diff --git a/src/redset.c b/src/redset.c
index 3423592..0db6304 100644
--- a/src/redset.c
+++ b/src/redset.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ static int redset_from_dir(
 #endif
 
 /* returns a list of files added by redundancy descriptor */
-redset_filelist redset_filelist_get(
+redset_filelist redset_filelist_enc_get(
   const char* name,
   const redset dvp)
 {
@@ -1257,16 +1257,16 @@ redset_filelist redset_filelist_get(
   /* get files added by redundancy method */
   switch (d->type) {
   case REDSET_COPY_SINGLE:
-    tmp = redset_filelist_get_single(name, d);
+    tmp = redset_filelist_enc_get_single(name, d);
     break;
   case REDSET_COPY_PARTNER:
-    tmp = redset_filelist_get_partner(name, d);
+    tmp = redset_filelist_enc_get_partner(name, d);
     break;
   case REDSET_COPY_XOR:
-    tmp = redset_filelist_get_xor(name, d);
+    tmp = redset_filelist_enc_get_xor(name, d);
     break;
   case REDSET_COPY_RS:
-    tmp = redset_filelist_get_rs(name, d);
+    tmp = redset_filelist_enc_get_rs(name, d);
     break;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/redset.h b/src/redset.h
index 22ab179..f97bf2a 100644
--- a/src/redset.h
+++ b/src/redset.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int redset_unapply(
 );
 
 /** return list of files added by redundancy scheme */
-redset_filelist redset_filelist_get(
+redset_filelist redset_filelist_enc_get(
   const char* name, /**< [IN] - path/filename prefix to prepend to redset metadata files */
   const redset d    /**< [IN] - redundancy descriptor associated with above path */
 );
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ redset_filelist redset_filelist_orig_get(
   const redset d    /**< [IN] - redundancy descriptor associated with above path */
 );
 
-/** free file list allocated by call to redset_filelist_get */
+/** free file list allocated by call to redset_filelist_*_get */
 int redset_filelist_release(
   redset_filelist* plist /**< [INOUT] - address of pointer to list to be freed, sets pointer to NULL */
 );
diff --git a/src/redset_internal.h b/src/redset_internal.h
index 6c99772..c289bff 100644
--- a/src/redset_internal.h
+++ b/src/redset_internal.h
@@ -267,22 +267,22 @@ int redset_unapply_rs(
 );
 
 
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_single(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_single(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d
 );
 
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_partner(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_partner(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d
 );
 
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_xor(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_xor(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d
 );
 
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_rs(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_rs(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d
 );
diff --git a/src/redset_partner.c b/src/redset_partner.c
index 209d4aa..52d986a 100644
--- a/src/redset_partner.c
+++ b/src/redset_partner.c
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ int redset_unapply_partner(
 }
 
 /* returns a list of files added by redundancy descriptor */
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_partner(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_partner(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d)
 {
diff --git a/src/redset_reedsolomon.c b/src/redset_reedsolomon.c
index 2b4fa34..2221caf 100644
--- a/src/redset_reedsolomon.c
+++ b/src/redset_reedsolomon.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ int redset_unapply_rs(
 }
 
 /* returns a list of files added by redundancy descriptor */
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_rs(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_rs(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d)
 {
diff --git a/src/redset_single.c b/src/redset_single.c
index f9ad813..e423e8f 100644
--- a/src/redset_single.c
+++ b/src/redset_single.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int redset_unapply_single(
 }
 
 /* returns a list of files added by redundancy descriptor */
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_single(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_single(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d)
 {
diff --git a/src/redset_xor.c b/src/redset_xor.c
index 2a2c5c1..8c073f0 100644
--- a/src/redset_xor.c
+++ b/src/redset_xor.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ int redset_unapply_xor(
 }
 
 /* returns a list of files added by redundancy descriptor */
-redset_list* redset_filelist_get_xor(
+redset_list* redset_filelist_enc_get_xor(
   const char* name,
   redset_base* d)
 {
@@ -781,114 +781,6 @@ redset_list* redset_filelist_get_xor(
   return list;
 }
 
-redset_filelist redset_filelist_get_data(
-  int num,
-  const char** files)
-{
-  int total_ranks = 0;
-  int total_files = 0;
-  kvtree** current_hashes = NULL;
-
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-    /* open the current file */
-    const char* file = files[i];
-    int fd = redset_open(file, O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd < 0) {
-      redset_err("Opening XOR file for reading: redset_open(%s) errno=%d %s @ %s:%d",
-        file, errno, strerror(errno), __FILE__, __LINE__
-      );
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* read header from the file */
-    kvtree* header = kvtree_new();
-    kvtree_read_fd(file, fd, header);
-
-    /* if this is our first file, get number of ranks in the redudancy group */
-    if (current_hashes == NULL) {
-      /* read number of items in the redudancy group */
-      kvtree* group_hash = kvtree_get(header, REDSET_KEY_COPY_XOR_GROUP);
-      kvtree_util_get_int(group_hash, REDSET_KEY_COPY_XOR_GROUP_RANKS, &total_ranks);
-
-      /* allocate a spot to hold the file info for each member */
-      current_hashes = (kvtree**) REDSET_MALLOC(total_ranks * sizeof(kvtree*));
-
-      /* initialize all spots to NULL so we know whether we've already read it in */
-      int j;
-      for (j = 0; j < total_ranks; j++) {
-        current_hashes[j] = NULL;
-      }
-    }
-
-    /* get file info for each rank we can pull from this header */
-    kvtree* desc_hash = kvtree_get(header, REDSET_KEY_COPY_XOR_DESC);
-    kvtree_elem* rank_elem;
-    for (rank_elem = kvtree_elem_first(desc_hash);
-         rank_elem != NULL;
-         rank_elem = kvtree_elem_next(rank_elem))
-    {
-      /* get the rank of the file info */
-      int rank = kvtree_elem_key_int(rank_elem);
-
-      /* copy to our array if it's not already set */
-      if (current_hashes[rank] == NULL) {
-        /* not set, get pointer to file info */
-        kvtree* rank_hash = kvtree_elem_hash(rank_elem);
-
-        /* allocate an empty kvtree and copy the file info */
-        current_hashes[rank] = kvtree_new();
-        kvtree_merge(current_hashes[rank], rank_hash);
-
-        /* get number of files for this rank */
-        int numfiles = 0;
-        kvtree_util_get_int(rank_hash, "FILES", &numfiles);
-
-        /* sum the files to our running total across all ranks */
-        total_files += numfiles;
-      }
-    }
-
-    kvtree_delete(&header);
-
-    redset_close(file, fd);
-  }
-
-  /* allocate a list to hold files for all ranks */
-  redset_list* list = (redset_list*) REDSET_MALLOC(sizeof(redset_list));
-
-  list->count = total_files;
-  list->files = (const char**) REDSET_MALLOC(total_files * sizeof(char*));
-
-  int idx = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < total_ranks; i++) {
-    if (current_hashes[i] == NULL) {
-      /* ERROR! */
-    }
-
-    /* get number of files for this rank */
-    int numfiles = 0;
-    kvtree_util_get_int(current_hashes[i], "FILES", &numfiles);
-
-    int j;
-    kvtree* files_hash = kvtree_get(current_hashes[i], "FILE");
-    for (j = 0; j < numfiles; j++) {
-      /* get file name of this file */
-      kvtree* index_hash = kvtree_getf(files_hash, "%d", i);
-      kvtree_elem* elem = kvtree_elem_first(index_hash);
-      const char* filename = kvtree_elem_key(elem);
-      list->files[idx] = strdup(filename);
-      idx++;
-    }
-
-    kvtree_delete(&current_hashes[i]);
-  }
-
-  redset_free(&current_hashes);
-
-  return list;
-}
-
 /* returns a list of original files encoded by redundancy descriptor */
 redset_list* redset_filelist_orig_get_xor(
   const char* name,
diff --git a/test/test_redset.c b/test/test_redset.c
index a386bba..dbba823 100644
--- a/test/test_redset.c
+++ b/test/test_redset.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ int check_for_redundancy_files(int mode, const char* path, redset d)
   int rc = 0;
 
   /* get list of redundancy files */
-  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_get(path, d);
+  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_enc_get(path, d);
   if (list == NULL) {
     ABORT("Failed to get list of redundancy files");
   }
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int delete_redundancy_files(int mode, const char* path, redset d)
   int rc = 0;
 
   /* get list of redundancy files */
-  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_get(path, d);
+  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_enc_get(path, d);
   if (list == NULL) {
     ABORT("Failed to get list of redundancy files");
   }
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int test_unapply(int mode, const char* path, redset d, MPI_Comm comm)
   }
 
   /* get list of redundancy files */
-  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_get(path, d);
+  redset_filelist list = redset_filelist_enc_get(path, d);
   if (list == NULL) {
     ABORT("Failed to get list of redundancy files");
   }