From 3fa4225a6bc0966eb5fe3cc0eca290880d966d77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miod Vallat <miod.vallat@powerdns.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:22:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove leftover DNSBackend::maker() routines.

Signed-off-by: Miod Vallat <miod.vallat@powerdns.com>
---
 modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.hh    |  1 -
 modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.cc     | 12 ------------
 modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.hh     |  1 -
 modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.cc | 11 -----------
 modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.hh |  2 --
 5 files changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.hh b/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.hh
index df55e801f7..166327bcd0 100644
--- a/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.hh
+++ b/modules/bindbackend/bindbackend2.hh
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ public:
   void lookupEnd() override;
   void getAllDomains(vector<DomainInfo>* domains, bool getSerial, bool include_disabled = false) override;
 
-  static DNSBackend* maker();
   static std::mutex s_startup_lock;
 
   void setStale(domainid_t domain_id) override;
diff --git a/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.cc b/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.cc
index da430d24a6..25c5c5ba41 100644
--- a/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.cc
+++ b/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.cc
@@ -249,18 +249,6 @@ string PipeBackend::directBackendCmd(const string& query)
   return oss.str();
 }
 
-//! For the dynamic loader
-DNSBackend* PipeBackend::maker()
-{
-  try {
-    return new PipeBackend();
-  }
-  catch (...) {
-    g_log << Logger::Error << kBackendId << " Unable to instantiate a pipebackend!" << endl;
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-}
-
 PipeBackend::~PipeBackend()
 {
   cleanup();
diff --git a/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.hh b/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.hh
index 15535f4953..3a296d82f8 100644
--- a/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.hh
+++ b/modules/pipebackend/pipebackend.hh
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public:
   bool list(const ZoneName& target, domainid_t domain_id, bool include_disabled = false) override;
   bool get(DNSResourceRecord& r) override;
   string directBackendCmd(const string& query) override;
-  static DNSBackend* maker();
 
 private:
   void launch();
diff --git a/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.cc b/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.cc
index 6e11267a48..2234db2c1f 100644
--- a/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.cc
+++ b/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.cc
@@ -1011,17 +1011,6 @@ void RemoteBackend::setFresh(domainid_t domain_id)
   }
 }
 
-DNSBackend* RemoteBackend::maker()
-{
-  try {
-    return new RemoteBackend();
-  }
-  catch (...) {
-    g_log << Logger::Error << kBackendId << " Unable to instantiate a remotebackend!" << endl;
-    return nullptr;
-  };
-}
-
 class RemoteBackendFactory : public BackendFactory
 {
 public:
diff --git a/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.hh b/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.hh
index 94bb292b42..77671e9b1a 100644
--- a/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.hh
+++ b/modules/remotebackend/remotebackend.hh
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ public:
   void setStale(domainid_t domain_id) override;
   void setFresh(domainid_t domain_id) override;
 
-  static DNSBackend* maker();
-
 private:
   int build();
   std::unique_ptr<Connector> connector;
-- 
2.47.3