diff --git a/include/storage/io.hpp b/include/storage/io.hpp
index 6fb817e59..dbd6330ab 100644
--- a/include/storage/io.hpp
+++ b/include/storage/io.hpp
@@ -143,15 +143,6 @@ class FileReader
 // To make function calls consistent, this function returns the fixed number of properties
 inline std::size_t readPropertiesCount() { return 1; }
 
-// Returns the number of bytes in a file
-inline std::size_t readNumberOfBytes(boost::filesystem::ifstream &input_stream)
-{
-    input_stream.seekg(0, input_stream.end);
-    auto length = input_stream.tellg();
-    input_stream.seekg(0, input_stream.beg);
-    return length;
-}
-
 #pragma pack(push, 1)
 struct HSGRHeader
 {
@@ -201,25 +192,6 @@ inline void readHSGR(io::FileReader &input_file,
     input_file.ReadInto(edge_buffer, number_of_edges);
 }
 
-// Loads properties from a `.properties` file into memory
-inline void readProperties(io::FileReader &properties_file,
-                           extractor::ProfileProperties *properties,
-                           const std::size_t properties_size)
-{
-    BOOST_ASSERT(properties);
-    properties_file.ReadInto(properties, properties_size);
-}
-
-// Reads the timestamp in a `.timestamp` file
-// Use readNumberOfBytes() beforehand to get the length of the file
-inline void readTimestamp(boost::filesystem::ifstream &timestamp_input_stream,
-                          char *timestamp,
-                          const std::size_t timestamp_length)
-{
-    BOOST_ASSERT(timestamp);
-    timestamp_input_stream.read(timestamp, timestamp_length * sizeof(char));
-}
-
 // Loads datasource_indexes from .datasource_indexes into memory
 // Needs to be called after readElementCount() to get the correct offset in the stream
 inline void readDatasourceIndexes(io::FileReader &datasource_indexes_file,
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.cpp b/src/storage/storage.cpp
index 1ee29104f..ca921a242 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/storage.cpp
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ void Storage::LoadData(DataLayout *layout_ptr, char *memory_ptr)
         const auto profile_properties_ptr =
             layout_ptr->GetBlockPtr<extractor::ProfileProperties, true>(memory_ptr,
                                                                         DataLayout::PROPERTIES);
-        const auto properties_size = io::readPropertiesCount();
-        io::readProperties(profile_properties_file, profile_properties_ptr, properties_size);
+        profile_properties_file.ReadInto(profile_properties_ptr,
+                                         layout_ptr->num_entries[DataLayout::PROPERTIES]);
     }
 
     // Load intersection data