diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.cxx b/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.cxx
index a86b41481..3b31be5f4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.cxx
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.cxx
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ void PgfLinearizationGraphvizOutput::symbol_bind()
 {
 }
 
-void PgfLinearizationGraphvizOutput::symbol_meta(PgfMetaId id)
-{
-	new ParseNode(&leaves, 100000 + leaves.n_nodes, parent, NULL, meta);
-}
-
 void PgfLinearizationGraphvizOutput::generate_graphviz_level(PgfPrinter *printer, PgfGraphvizOptions* opts, ParseLevel *level)
 {
 	printer->puts("\n  subgraph {\n    rank=same;\n");
diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.h b/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.h
index 586a5139c..1158e2163 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.h
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/graphviz.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public:
 	virtual void end_phrase(PgfText *cat, int fid, PgfText *ann, PgfText *fun);
 	virtual void symbol_ne();
 	virtual void symbol_bind();
-	virtual void symbol_meta(PgfMetaId id);
 };
 
 class PGF_INTERNAL_DECL PgfAbstractGraphvizOutput : public PgfUnmarshaller {
diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.cxx b/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.cxx
index 0e68cad08..b2152e3e1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.cxx
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.cxx
@@ -740,8 +740,3 @@ void PgfLinearizationOutput::symbol_bind()
 {
     bind = true;
 }
-
-void PgfLinearizationOutput::symbol_meta(PgfMetaId id)
-{
-    printer.nprintf(32, "?%d", id);
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.h b/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.h
index eef86f5b0..78ead3802 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.h
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/linearizer.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ public:
 	virtual void end_phrase(PgfText *cat, int fid, PgfText *ann, PgfText *fun);
 	virtual void symbol_ne();
 	virtual void symbol_bind();
-	virtual void symbol_meta(PgfMetaId id);
 };
 
 class PGF_INTERNAL_DECL PgfLinearizer : public PgfUnmarshaller {
diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.h b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.h
index f949abb3d..e1078338c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.h
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/pgf.h
@@ -599,9 +599,6 @@ struct PgfLinearizationOutputIface
 
 	/// token binding
 	virtual void symbol_bind()=0;
-
-	/// meta variable
-	virtual void symbol_meta(PgfMetaId id)=0;
 };
 #else
 typedef struct PgfLinearizationOutputIface     PgfLinearizationOutputIface;
@@ -622,9 +619,6 @@ struct PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl
 
 	/// token binding
 	void (*symbol_bind)(PgfLinearizationOutputIface *this);
-
-	/// meta variable
-	void (*symbol_meta)(PgfLinearizationOutputIface *this, PgfMetaId id);
 };
 struct PgfLinearizationOutputIface
 {
diff --git a/src/runtime/haskell/PGF2.hsc b/src/runtime/haskell/PGF2.hsc
index 24c187dd4..be0f9eab0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/haskell/PGF2.hsc
+++ b/src/runtime/haskell/PGF2.hsc
@@ -685,14 +685,12 @@ bracketedLinearize c e = unsafePerformIO $ do
    bracket (wrapSymbol2 (begin_phrase ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_begin_phrase ->
    bracket (wrapSymbol2 (end_phrase ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_end_phrase ->
    bracket (wrapSymbol0 (symbol_bind ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_symbol_bind ->
-   bracket (wrapSymbol0 (symbol_ne ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_symbol_ne ->
-   bracket (wrapSymbol3 (symbol_meta ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_symbol_meta -> do
+   bracket (wrapSymbol0 (symbol_ne ref)) freeHaskellFunPtr $ \c_symbol_ne -> do
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, symbol_token) vtbl c_symbol_token
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, begin_phrase) vtbl c_begin_phrase
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, end_phrase) vtbl c_end_phrase
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, symbol_bind) vtbl c_symbol_bind
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, symbol_ne) vtbl c_symbol_ne
-     (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIfaceVtbl, symbol_meta) vtbl c_symbol_meta
      (#poke PgfLinearizationOutputIface, vtbl) c_out vtbl
      withPgfExn "bracketedLinearize" (pgf_bracketed_linearize (c_db c) c_revision c_e nullPtr m c_out))
   (ne,_,bs) <- readIORef ref
@@ -727,10 +725,6 @@ bracketedLinearize c e = unsafePerformIO $ do
       (ne,stack,bs) <- readIORef ref
       writeIORef ref (True,[],[])
 
-    symbol_meta ref _ meta_id = do
-      (ne,stack,bs) <- readIORef ref
-      writeIORef ref (ne,stack,Leaf "?" : bs)
-
 bracketedLinearizeAll :: Concr -> Expr -> [[BracketedString]]
 bracketedLinearizeAll = error "TODO: bracketedLinearizeAll"