diff --git a/pd.lua b/pd.lua
index 53f32d8..649ebf1 100644
--- a/pd.lua
+++ b/pd.lua
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 -- storage for Pd C<->Lua interaction
 pd._classes = { } -- take absolute paths and turn them into classes
-pd._fullpaths = { }
 pd._pathnames = { } -- look up absolute path by creation name
 pd._objects = { }
 pd._clocks = { }
 pd._receives = { }
 pd._loadpath = ""
-pd._currentpath = ""
 
 -- add a path to Lua's "require" search paths
 pd._setrequirepath = function(path)
@@ -135,15 +133,6 @@ pd._whoami = function (object)
   end
 end
 
---whereami method dispatcher
-pd._whereami = function(name)
-    if nil ~= pd._fullpaths[name] then
-      return pd._fullpaths[name]
-    end
-
-    return nil
-end
-
 --class method dispatcher
 pd._get_class = function (object)
   if nil ~= pd._objects[object] then
@@ -317,19 +306,10 @@ function pd.Class:register(name)
   else
     regname = name
   end
-
-  --pd._fullpaths[regname] = pd._currentpath or (fullname .. ".pd_lua")
-  if pd._currentpath == nil or pd._currentpath == '' then
-    pd._fullpaths[regname] = fullname .. ".pd_lua"
-  else
-    pd._fullpaths[regname] = pd._currentpath
-  end
-
   pd._pathnames[regname] = fullname
   pd._classes[fullname] = self       -- record registration
   self._class = pd._register(name)  -- register new class
   self._name = name
-  self._path = pd._fullpaths[regname]
   self._loadpath = fullpath
   if name == "pdlua" then
     self._scriptname = "pd.lua"
@@ -442,7 +422,6 @@ function pd.Class:dofilex(file)
   local pathsave = pd._loadpath
   pd._loadname = nil
   pd._loadpath = self._loadpath
-  pd._currentpath = file
   local f, path = pd._dofilex(self._class, file)
   pd._loadname = namesave
   pd._loadpath = pathsave
@@ -457,7 +436,6 @@ function pd.Class:dofile(file)
   local pathsave = pd._loadpath
   pd._loadname = nil
   pd._loadpath = self._loadpath
-  pd._currentpath = file
   local f, path = pd._dofile(self._object, file)
   pd._loadname = namesave
   pd._loadpath = pathsave
@@ -472,10 +450,6 @@ function pd.Class:whoami()
   return self._scriptname or self._name
 end
 
-function pd.Class:in_1__reload()
-  self:dofile(self._path)
-end
-
 function pd.Class:get_class() -- accessor for t_class*
   return self._class or nil
 end
@@ -492,6 +466,7 @@ function lua:in_1_load(atoms)  -- execute a script
   self:dofile(atoms[1])
 end
 
+
 local luax = pd.Class:new():register("pdluax")  -- classless lua externals (like [pdluax foo])
 
 function luax:initialize(sel, atoms)          -- motivation: pd-list 2007-09-23
diff --git a/pdlua.c b/pdlua.c
index 6533238..df8048c 100644
--- a/pdlua.c
+++ b/pdlua.c
@@ -771,13 +771,6 @@ static int pdlua_click(t_gobj *z, t_glist *gl, int xpos, int ypos, int shift, in
     return text_widgetbehavior.w_clickfn(z, gl, xpos, ypos, shift, alt, dbl, doit);
 }
 
-// The _reload method will tell the pdlua object to reload the original script that spawned it
-// This is used in plugdata for dynamic reloading, but can be useful in other environments too
-// Prefixed with _ to prevent namespace pollution
-static void pdlua_reload(t_gobj* z)
-{
-    pdlua_dispatch((t_pdlua *)z, 0, gensym("_reload"), 0, NULL);
-}
 
 static void pdlua_displace(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int dx, int dy){
     t_pdlua *x = (t_pdlua *)z;
@@ -917,30 +910,6 @@ void plugdata_forward_message(void* x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv);
 /** Here we find the lua code for the object and open it in an editor */
 static void pdlua_menu_open(t_pdlua *o)
 {
-    #if PLUGDATA
-        // This is a more reliable method of finding out what file an object came from
-        // TODO: we might also want to use something like this for pd-vanilla?
-        lua_getglobal(__L(), "pd");
-        lua_getfield(__L(), -1, "_whereami");
-        lua_pushstring(__L(),  o->pd.te_pd->c_name->s_name);
-
-        if (lua_pcall(__L(), 1, 1, 0))
-        {
-            pd_error(NULL, "lua: error in whereami:\n%s", lua_tostring(__L(), -1));
-            lua_pop(__L(), 2); /* pop the error string and the global "pd" */
-            return;
-        }
-        if(lua_isstring(__L(), -1)) {
-            const char* fullpath = luaL_checkstring(__L(), -1);
-            if(fullpath) {
-                t_atom arg;
-                SETSYMBOL(&arg, gensym(fullpath));
-                plugdata_forward_message(o, gensym("open_textfile"), 1, &arg);
-            }
-            return;
-        }
-#endif
-
     const char  *name;
     const char  *path;
     char        pathname[FILENAME_MAX];
@@ -1232,7 +1201,6 @@ static int pdlua_class_new(lua_State *L)
     if (c) {
         /* a class with a "menu-open" method will have the "Open" item highlighted in the right-click menu */
         class_addmethod(c, (t_method)pdlua_menu_open, gensym("menu-open"), A_NULL);/* (mrpeach 20111025) */
-        class_addmethod(c, (t_method)pdlua_reload, gensym("_reload"), A_NULL);/* (mrpeach 20111025) */
         class_addmethod(c, (t_method)pdlua_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0); /* timschoen 20240226 */
     }
 /**/