diff --git a/beets/library.py b/beets/library.py
index 2b2a48cdb..01f688a34 100644
--- a/beets/library.py
+++ b/beets/library.py
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ def _ancestry(path):
             out.insert(0, path)
     return out
 
-def _walk_files(path):
-    """Like os.walk, but only yields the files in the directory tree. The full
-    pathnames to the files (under path) are given. Also, if path is a file,
-    _walk_files just yields that.
-    """
-    if os.path.isfile(path):
-        yield path
-    else:
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
-            for filebase in files:
-                yield os.path.join(root, filebase)
-
 def _components(path):
     """Return a list of the path components in path. For instance,
     _components('/a/b/c') == ['a', 'b', 'c'].
@@ -624,21 +612,6 @@ class BaseLibrary(object):
         return sorted(out, compare)
 
 
-    ### convenience methods ###
-
-    def add_path(self, path, copy=False):
-        path = _unicode_path(path)
-        items = []
-        for f in _walk_files(path):
-            try:
-                item = Item.from_path(_normpath(f))
-            except FileTypeError:
-                log.warn(f + ' of unknown type, skipping')
-            except UnreadableFileError:
-                log.error(f + ' is unreadable, skipping')
-            self.add(item, copy)
-
-
 class Library(BaseLibrary):
     """A music library using an SQLite database as a metadata store."""
     def __init__(self, path='library.blb',
diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index 2d06737fc..48ed7f615 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ CLI commands are implemented in the ui.commands module.
 """
 
 import os
-import logging
 import locale
 import optparse
 import textwrap
diff --git a/test/test_db.py b/test/test_db.py
index 67af71b9b..3c8a8039a 100644
--- a/test/test_db.py
+++ b/test/test_db.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ class AddTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(new_grouping, self.i.grouping)
     
     def test_library_add_path_inserts_row(self):
-        self.lib.add_path(os.path.join('rsrc', 'full.mp3'))
+        i = beets.library.Item.from_path(os.path.join('rsrc', 'full.mp3'))
+        self.lib.add(i)
         new_grouping = self.lib.conn.execute('select grouping from items '
             'where composer="the composer"').fetchone()['grouping']
         self.assertEqual(new_grouping, self.i.grouping)
diff --git a/test/test_files.py b/test/test_files.py
index 2c0024307..8be524141 100644
--- a/test/test_files.py
+++ b/test/test_files.py
@@ -68,66 +68,6 @@ class MoveTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_move_changes_path(self):
         self.i.move(self.lib)
         self.assertEqual(self.i.path, beets.library._normpath(self.dest))
-
-class WalkTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        # create a directory structure for testing
-        self.base = join('rsrc', 'temp_walk')
-        os.mkdir(self.base)
-        mkfile(join(self.base, 'file'))
-        os.mkdir(join(self.base, 'dir1'))
-        mkfile(join(self.base, 'dir1', 'dir1f1'))
-        mkfile(join(self.base, 'dir1', 'dir1f2'))
-        os.mkdir(join(self.base, 'dir2'))
-        mkfile(join(self.base, 'dir2', 'dir2f'))
-        os.mkdir(join(self.base, 'dir2', 'dir2dir'))
-        mkfile(join(self.base, 'dir2', 'dir2dir', 'dir2dirf'))
-    def tearDown(self):
-        shutil.rmtree(self.base)
-    
-    def test_walk_single_file(self):
-        path = join(self.base, 'file')
-        s = set(beets.library._walk_files(path))
-        self.assertTrue(path in s)
-        s.remove(path)
-        self.assertTrue(not s) # s is empty (i.e., contains nothing else)
-    
-    def test_walk_flat_directory(self):
-        path = join(self.base, 'dir1')
-        s = set(beets.library._walk_files(path))
-        for f in (join(path, 'dir1f1'),
-                  join(path, 'dir1f2')):
-            self.assertTrue(f in s)
-            s.remove(f)
-        self.assertTrue(not s)
-    
-    def test_walk_hierarchy(self):
-        path = join(self.base, 'dir2')
-        s = set(beets.library._walk_files(path))
-        for f in (join(path, 'dir2f'),
-                  join(path, 'dir2dir', 'dir2dirf')):
-            self.assertTrue(f in s)
-            s.remove(f)
-        self.assertTrue(not s)
-
-class AddTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.dir = os.path.join('rsrc', 'test_lib')
-        self.lib = beets.library.Library(':memory:')
-        self.lib.directory = self.dir
-        self.lib.path_format = 'item'
-    def tearDown(self):
-        if os.path.exists(self.dir):
-            shutil.rmtree(self.dir)
-
-    def test_library_add_path_copies(self):
-        self.lib.add_path(os.path.join('rsrc', 'full.mp3'), copy=True)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.dir, 'item.mp3')))
-
-    def test_add_path_enforces_unicode_pathnames(self):
-        self.lib.add_path(os.path.join('rsrc', 'full.mp3'))
-        item = self.lib.get().next()
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(item.path, unicode))
     
 class HelperTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ancestry_works_on_file(self):