diff --git a/ui/commands.cc b/ui/commands.cc
index f3a2442024ecbb41531c4d6d85fc44e1c2ad830d..0d82d006f872bd51382e8c5a002b853992a65bd5 100644
--- a/ui/commands.cc
+++ b/ui/commands.cc
@@ -1431,29 +1431,6 @@ static INT SaveCommand (INT argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 
-/** \brief Implementation of \ref changemc. */
-static INT ChangeMagicCookieCommand (INT argc, char **argv)
-{
-  MULTIGRID *theMG;
-  int iValue;
-
-  theMG = currMG;
-  if (theMG==NULL)
-  {
-    PrintErrorMessage('E',"changemc","no open multigrid");
-    return (CMDERRORCODE);
-  }
-
-  if (sscanf(argv[0]," changemc %d",&iValue)!=1)
-  {
-    PrintErrorMessage('E',"changemc","cannot read magic-cookie");
-    return (CMDERRORCODE);
-  }
-  MG_MAGIC_COOKIE(theMG) = iValue;
-  return(OKCODE);
-}
-
-
 /** \brief Implementation of \ref level. */
 static INT LevelCommand (INT argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -3630,7 +3607,6 @@ INT NS_DIM_PREFIX InitCommands ()
   if (CreateCommand("open",                       OpenCommand                                     )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
   if (CreateCommand("close",                      CloseCommand                                    )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
   if (CreateCommand("save",                       SaveCommand                                     )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
-  if (CreateCommand("changemc",           ChangeMagicCookieCommand                )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
   if (CreateCommand("level",                      LevelCommand                                    )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
   if (CreateCommand("renumber",           RenumberMGCommand                               )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
   if (CreateCommand("ordernodes",         OrderNodesCommand                               )==NULL) return (__LINE__);
diff --git a/ui/commands.doc b/ui/commands.doc
index f5d96ff1211d26641b8665772d11062faf42ad58..07277e0f1713e399447f8a709d7165cd5ac307a2 100644
--- a/ui/commands.doc
+++ b/ui/commands.doc
@@ -601,25 +601,6 @@ freeaverage $nv uwTrans $s sol $nv unTrans $s sol;
 */
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-/****************************************************************************/
-/** \page changemc  changemc - Change magic cookie of multigrid
-
- \section Description
-   This function changes the magic cookie of multigrid.
-
-\section Syntax
-   'changemc \<mc>'
-   
-  <li> \<mc>				- new magic cookie
-   
- \section Keywords
-   multigrid, load, read, file, data
-
-   SEE ALSO:
-   'save'
-*/
-/****************************************************************************/
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 /** \page  level level - Select another current level