diff --git a/linkcheck/HtmlParser/htmlsax.py b/linkcheck/HtmlParser/htmlsax.py
index dba7806b..1aa5c265 100644
--- a/linkcheck/HtmlParser/htmlsax.py
+++ b/linkcheck/HtmlParser/htmlsax.py
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ class Parser(object):
         self.html_doc = None
         self.tag_lineno = None
         self.tag_column = None
-        self.last_tag_lineno = None
-        self.last_tag_column = None
 
     def parse_contents(self, contents):
         for content in contents:
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@ class Parser(object):
                         if v == b'':
                             v = u''
                         attrs[k] = v
-                self.last_tag_lineno = self.tag_lineno
-                self.last_tag_column = self.tag_column
                 self.tag_lineno = content.sourceline
                 self.tag_column = None if content.sourcepos is None \
                     else content.sourcepos + 1
@@ -100,15 +96,9 @@ class Parser(object):
     def lineno(self):
         return self.tag_lineno
 
-    def last_lineno(self):
-        return self.last_tag_lineno
-
     def column(self):
         return self.tag_column
 
-    def last_column(self):
-        return self.last_tag_column
-
 
 def parser(handler=None):
     return Parser(handler)
diff --git a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
index 33aa4321..b60bfa14 100644
--- a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
+++ b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class LinkFinder (TagFinder):
     def start_element (self, tag, attrs, element_text=None):
         """Search for links and store found URLs in a list."""
         log.debug(LOG_CHECK, "LinkFinder tag %s attrs %s", tag, attrs)
-        log.debug(LOG_CHECK, "line %d col %d old line %s old col %s", self.parser.lineno(), self.parser.column(), self.parser.last_lineno(), self.parser.last_column())
+        log.debug(LOG_CHECK, "line %d col %d", self.parser.lineno(), self.parser.column())
         if tag == "base" and not self.base_ref:
             self.base_ref = attrs.get_true("href", u'')
         tagattrs = self.tags.get(tag, self.universal_attrs)