diff --git a/manimlib/utils/dict_ops.py b/manimlib/utils/dict_ops.py
index 34489c91..6dcaa7d1 100644
--- a/manimlib/utils/dict_ops.py
+++ b/manimlib/utils/dict_ops.py
@@ -1,53 +1,6 @@
-import inspect
 import itertools as it
 
 
-def get_all_descendent_classes(Class):
-    awaiting_review = [Class]
-    result = []
-    while awaiting_review:
-        Child = awaiting_review.pop()
-        awaiting_review += Child.__subclasses__()
-        result.append(Child)
-    return result
-
-
-def filtered_locals(caller_locals):
-    result = caller_locals.copy()
-    ignored_local_args = ["self", "kwargs"]
-    for arg in ignored_local_args:
-        result.pop(arg, caller_locals)
-    return result
-
-
-def digest_config(obj, kwargs, caller_locals={}):
-    """
-    (Deprecated)
-
-    Sets init args and CONFIG values as local variables
-
-    The purpose of this function is to ensure that all
-    configuration of any object is inheritable, able to
-    be easily passed into instantiation, and is attached
-    as an attribute of the object.
-    """
-
-    # Assemble list of CONFIGs from all super classes
-    classes_in_hierarchy = [obj.__class__]
-    static_configs = []
-    while len(classes_in_hierarchy) > 0:
-        Class = classes_in_hierarchy.pop()
-        classes_in_hierarchy += Class.__bases__
-        if hasattr(Class, "CONFIG"):
-            static_configs.append(Class.CONFIG)
-
-    # Order matters a lot here, first dicts have higher priority
-    caller_locals = filtered_locals(caller_locals)
-    all_dicts = [kwargs, caller_locals, obj.__dict__]
-    all_dicts += static_configs
-    obj.__dict__ = merge_dicts_recursively(*reversed(all_dicts))
-
-
 def merge_dicts_recursively(*dicts):
     """
     Creates a dict whose keyset is the union of all the
@@ -76,21 +29,3 @@ def soft_dict_update(d1, d2):
     for key, value in list(d2.items()):
         if key not in d1:
             d1[key] = value
-
-
-def digest_locals(obj, keys=None):
-    caller_locals = filtered_locals(
-        inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_locals
-    )
-    if keys is None:
-        keys = list(caller_locals.keys())
-    for key in keys:
-        setattr(obj, key, caller_locals[key])
-
-# Occasionally convenient in order to write dict.x instead of more laborious
-# (and less in keeping with all other attr accesses) dict["x"]
-
-
-class DictAsObject(object):
-    def __init__(self, dict):
-        self.__dict__ = dict