diff --git a/src/mlpack/core/tree/cover_tree/cover_tree.hpp b/src/mlpack/core/tree/cover_tree/cover_tree.hpp
index c8254f600f..d1d21c4020 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/core/tree/cover_tree/cover_tree.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/core/tree/cover_tree/cover_tree.hpp
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ class CoverTree
   size_t Point(const size_t) const { return point; }
 
   // Fake
-  CoverTree* Left() const { return NULL; }
-  CoverTree* Right() const { return NULL; }
-  size_t Begin() const { return 0; }
-  size_t Count() const { return 0; }
-  size_t End() const { return 0; }
   bool IsLeaf() const { return (children.size() == 0); }
   size_t NumPoints() const { return 1; }