diff --git a/geomagio/temperature/StreamTEMPFactory.py b/geomagio/temperature/StreamTEMPFactory.py
index 45e46cbf8734ba289658af71e65b77bfe38e5e8e..58d4b7dcad03dcbacbf86861dcd12d3da9779aad 100644
--- a/geomagio/temperature/StreamTEMPFactory.py
+++ b/geomagio/temperature/StreamTEMPFactory.py
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ class StreamTEMPFactory(TEMPFactory):
         TEMPFactory.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         self._stream = stream
 
-    def get_timeseries(self, starttime, endtime, observatory=None,
-            channels=None, type=None, interval=None):
-        """Implements get_timeseries
-
-        Notes: Calls TEMPFactory.parse_string in place of
-            TEMPFactory.get_timeseries.
-        """
-        return TEMPFactory.parse_string(self, self._stream.read())
-
     def put_timeseries(self, timeseries, starttime=None, endtime=None,
             channels=None, type=None, interval=None):
         """Implements put_timeseries
diff --git a/geomagio/vbf/StreamVBFFactory.py b/geomagio/vbf/StreamVBFFactory.py
index fa604a9f152bd81555873c2da29c10d622325353..eba950fa2eb176615c3c5b495f050e631c51e6c9 100644
--- a/geomagio/vbf/StreamVBFFactory.py
+++ b/geomagio/vbf/StreamVBFFactory.py
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ class StreamVBFFactory(VBFFactory):
         VBFFactory.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         self._stream = stream
 
-    def get_timeseries(self, starttime, endtime, observatory=None,
-            channels=None, type=None, interval=None):
-        """Implements get_timeseries
-
-        Notes: Calls VBFFactory.parse_string in place of
-            VBFFactory.get_timeseries.
-        """
-        return VBFFactory.parse_string(self, self._stream.read())
-
     def put_timeseries(self, timeseries, starttime=None, endtime=None,
             channels=None, type=None, interval=None):
         """Implements put_timeseries