diff --git a/ParsingDriver.cc b/ParsingDriver.cc
index e551078b..c556220f 100644
--- a/ParsingDriver.cc
+++ b/ParsingDriver.cc
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ ParsingDriver::declare_symbol(const string *name, SymbolType type, const string
         mod_file->symbol_table.addSymbol(*name, type);
       else
         if (tex_name == NULL)
-          mod_file->symbol_table.createTexNameAndAddSymbolWithLongName(*name, type, *long_name);
+          mod_file->symbol_table.addSymbol(*name, type, "", *long_name);
         else if (long_name == NULL)
-          mod_file->symbol_table.addSymbol(*name, type, *tex_name);
+          mod_file->symbol_table.addSymbol(*name, type, *tex_name, "");
         else
           mod_file->symbol_table.addSymbol(*name, type, *tex_name, *long_name);
     }
diff --git a/SymbolTable.cc b/SymbolTable.cc
index d9404d71..1c8652e5 100644
--- a/SymbolTable.cc
+++ b/SymbolTable.cc
@@ -52,49 +52,37 @@ SymbolTable::addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &tex_na
         throw AlreadyDeclaredException(name, false);
     }
 
+  string final_tex_name = tex_name;
+  if (final_tex_name.empty())
+    {
+      final_tex_name = name;
+      size_t pos = 0;
+      while ((pos = final_tex_name.find('_', pos)) != string::npos)
+        {
+          final_tex_name.insert(pos, "\\");
+          pos += 2;
+        }
+    }
+
+  string final_long_name = long_name;
+  if (final_long_name.empty())
+    final_long_name = name;
+
   int id = size++;
 
   symbol_table[name] = id;
   type_table.push_back(type);
   name_table.push_back(name);
-  tex_name_table.push_back(tex_name);
-  long_name_table.push_back(long_name);
+  tex_name_table.push_back(final_tex_name);
+  long_name_table.push_back(final_long_name);
 
   return id;
 }
 
-int
-SymbolTable::addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &tex_name) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException)
-{
-  return addSymbol(name, type, tex_name, name);
-}
-
 int
 SymbolTable::addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException)
 {
-  string tex_name;
-  return addSymbol(name, type, construct_tex_name(name, tex_name));
-}
-
-int
-SymbolTable::createTexNameAndAddSymbolWithLongName(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &long_name) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException)
-{
-  string tex_name;
-  return addSymbol(name, type, construct_tex_name(name, tex_name), long_name);
-}
-
-string &
-SymbolTable::construct_tex_name(const string &name, string &tex_name)
-{
-  // Construct "tex_name" by prepending an antislash to all underscores in "name"
-  tex_name = name;
-  size_t pos = 0;
-  while ((pos = tex_name.find('_', pos)) != string::npos)
-    {
-      tex_name.insert(pos, "\\");
-      pos += 2;
-    }
-  return tex_name;
+  return addSymbol(name, type, "", "");
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/SymbolTable.hh b/SymbolTable.hh
index e078f267..49c20855 100644
--- a/SymbolTable.hh
+++ b/SymbolTable.hh
@@ -185,18 +185,9 @@ public:
   //! Add a symbol
   /*! Returns the symbol ID */
   int addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &tex_name, const string &long_name) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException);
-  //! Add a symbol without its long name (will be equal to its name)
-  /*! Returns the symbol ID */
-  int addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &tex_name) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException);
   //! Add a symbol without its TeX name (will be equal to its name)
   /*! Returns the symbol ID */
   int addSymbol(const string &name, SymbolType type) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException);
-  //! Tmp addSymbol function that creates a tex_name and declares a symbol
-  //! when the name and long_name are passed
-  /*! Returns the symbol ID */
-  int createTexNameAndAddSymbolWithLongName(const string &name, SymbolType type, const string &long_name) throw (AlreadyDeclaredException, FrozenException);
-  //! Create a tex_name based on the variable name
-  string &construct_tex_name(const string &name, string &tex_name);
   //! Adds an auxiliary variable for endogenous with lead >= 2
   /*!
     \param[in] index Used to construct the variable name