diff --git a/cmd/twitter/help_message.txt b/cmd/twitter/help_message.txt
index e8695d0..21bb09d 100644
--- a/cmd/twitter/help_message.txt
+++ b/cmd/twitter/help_message.txt
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ This application downloads tweets from twitter and saves them in a SQLite databa
     unfollow
           <TARGET> is the user handle
 
-    list_followed
-          No <TARGET> is needed; will be ignored if given.
-          Lists all the users (by their @handle) that are followed.
-
     search
           <TARGET> is the search query.  Should be wrapped in quotes if it has spaces.
           (Requires authentication)
diff --git a/cmd/twitter/main.go b/cmd/twitter/main.go
index 1579042..f8777e8 100644
--- a/cmd/twitter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/twitter/main.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.SetLevel(logging_level)
 
 	if len(args) < 2 {
-		if len(args) == 1 && (args[0] == "list_followed" || args[0] == "webserver" || args[0] == "fetch_timeline" ||
+		if len(args) == 1 && (args[0] == "webserver" || args[0] == "fetch_timeline" ||
 			args[0] == "fetch_timeline_following_only" || args[0] == "fetch_inbox" || args[0] == "get_bookmarks" ||
 			args[0] == "get_notifications") {
 			// Doesn't need a target, so create a fake second arg
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ func main() {
 		follow_user(target, true)
 	case "unfollow":
 		follow_user(target, false)
-	case "list_followed":
-		list_followed()
 	case "like_tweet":
 		like_tweet(target)
 	case "unlike_tweet":
@@ -558,12 +556,6 @@ func like_tweet(tweet_identifier string) {
 	happy_exit("Liked the tweet.", nil)
 }
 
-func list_followed() {
-	for _, handle := range profile.GetAllFollowedUsers() {
-		fmt.Println(handle)
-	}
-}
-
 func start_webserver(addr string, should_auto_open bool) {
 	app := webserver.NewApp(profile)
 	if api.UserHandle != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/user_queries.go b/pkg/persistence/user_queries.go
index 8c9238a..d2a50a3 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/user_queries.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/user_queries.go
@@ -73,28 +73,6 @@ func (p Profile) SaveUser(u *scraper.User) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Check if the database has a User with the given user handle.
-//
-// args:
-// - handle: the user handle to search for
-//
-// returns:
-// - true if there is such a User in the database, false otherwise
-func (p Profile) UserExists(handle scraper.UserHandle) bool {
-	db := p.DB
-
-	var dummy string
-	err := db.QueryRow("select 1 from users where lower(handle) = lower(?)", handle).Scan(&dummy)
-	if err != nil {
-		if !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-			// A real error
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // Retrieve a User from the database, by handle.
 //
 // args:
@@ -212,28 +190,8 @@ func (p Profile) NextFakeUserID() scraper.UserID {
 	return ret
 }
 
-func (p Profile) GetAllFollowedUsers() []scraper.UserHandle {
-	rows, err := p.DB.Query("select handle from users where is_followed = 1")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer rows.Close()
-
-	ret := []scraper.UserHandle{}
-
-	var tmp scraper.UserHandle
-
-	for rows.Next() {
-		err = rows.Scan(&tmp)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		ret = append(ret, tmp)
-	}
-
-	return ret
-}
-
+// TODO: This is only used in checking whether the media downloader should get the big or small version of
+// a profile image.  That should be rewritten
 func (p Profile) IsFollowing(user scraper.User) bool {
 	row := p.DB.QueryRow("select is_followed from users where id like ?", user.ID)
 	var ret bool
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/user_queries_test.go b/pkg/persistence/user_queries_test.go
index bec97fb..c3232e5 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/user_queries_test.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/user_queries_test.go
@@ -112,24 +112,6 @@ func TestHandleIsCaseInsensitive(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Should correctly report whether the user exists in the database
-func TestUserExists(t *testing.T) {
-	require := require.New(t)
-	profile_path := "test_profiles/TestUserQueries"
-	profile := create_or_load_profile(profile_path)
-
-	user := create_dummy_user()
-
-	exists := profile.UserExists(user.Handle)
-	require.False(exists)
-
-	err := profile.SaveUser(&user)
-	require.NoError(err)
-
-	exists = profile.UserExists(user.Handle)
-	require.True(exists)
-}
-
 // Test scenarios relating to user content downloading
 func TestCheckUserContentDownloadNeeded(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)