diff --git a/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.cpp b/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e33bef789
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+++ b/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.cpp
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+/*(
+ This file is part of solidity.
+
+ solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with solidity. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * Optimisation stage that removes unused variables and functions.
+ */
+
+#include
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+#include
+
+#include
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace dev;
+using namespace dev::julia;
+
+UnusedPruner::UnusedPruner(Block& _ast)
+{
+ ReferencesCounter counter;
+ counter(_ast);
+
+ m_references = counter.references();
+}
+
+void UnusedPruner::operator()(Block& _block)
+{
+ for (auto&& statement: _block.statements)
+ if (statement.type() == typeid(FunctionDefinition))
+ {
+ FunctionDefinition& funDef = boost::get(statement);
+ if (!used(funDef.name))
+ {
+ subtractReferences(ReferencesCounter::countReferences(funDef.body));
+ statement = Block{std::move(funDef.location), {}};
+ }
+ }
+ else if (statement.type() == typeid(VariableDeclaration))
+ {
+ VariableDeclaration& varDecl = boost::get(statement);
+ if (boost::algorithm::none_of(
+ varDecl.variables,
+ [=](TypedName const& _typedName) { return used(_typedName.name); }
+ ))
+ {
+ if (!varDecl.value || MovableChecker(*varDecl.value).movable())
+ {
+ subtractReferences(ReferencesCounter::countReferences(*varDecl.value));
+ statement = Block{std::move(varDecl.location), {}};
+ }
+ else if (varDecl.value && varDecl.variables.size() == 1)
+ statement = ExpressionStatement{varDecl.location, FunctionalInstruction{
+ varDecl.location,
+ solidity::Instruction::POP,
+ {*std::move(varDecl.value)}
+ }};
+ }
+ }
+
+ removeEmptyBlocks(_block);
+
+ ASTModifier::operator()(_block);
+}
+
+void UnusedPruner::runUntilStabilised(Block& _ast)
+{
+ while (true)
+ {
+ UnusedPruner pruner(_ast);
+ pruner(_ast);
+ if (!pruner.shouldRunAgain())
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
+bool UnusedPruner::used(string const& _name) const
+{
+ return m_references.count(_name) && m_references.at(_name) > 0;
+}
+
+void UnusedPruner::subtractReferences(map const& _subtrahend)
+{
+ for (auto const& ref: _subtrahend)
+ {
+ solAssert(m_references.count(ref.first), "");
+ solAssert(m_references.at(ref.first) >= ref.second, "");
+ m_references[ref.first] -= ref.second;
+ m_shouldRunAgain = true;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.h b/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5212328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjulia/optimiser/UnusedPruner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ This file is part of solidity.
+
+ solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with solidity. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * Optimisation stage that removes unused variables and functions.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include
+
+#include
+#include