diff --git a/GeoModelIO/GeoModelDBManager/src/GMDBManager.cpp b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelDBManager/src/GMDBManager.cpp
index 5da7d0519605a3698cf443d2ffe9859d94d50dd8..b2220a85234bf68612fa9421a27d350dd57c5786 100644
--- a/GeoModelIO/GeoModelDBManager/src/GMDBManager.cpp
+++ b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelDBManager/src/GMDBManager.cpp
@@ -2653,19 +2653,22 @@ std::pair<unsigned, unsigned> GMDBManager::getRootPhysVol() {
 
 std::string GMDBManager::getDBFilePath() { return m_dbpath; }
 
-// FIXME: TODO: move to an utility class
-int lastIndexOf(std::vector<std::string> v, const std::string& str, int pos = 0) {
-    auto it = std::find(std::next(v.rbegin(), v.size() - pos), v.rend(), str);
-    if (it != v.rend()) {
-        auto idx = std::distance(v.begin(), it.base() - 1);
-        //    std::cout << idx << std::endl;
-        return idx;
-    }
-    return -1;  // no item matched
-}
 
-int GMDBManager::getTableColIndex(const std::string& tableName,
-                                  const std::string& colName) {
-    std::vector<std::string> colFields = m_tableNames.at(tableName);
-    return lastIndexOf(colFields, colName);
-}
+
+// UNUSED
+// // FIXME: TODO: move to an utility class
+// int lastIndexOf(std::vector<std::string> v, const std::string& str, int pos = 0) {
+//     auto it = std::find(std::next(v.rbegin(), v.size() - pos), v.rend(), str);
+//     if (it != v.rend()) {
+//         auto idx = std::distance(v.begin(), it.base() - 1);
+//         //    std::cout << idx << std::endl;
+//         return idx;
+//     }
+//     return -1;  // no item matched
+// }
+
+// int GMDBManager::getTableColIndex(const std::string& tableName,
+//                                   const std::string& colName) {
+//     std::vector<std::string> colFields = m_tableNames.at(tableName);
+//     return lastIndexOf(colFields, colName);
+// }