diff --git a/commandline.c b/commandline.c
index 583d4fb2..c7a06987 100644
--- a/commandline.c
+++ b/commandline.c
@@ -2360,9 +2360,6 @@ struct cli_schema command_line_options[]={
    "Get specified configuration variable."},
   {app_vomp_console,{"console",NULL},0,
     "Test phone call life-cycle from the console"},
-  {app_meshms_read_messagelog,{"meshms","read", "messagelog" KEYRING_PIN_OPTIONS,
-	"[<manifestid>]",NULL},CLIFLAG_STANDALONE,
-	"List messages between a sender and a recipient"},
   {app_meshms_list_messages,{"meshms","list","messages" KEYRING_PIN_OPTIONS, "<sender_sid>","<recipient_sid>",NULL},CLIFLAG_STANDALONE,
    "Create a MeshMS from <sender_sid> to <recipient_sid>"},
   {app_meshms_add_message,{"meshms","add","message" KEYRING_PIN_OPTIONS, "[<sender_did>]","[<recipient_did>]","<sender_sid>","<recipient_sid>","<payload>",NULL},CLIFLAG_STANDALONE,
diff --git a/meshms.c b/meshms.c
index 95e1d0fb..7d22b580 100644
--- a/meshms.c
+++ b/meshms.c
@@ -228,71 +228,6 @@ int meshms_append_messageblock(const char *sender_sid,
   return ret ; 
 }
 
-int app_meshms_read_messagelog(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context)
-{
-  if (config.debug.verbose)
-    DEBUG_cli_parsed(parsed);
-  
-  int ret;
-  const char *manifestid=NULL;
-  
-  if (cli_arg(parsed, "manifestid", &manifestid, cli_manifestid, "") == -1 )
-     return -1;
-  
-  if (create_serval_instance_dir() == -1)
-   return -1;
-  if (!(keyring = keyring_open_instance_cli(parsed)))
-   return -1;
-  if (rhizome_opendb() == -1)
-   return -1; 
-  
-  ret=0;
-  
-  unsigned char manifest_id[RHIZOME_MANIFEST_ID_BYTES];
-  if (fromhexstr(manifest_id, manifestid, RHIZOME_MANIFEST_ID_BYTES) == -1)
-    return WHY("Invalid manifest ID");
-  
-  char manifestIdUpper[RHIZOME_MANIFEST_ID_STRLEN + 1];
-  tohex(manifestIdUpper, manifest_id, RHIZOME_MANIFEST_ID_BYTES);
- 
-  rhizome_manifest *m = rhizome_new_manifest();
-  if (!m)
-   return WHY("Manifest struct could not be allocated -- not added to rhizome"); 
-    
-  ret = rhizome_retrieve_manifest(manifestIdUpper, m);
-  
-  if (ret==0){
-    // ignore errors
-    rhizome_extract_privatekey(m, NULL);
-    const char *blob_service = rhizome_manifest_get(m, "service", NULL, 0);
-    cli_puts("service");    cli_delim(":"); cli_puts(blob_service); cli_delim("\n");
-    cli_puts("manifestid"); cli_delim(":"); cli_puts(manifestIdUpper); cli_delim("\n");
-    cli_puts("version");    cli_delim(":"); cli_printf("%lld", m->version); cli_delim("\n");
-    cli_puts("inserttime"); cli_delim(":"); cli_printf("%lld", m->inserttime); cli_delim("\n");
-    if (m->haveSecret) {
-      cli_puts(".author");  cli_delim(":"); cli_puts(alloca_tohex_sid(m->author)); cli_delim("\n");
-    }
-    cli_puts(".readonly");  cli_delim(":"); cli_printf("%d", m->haveSecret?0:1); cli_delim("\n");
-    cli_puts("filesize");   cli_delim(":"); cli_printf("%lld", (long long) m->fileLength); cli_delim("\n");
-    if (m->fileLength != 0) {
-      cli_puts("filehash"); cli_delim(":"); cli_puts(m->fileHexHash); cli_delim("\n");
-    }
-   }
-  
-  unsigned char *buffer_file;
-  buffer_file=malloc(m->fileLength);
-  int buffer_length=m->fileLength;  
-
-  ret = meshms_read_message(m,buffer_file);
-  //hex_dump(buffer_file,buffer_length);
-  int offset_buffer = 0;
-  ret = deserialize_meshms(0,buffer_file,&offset_buffer,buffer_length,"unknown");
-  
-  free(buffer_file);
-  return ret;
-  
-}
-
 int app_meshms_list_messages(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context)
 {
  if (create_serval_instance_dir() == -1)
diff --git a/serval.h b/serval.h
index 0ac1138d..517da1f6 100644
--- a/serval.h
+++ b/serval.h
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ int app_pa_phone(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);
 int app_monitor_cli(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);
 int app_vomp_console(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);
 
-int app_meshms_read_messagelog(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);
 int app_meshms_add_message(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);
 int app_meshms_list_messages(const struct cli_parsed *parsed, void *context);