diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 554f41e..049ccaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ All notable changes to WuttJamaican will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## v0.8.3 (2024-08-05)
-
-### Fix
-
-- add `AuthHandler.user_is_admin()` method
-- add `AppHandler.make_title()` convenience method
-
 ## v0.8.2 (2024-07-18)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3fd56ab..4d9be0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "WuttJamaican"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.2"
 description = "Base package for Wutta Framework"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Lance Edgar", email = "lance@edbob.org"}]
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/app.py b/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
index fef2b30..53d378b 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/app.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import importlib
 import os
 import warnings
 
-from wuttjamaican.util import load_entry_points, load_object, make_title, make_uuid, parse_bool
+from wuttjamaican.util import load_entry_points, load_object, make_uuid, parse_bool
 
 
 class AppHandler:
@@ -232,20 +232,6 @@ class AppHandler:
 
         return Session(**kwargs)
 
-    def make_title(self, text, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Return a human-friendly "title" for the given text.
-
-        This is mostly useful for converting a Python variable name (or
-        similar) to a human-friendly string, e.g.::
-
-            make_title('foo_bar')     # => 'Foo Bar'
-
-        By default this just invokes
-        :func:`wuttjamaican.util.make_title()`.
-        """
-        return make_title(text)
-
     def make_uuid(self):
         """
         Generate a new UUID value.
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py b/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
index 008d352..d9300ed 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
@@ -369,20 +369,6 @@ class AuthHandler(GenericHandler):
         """
         return self._special_role(session, 'b765a9cc331a11e6ac2a3ca9f40bc550', "Authenticated")
 
-    def user_is_admin(self, user, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Check if given user is a member of the "Administrator" role.
-
-        :rtype: bool
-        """
-        if user:
-            session = self.app.get_session(user)
-            admin = self.get_role_administrator(session)
-            if admin in user.roles:
-                return True
-
-        return False
-
     def get_permissions(self, session, principal,
                           include_anonymous=True,
                           include_authenticated=True):
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/util.py b/src/wuttjamaican/util.py
index 78a755a..5ebc73a 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/util.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/util.py
@@ -114,21 +114,6 @@ def load_object(spec):
     return getattr(module, name)
 
 
-def make_title(text):
-    """
-    Return a human-friendly "title" for the given text.
-
-    This is mostly useful for converting a Python variable name (or
-    similar) to a human-friendly string, e.g.::
-
-        make_title('foo_bar')     # => 'Foo Bar'
-    """
-    text = text.replace('_', ' ')
-    text = text.replace('-', ' ')
-    words = text.split()
-    return ' '.join([x.capitalize() for x in words])
-
-
 def make_uuid():
     """
     Generate a universally-unique identifier.
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index b2aa391..03a9cc3 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
     def test_get_title(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.app.get_title(), 'WuttJamaican')
 
-    def test_make_title(self):
-        text = self.app.make_title('foo_bar')
-        self.assertEqual(text, "Foo Bar")
-
     def test_make_uuid(self):
         uuid = self.app.make_uuid()
         self.assertEqual(len(uuid), 32)
diff --git a/tests/test_auth.py b/tests/test_auth.py
index cf37417..e8d5e15 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -253,23 +253,6 @@ else:
             self.assertEqual(self.session.query(model.Role).count(), 1)
             self.assertEqual(role.name, "Authenticated")
 
-        def test_user_is_admin(self):
-            model = self.app.model
-
-            # non-user is not admin
-            self.assertFalse(self.handler.user_is_admin(None))
-
-            # new user but not yet admin
-            user = self.handler.make_user(session=self.session)
-            self.session.commit()
-            self.assertFalse(self.handler.user_is_admin(user))
-
-            # but we can make them an admin
-            admin = self.handler.get_role_administrator(self.session)
-            user.roles.append(admin)
-            self.session.commit()
-            self.assertTrue(self.handler.user_is_admin(user))
-
         def test_get_permissions(self):
             model = self.app.model
 
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index 921e416..7e0bac5 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -232,10 +232,3 @@ class TestParseList(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(value[0], 'foo')
         self.assertEqual(value[1], 'C:\\some path\\with spaces\\and, a comma')
         self.assertEqual(value[2], 'baz')
-
-
-class TestMakeTitle(TestCase):
-
-    def test_basic(self):
-        text = util.make_title('foo_bar')
-        self.assertEqual(text, "Foo Bar")