diff --git a/beets/util/functemplate.py b/beets/util/functemplate.py
index e511c5d97..28f1ba8ad 100644
--- a/beets/util/functemplate.py
+++ b/beets/util/functemplate.py
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ class Environment:
 # Code generation helpers.
 
 
-def ex_lvalue(name):
-    """A variable load expression."""
-    return ast.Name(name, ast.Store())
-
-
 def ex_rvalue(name):
     """A variable store expression."""
     return ast.Name(name, ast.Load())
@@ -75,15 +70,6 @@ def ex_literal(val):
     return ast.Constant(val)
 
 
-def ex_varassign(name, expr):
-    """Assign an expression into a single variable. The expression may
-    either be an `ast.expr` object or a value to be used as a literal.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(expr, ast.expr):
-        expr = ex_literal(expr)
-    return ast.Assign([ex_lvalue(name)], expr)
-
-
 def ex_call(func, args):
     """A function-call expression with only positional parameters. The
     function may be an expression or the name of a function. Each
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 02355f9a8..cfbe7be39 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ Bug fixes:
   variant of `awk` installed and required specific settings for `sqlite3`
   and caching in `zsh`.
   :bug:`3546`
+* Remove unused functions :bug:`5103`
 
 For plugin developers: