diff --git a/include/PolyVoxSceneManager.h b/include/PolyVoxSceneManager.h
index fb9520e8..5fa54247 100644
--- a/include/PolyVoxSceneManager.h
+++ b/include/PolyVoxSceneManager.h
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ namespace Ogre
 
 		void setAllUpToDateFlagsTo(bool newUpToDateValue);
 		void createSphereAt(Vector3 centre, Real radius, uchar value, bool painting);
-
-		bool loadScene(const String& filename);
-		bool saveScene(const String& filename);
 		
 		void generateLevelVolume(void);
 
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Ogre
 
 		NormalGenerationMethod m_normalGenerationMethod;
 
-		VolumeResourcePtr volumeResource;
+		
 		Volume* volumeData;
 
 		bool m_bHaveGeneratedMeshes;
diff --git a/source/PolyVoxSceneManager.cpp b/source/PolyVoxSceneManager.cpp
index 76172e5b..59743786 100644
--- a/source/PolyVoxSceneManager.cpp
+++ b/source/PolyVoxSceneManager.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ namespace Ogre
 	// PolyVoxSceneManager
 	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	PolyVoxSceneManager::PolyVoxSceneManager()
-		:volumeResource(0)
-		,volumeData(0)
+		:volumeData(0)
 		,useNormalSmoothing(false)
 		,normalSmoothingFilterSize(1)
 		,m_normalGenerationMethod(SOBEL)
@@ -51,33 +50,6 @@ namespace Ogre
 	{
 	}
 
-	bool PolyVoxSceneManager::loadScene(const String& filename)
-	{
-		volumeResource = VolumeManager::getSingletonPtr()->load(filename + ".volume", "General");
-		if(volumeResource.isNull())
-		{
-			LogManager::getSingleton().logMessage("Generating default volume");
-			generateLevelVolume();
-			LogManager::getSingleton().logMessage("Done generating default volume");
-		}
-
-		volumeData = volumeResource->volume;
-
-		volumeData->tidy();
-
-
-		setAllUpToDateFlagsTo(false);
-
-
-		//createAxis(256);
-		//setAxisVisible(false);
-
-
-
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	std::list<RegionGeometry> PolyVoxSceneManager::getChangedRegionGeometry(void)
 	{
 		std::list<RegionGeometry> listChangedRegionGeometry;
@@ -724,12 +696,6 @@ namespace Ogre
 		markRegionChanged(0,0,0,OGRE_VOLUME_SIDE_LENGTH-1,OGRE_VOLUME_SIDE_LENGTH-1,OGRE_VOLUME_SIDE_LENGTH-1);
 	}
 
-	bool PolyVoxSceneManager::saveScene(const String& filename)
-	{
-		volumeData->saveToFile(filename);
-		return true; //FIXME - check for error...
-	}
-
 	uint PolyVoxSceneManager::getSideLength(void)
 	{
 		return OGRE_VOLUME_SIDE_LENGTH;