diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.as b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.as
index 1d0953bad..4bf50c235 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.as
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ public class ClientDObjectMgr
         return false;
     }
 
-    // inherit documentation from the interface DObjectManager
-    public function createObject (dclass :Class, target :Subscriber) :void
-    {
-        // not presently supported
-        throw new Error("createObject() not supported");
-    }
-
     // inherit documentation from the interface DObjectManager
     public function subscribeToObject (oid :int, target :Subscriber) :void
     {
@@ -129,13 +122,6 @@ public class ClientDObjectMgr
         _comm.postMessage(new ForwardEventRequest(event));
     }
 
-    // inherit documentation from the interface
-    public function destroyObject (oid :int) :void
-    {
-        // forward an object destroyed event to the server
-        postEvent(new ObjectDestroyedEvent(oid));
-    }
-
     // inherit documentation from the interface
     public function removedLastSubscriber (
             obj :DObject, deathWish :Boolean) :void
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DObjectManager.as b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DObjectManager.as
index e3c873389..26c8d493b 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DObjectManager.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DObjectManager.as
@@ -18,22 +18,6 @@ public interface DObjectManager
      */
     function isManager (obj :DObject) :Boolean;
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a distributed object instance of the supplied class and
-     * notifies the specified subscriber when it becomes available. This
-     * is the proper mechanism for constructing a new distributed object
-     * as it is the only way in which it can be properly registered with
-     * the dobj system.
-     *
-     * @param dclass The class object of the derived class of
-     * <code>DObject</code> (or <code>DObject.class</code> itself) that
-     * should be instantiated.
-     * @param target The subscriber to be notified when the object is
-     * created and available, or if there was a problem creating the
-     * object.
-     */
-    function createObject (dclass :Class, target :Subscriber) :void;
-
     /**
      * Requests that the specified subscriber be subscribed to the object
      * identified by the supplied object id. That subscriber will be
@@ -59,15 +43,6 @@ public interface DObjectManager
      */
     function unsubscribeFromObject (oid :int, target :Subscriber) :void;
 
-    /**
-     * Requests that the specified object be destroyed. Once destroyed an
-     * object is removed from the runtime system and may no longer have
-     * events dispatched on it.
-     *
-     * @param oid The object id of the distributed object to be destroyed.
-     */
-    function destroyObject (oid :int) :void;
-
     /**
      * Posts a distributed object event into the system. Instead of
      * requesting the modification of a distributed object attribute by