diff --git a/include/types/acl.h b/include/types/acl.h
index bb5ad0d64..68c3d78d7 100644
--- a/include/types/acl.h
+++ b/include/types/acl.h
@@ -147,27 +147,6 @@ enum {
 	ACL_USE_RTR_ANY         = (ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY | ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY | ACL_USE_RTR_INTERNAL),
 };
 
-/* filtering hooks */
-enum {
-	/* hooks on the request path */
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_TCP = 0,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_TCP_CONTENT,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_HTTP_IN,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_SWITCH,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_TCP_CONTENT,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_HTTP_IN,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_SWITCH,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_HTTP_OUT,
-	ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_HTTP_OUT,
-	/* hooks on the response path */
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_TCP_CONTENT,
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_HTTP_IN,
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_TCP_CONTENT,
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_HTTP_IN,
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_HTTP_OUT,
-	ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_HTTP_OUT,
-};
-
 /* How to store a time range and the valid days in 29 bits */
 struct acl_time {
 	int dow:7;              /* 1 bit per day of week: 0-6 */
diff --git a/src/acl.c b/src/acl.c
index 2e23e30c3..2b3bbd547 100644
--- a/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/acl.c
@@ -32,28 +32,6 @@
 
 #include <ebsttree.h>
 
-/* The capabilities of filtering hooks describe the type of information
- * available to each of them.
- */
-const unsigned int filt_cap[] = {
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_TCP]         = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_TCP_CONTENT] = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_HTTP_IN]     = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_SWITCH]      = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_TCP_CONTENT] = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_HTTP_IN]     = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_SWITCH]      = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_FE_HTTP_OUT]    = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_REQ_BE_HTTP_OUT]    = ACL_USE_TCP4_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP6_ANY|ACL_USE_TCP_ANY|ACL_USE_L6REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_L7REQ_ANY|ACL_USE_HDR_ANY,
-
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_TCP_CONTENT] = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_HTTP_IN]     = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY|ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_TCP_CONTENT] = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY|ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_HTTP_IN]     = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY|ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_BE_HTTP_OUT]    = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY|ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY,
-	[ACL_HOOK_RTR_FE_HTTP_OUT]    = ACL_USE_REQ_PERMANENT|ACL_USE_REQ_CACHEABLE|ACL_USE_L6RTR_ANY|ACL_USE_L7RTR_ANY,
-};
-
 /* List head of all known ACL keywords */
 static struct acl_kw_list acl_keywords = {
 	.list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(acl_keywords.list)