diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
index c94aa194cf..2386da1b66 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
@@ -105,65 +105,6 @@ class functionObjectList
         );
 
 
-    // Private Classes
-
-        class wordOrDictName;
-
-        friend Istream& operator>>(Istream& is, wordOrDictName& w);
-
-        //- Class to facilitate reading of either a word or the name of a
-        //  dictionary
-        class wordOrDictName
-        :
-            public word
-        {
-        public:
-
-            using word::word;
-
-            friend Istream& operator>>(Istream& is, wordOrDictName& w)
-            {
-                is >> static_cast<word&>(w);
-
-                token t(is);
-
-                if (t.isPunctuation() && t.pToken() == token::BEGIN_BLOCK)
-                {
-                    is.putBack(t);
-                    dictionary d(is);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    is.putBack(t);
-                }
-
-                return is;
-            }
-        };
-
-        class wordOrDictNameList;
-
-        friend Istream& operator>>(Istream& is, wordOrDictNameList& l);
-
-        //- Class to facilitate reading of either a list of words or the names
-        //  of a list of dictionaries
-        class wordOrDictNameList
-        :
-            public wordList
-        {
-        public:
-
-            using wordList::wordList;
-
-            friend Istream& operator>>(Istream& is, wordOrDictNameList& l)
-            {
-                static_cast<wordList&>(l) = wordList(List<wordOrDictName>(is));
-
-                return is;
-            }
-        };
-
-
 public:
 
     // Static Data Members