diff --git a/mednafen/FileStream.cpp b/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
index 06f2c86..f8a03d4 100644
--- a/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
+++ b/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 FileStream::FileStream(const char *path, const int mode)
 {
-   OpenedMode    = mode;
    fp            = filestream_open(path, (mode == MODE_WRITE) ? RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_WRITE : RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_HINT_NONE);
 }
 
@@ -35,24 +34,6 @@ FileStream::~FileStream()
 {
 }
 
-uint64_t FileStream::attributes(void)
-{
-   uint64_t ret = ATTRIBUTE_SEEKABLE;
-
-   switch(OpenedMode)
-   {
-      case MODE_READ:
-         ret |= ATTRIBUTE_READABLE;
-         break;
-      case MODE_WRITE_SAFE:
-      case MODE_WRITE:
-         ret |= ATTRIBUTE_WRITEABLE;
-         break;
-   }
-
-   return ret;
-}
-
 uint64_t FileStream::read(void *data, uint64_t count, bool error_on_eos)
 {
    if (!fp)
diff --git a/mednafen/FileStream.h b/mednafen/FileStream.h
index 66488b9..8a8ed73 100644
--- a/mednafen/FileStream.h
+++ b/mednafen/FileStream.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class FileStream : public Stream
       FileStream(const char *path, const int mode);
       virtual ~FileStream();
 
-      virtual uint64_t attributes(void);
-
       virtual uint64_t read(void *data, uint64_t count, bool error_on_eos = true);
       virtual void write(const void *data, uint64_t count);
       virtual void seek(int64_t offset, int whence);
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ class FileStream : public Stream
 
    private:
       RFILE *fp;
-      int OpenedMode;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/mednafen/MemoryStream.cpp b/mednafen/MemoryStream.cpp
index 36ee7df..55293a8 100644
--- a/mednafen/MemoryStream.cpp
+++ b/mednafen/MemoryStream.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ MemoryStream::~MemoryStream()
  }
 }
 
-uint64 MemoryStream::attributes(void)
-{
- return (ATTRIBUTE_READABLE | ATTRIBUTE_WRITEABLE | ATTRIBUTE_SEEKABLE);
-}
-
-
 uint8 *MemoryStream::map(void)
 {
  return data_buffer;
diff --git a/mednafen/MemoryStream.h b/mednafen/MemoryStream.h
index b407d40..61291d1 100644
--- a/mednafen/MemoryStream.h
+++ b/mednafen/MemoryStream.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ class MemoryStream : public Stream
 
  virtual ~MemoryStream();
 
- virtual uint64 attributes(void);
-
  virtual uint8 *map(void);
  virtual void unmap(void);
 
diff --git a/mednafen/Stream.h b/mednafen/Stream.h
index 6904fa8..1814057 100644
--- a/mednafen/Stream.h
+++ b/mednafen/Stream.h
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ class Stream
  Stream();
  virtual ~Stream();
 
- enum
- {
-  ATTRIBUTE_READABLE = 0,
-  ATTRIBUTE_WRITEABLE,
-  ATTRIBUTE_SEEKABLE
- };
- virtual uint64 attributes(void) = 0;
-
  virtual uint64 read(void *data, uint64 count, bool error_on_eos = true) = 0;
  virtual void write(const void *data, uint64 count) = 0;