diff --git a/include/library.h b/include/library.h
index 0497e5a5c..4c629874b 100644
--- a/include/library.h
+++ b/include/library.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stack>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ class Library
    */
   std::vector<std::string> getBooksIds();
 
-  stack<string> current;
   friend class OPDSDumper;
 };
 }
diff --git a/include/manager.h b/include/manager.h
index abbbd8e7d..4ac7e260a 100644
--- a/include/manager.h
+++ b/include/manager.h
@@ -115,22 +115,6 @@ class Manager
    */
   bool removeBookById(const string id);
 
-  /**
-   * Set the current book.
-   *
-   * @param id The id to add to the stack of current books.
-   *           If id is empty, remove the current book from the stack.
-   * @return True
-   */
-  bool setCurrentBookId(const string id);
-
-  /**
-   * Get the current book id.
-   *
-   * @return The id of the current book (or empty string if no current book).
-   */
-  string getCurrentBookId() const;
-
   /**
    * Set the path of the external fulltext index associated to a book.
    *
@@ -193,14 +177,6 @@ class Manager
    */
   bool getBookById(const string id, Book& book);
 
-  /**
-   * Get the current book.
-   *
-   * @param[out] The current book.
-   * @return True if there is a current book.
-   */
-  bool getCurrentBook(Book& book);
-
   /**
    * Update the "last open date" of a book
    *
diff --git a/src/manager.cpp b/src/manager.cpp
index f7a502cc1..7e6648f83 100644
--- a/src/manager.cpp
+++ b/src/manager.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ bool Manager::parseXmlDom(const pugi::xml_document& doc,
 {
   pugi::xml_node libraryNode = doc.child("library");
 
-  if (strlen(libraryNode.attribute("current").value()))
-    this->setCurrentBookId(libraryNode.attribute("current").value());
-
   string libraryVersion = libraryNode.attribute("version").value();
 
   for (pugi::xml_node bookNode = libraryNode.child("book"); bookNode;
@@ -195,23 +192,6 @@ bool Manager::readFile(const string nativePath,
 }
 
 
-bool Manager::setCurrentBookId(const string id)
-{
-  if (library.current.empty() || library.current.top() != id) {
-    if (id.empty() && !library.current.empty()) {
-      library.current.pop();
-    } else {
-      library.current.push(id);
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-string Manager::getCurrentBookId() const
-{
-  return library.current.empty() ? "" : library.current.top();
-}
-
 /* Add a book to the library. Return empty string if failed, book id otherwise
  */
 string Manager::addBookFromPathAndGetId(const string pathToOpen,
@@ -315,17 +295,6 @@ bool Manager::removeBookById(const string id)
   return library.removeBookById(id);
 }
 
-bool Manager::getCurrentBook(Book& book)
-{
-  string currentBookId = getCurrentBookId();
-  if (currentBookId.empty()) {
-    return false;
-  } else {
-    book = library.getBookById(currentBookId);
-    return true;
-  }
-}
-
 bool Manager::updateBookLastOpenDateById(const string id)
 try {
   auto book = library.getBookById(id);