diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
index 22bca49..4c95282 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ public class Jedis extends BinaryJedis implements JedisCommands {
     	super(shardInfo);
     }
 
-    public String ping() {
-        checkIsInMulti();
-        client.ping();
-        return client.getStatusCodeReply();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set the string value as value of the key. The string can't be longer than
      * 1073741824 bytes (1 GB).
@@ -289,19 +283,6 @@ public class Jedis extends BinaryJedis implements JedisCommands {
         return client.getIntegerReply();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Select the DB with having the specified zero-based numeric index. For
-     * default every new client connection is automatically selected to DB 0.
-     * 
-     * @param index
-     * @return Status code reply
-     */
-    public String select(final int index) {
-        checkIsInMulti();
-        client.select(index);
-        return client.getStatusCodeReply();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Move the specified key from the currently selected DB to the specified
      * destination DB. Note that this command returns 1 only if the key was