diff --git a/include/lorawan.h b/include/lorawan.h
index e2239739..615bbc91 100644
--- a/include/lorawan.h
+++ b/include/lorawan.h
@@ -45,42 +45,6 @@ const char *getBwName(rps_t rps);
 const char *getCrName(rps_t rps);
 
 #if (VERBOSE)
-
-// a table for storage of LORAWAN MAC commands
-typedef struct {
-  const uint8_t cid;
-  const char cmdname[20];
-  const uint8_t params;
-} mac_t;
-
-// table of LORAWAN MAC messages sent by the network to the device
-// format: CDI, Command (max 19 chars), #parameters (bytes)
-// source: LoRaWAN 1.1 Specification (October 11, 2017)
-static const mac_t MACdn_table[] = {
-    {0x01, "ResetConf", 1},          {0x02, "LinkCheckAns", 2},
-    {0x03, "LinkADRReq", 4},         {0x04, "DutyCycleReq", 1},
-    {0x05, "RXParamSetupReq", 4},    {0x06, "DevStatusReq", 0},
-    {0x07, "NewChannelReq", 5},      {0x08, "RxTimingSetupReq", 1},
-    {0x09, "TxParamSetupReq", 1},    {0x0A, "DlChannelReq", 4},
-    {0x0B, "RekeyConf", 1},          {0x0C, "ADRParamSetupReq", 1},
-    {0x0D, "DeviceTimeAns", 5},      {0x0E, "ForceRejoinReq", 2},
-    {0x0F, "RejoinParamSetupReq", 1}};
-
-static const uint8_t MACdn_tSize = sizeof(MACdn_table) / sizeof(MACdn_table[0]);
-
-// table of LORAWAN MAC messages sent by the device to the network
-static const mac_t MACup_table[] = {
-    {0x01, "ResetInd", 1},        {0x02, "LinkCheckReq", 0},
-    {0x03, "LinkADRAns", 1},      {0x04, "DutyCycleAns", 0},
-    {0x05, "RXParamSetupAns", 1}, {0x06, "DevStatusAns", 2},
-    {0x07, "NewChannelAns", 1},   {0x08, "RxTimingSetupAns", 0},
-    {0x09, "TxParamSetupAns", 0}, {0x0A, "DlChannelAns", 1},
-    {0x0B, "RekeyInd", 1},        {0x0C, "ADRParamSetupAns", 0},
-    {0x0D, "DeviceTimeReq", 0},   {0x0F, "RejoinParamSetupAns", 1}};
-
-static const uint8_t MACup_tSize = sizeof(MACup_table) / sizeof(MACup_table[0]);
-
-void mac_decode(const uint8_t cmd[], const uint8_t cmdlen, bool is_down);
 void showLoraKeys(void);
 #endif // VERBOSE
 
diff --git a/src/lorawan.cpp b/src/lorawan.cpp
index fd601e97..d0c95c90 100644
--- a/src/lorawan.cpp
+++ b/src/lorawan.cpp
@@ -439,18 +439,6 @@ void myRxCallback(void *pUserData, uint8_t port, const uint8_t *pMsg,
 
   switch (port) {
 
-// decode mac messages if we want to print those
-#if (VERBOSE)
-  case MACPORT:
-    // decode downlink MAC commands
-    if (LMIC.dataBeg)
-      mac_decode(LMIC.frame, LMIC.dataBeg, true);
-    // decode uplink MAC commands
-    if (LMIC.pendMacLen)
-      mac_decode(LMIC.pendMacData, LMIC.pendMacLen, false);
-    break; // do not fallthrough to default, we are done
-#endif
-
   // rcommand received -> call interpreter
   case RCMDPORT:
     rcommand(pMsg, nMsg);
@@ -483,52 +471,6 @@ const char *getCrName(rps_t rps) {
   return t[getCr(rps)];
 }
 
-#if (VERBOSE)
-// decode LORAWAN MAC message
-// see
-// https://github.com/mcci-catena/arduino-lmic/blob/master/doc/LoRaWAN-at-a-glance.pdf
-void mac_decode(const uint8_t cmd[], const uint8_t cmdlen, bool is_down) {
-
-  if (!cmdlen)
-    return;
-
-  uint8_t foundcmd[cmdlen], cursor = 0;
-
-  // select CID resolve table
-  const mac_t *p;
-  p = is_down ? MACdn_table : MACup_table;
-  const int tablesize = is_down ? MACdn_tSize : MACup_tSize;
-  const String MACdir = is_down ? "-->" : "<--";
-
-  while (cursor < cmdlen) {
-
-    // get number of commands in CID table
-    int i = tablesize;
-
-    // lookup cmd in CID table
-    while (i--) {
-      if (cmd[cursor] == (p + i)->cid) { // lookup command in CID table
-        cursor++;                        // strip 1 byte CID
-        if ((cursor + (p + i)->params) <= cmdlen) {
-          memmove(foundcmd, cmd + cursor,
-                  (p + i)->params); // strip opcode from cmd array
-          cursor += (p + i)->params;
-          ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s %s", MACdir, (p + i)->cmdname);
-        } else
-          ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s MAC command 0x%02X with missing parameter(s)",
-                   MACdir, (p + i)->cid);
-        break;   // command found -> exit table lookup loop
-      }          // end of command validation
-    }            // end of command table lookup loop
-    if (i < 0) { // command not found -> skip it
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s Unknown MAC command 0x%02X", MACdir, cmd[cursor]);
-      cursor++;
-    }
-  } // command parsing loop
-
-} // mac_decode()
-#endif // VERBOSE
-
 // following code snippet was taken from
 // https://github.com/JackGruber/ESP32-LMIC-DeepSleep-example/blob/master/src/main.cpp