diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index bd76e58d..71cffcee 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -1687,31 +1687,19 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                 'test',
             ].concat(object_fns)),
             String: makePredicate([
-                'anchor',
-                'big',
-                'blink',
-                'bold',
                 'charAt',
                 'charCodeAt',
                 'concat',
-                'fixed',
-                'fontcolor',
-                'fontsize',
                 'indexOf',
                 'italics',
                 'lastIndexOf',
-                'link',
                 'match',
                 'replace',
                 'search',
                 'slice',
-                'small',
                 'split',
-                'strike',
-                'sub',
                 'substr',
                 'substring',
-                'sup',
                 'trim',
             ].concat(object_fns)),
         };