **myargv;
 
 static inline bool strEmpty( const char* string ){
 	return *string == '\0';
@@ -115,7 +112,6 @@ void    Q_mkdir( const char *path );
 extern char qdir[1024];
 extern char gamedir[1024];
 extern char writedir[1024];
-extern char    *moddirparam;
 void SetQdirFromPath( const char *path );
 char *ExpandArg( const char *path );    // from cmd line
 char *ExpandPath( const char *path );   // from scripts
@@ -129,7 +125,6 @@ void    Error( const char *error, ... )
 __attribute__( ( noreturn ) )
 #endif
 ;
-int     CheckParm( const char *check );
 
 FILE    *SafeOpenWrite( const char *filename );
 FILE    *SafeOpenRead( const char *filename );
@@ -178,12 +173,6 @@ float   BigFloat( float l );
 float   LittleFloat( float l );
 
 
-char *COM_Parse( char *data );
-
-extern char com_token[1024];
-extern bool com_eof;
-
-
 void CRC_Init( unsigned short *crcvalue );
 void CRC_ProcessByte( unsigned short *crcvalue, byte data );
 unsigned short CRC_Value( unsigned short crcvalue );
@@ -191,9 +180,6 @@ unsigned short CRC_Value( unsigned short crcvalue );
 void    CreatePath( const char *path );
 void    QCopyFile( const char *from, const char *to );
 
-extern bool archive;
-extern char archivedir[1024];
-
 // sleep for the given amount of milliseconds
 void Sys_Sleep( int n );
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3data/q3data.c b/tools/quake3/q3data/q3data.c
index b21de97c..7d21fbc2 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3data/q3data.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3data/q3data.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ bool g_skipmodel;           // set true when a cd is not g_only
 
 // bogus externs for some TA hacks (common/ using them against q3map)
 char *moddir = NULL;
-// some old defined that was in cmdlib lost during merge
-char writedir[1024];
 
 /*
    =======================================================
@@ -548,7 +546,7 @@ void ParseScript( void ){
    ==============
  */
 int main( int argc, char **argv ){
-	static int i;           // VC4.2 compiler bug if auto...
+	int i;           // VC4.2 compiler bug if auto...
 	char path[1024];
 
 	// using GtkRadiant's versioning next to Id's versioning
@@ -559,13 +557,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ){
 
 	for ( i = 1 ; i < argc ; i++ )
 	{
-		if ( !strcmp( argv[i], "-archive" ) ) {
-			archive = true;
-			strcpy( archivedir, argv[i + 1] );
-			printf( "Archiving source to: %s\n", archivedir );
-			i++;
-		}
-		else if ( !strcmp( argv[i], "-release" ) ) {
+		if ( !strcmp( argv[i], "-release" ) ) {
 			g_release = true;
 			strcpy( g_releasedir, argv[i + 1] );
 			printf( "Copy output to: %s\n", g_releasedir );
@@ -622,7 +614,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ){
 	}
 
 	if ( i == argc ) {
-		Error( "usage: q3data [-archive <directory>] [-dump <file.md3>] [-release <directory>] [-only <model>] [-3dsconvert <file.3ds>] [-verbose] [file.qdt]" );
+		Error( "usage: q3data [-dump <file.md3>] [-release <directory>] [-only <model>] [-3dsconvert <file.3ds>] [-verbose] [file.qdt]" );
 	}
 
 	for ( ; i < argc ; i++ )