return 0;
 }
 
-static char *read_cpuid(struct perf_header *ph, int fd)
-{
-       return do_read_string(fd, ph);
-}
-
 static struct perf_evsel *
 perf_evlist__find_by_index(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
 struct feature_ops {
        int (*write)(int fd, struct perf_header *h, struct perf_evlist *evlist);
        void (*print)(struct perf_header *h, int fd, FILE *fp);
-       char *(*read)(struct perf_header *h, int fd);
        int (*process)(struct perf_file_section *section,
                       struct perf_header *h, int fd, void *data);
        const char *name;
 #define FEAT_OPF(n, func) \
        [n] = { .name = #n, .write = write_##func, .print = print_##func, \
                .process = process_##func, .full_only = true }
-#define FEAT_OPA_R(n, func) \
-       [n] = { .name = #n, .write = write_##func, .print = print_##func, \
-               .read  = read_##func, .process = process_##func, \
-               .full_only = true }
 
 /* feature_ops not implemented: */
 #define print_tracing_data     NULL
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_ARCH,           arch),
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_NRCPUS,         nrcpus),
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_CPUDESC,        cpudesc),
-       FEAT_OPA_R(HEADER_CPUID,        cpuid),
+       FEAT_OPP(HEADER_CPUID,          cpuid),
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_TOTAL_MEM,      total_mem),
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_EVENT_DESC,     event_desc),
        FEAT_OPP(HEADER_CMDLINE,        cmdline),
        return 0;
 }
 
-struct header_read_data {
-       int feat;
-       char *result;
-};
-
-static int perf_file_section__read_feature(struct perf_file_section *section,
-                               struct perf_header *ph,
-                               int feat, int fd, void *data)
-{
-       struct header_read_data *hd = data;
-
-       if (feat != hd->feat)
-               return 0;
-
-       if (lseek(fd, section->offset, SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1) {
-               pr_debug("Failed to lseek to %" PRIu64 " offset for feature "
-                               "%d, continuing...\n", section->offset, feat);
-       return 0;
-       }
-
-       if (feat >= HEADER_LAST_FEATURE) {
-               pr_warning("unknown feature %d\n", feat);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       if (!feat_ops[feat].read) {
-               pr_warning("read is not supported for feature %d\n", feat);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       hd->result = feat_ops[feat].read(ph, fd);
-       return 0;
-}
-
-char *perf_header__read_feature(struct perf_session *session, int feat)
-{
-       struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
-       struct header_read_data hd;
-       int fd = session->fd;
-
-       hd.feat = feat;
-       hd.result = NULL;
-
-       perf_header__process_sections(header, fd, &hd,
-                               perf_file_section__read_feature);
-       return hd.result;
-}
-
 static int do_write_feat(int fd, struct perf_header *h, int type,
                         struct perf_file_section **p,
                         struct perf_evlist *evlist)