diff --git a/src/proc/control/command-invocation.hpp b/src/proc/control/command-invocation.hpp
index fd4ee784a..da56f031a 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/command-invocation.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/command-invocation.hpp
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ namespace control {
      *            In this case, we allow any invocation call to compile,
      *            but the command will reject unsuitable signatures
      *            at runtime, when fetching the operation functor.
+     *  @remarks  actually this kind of invocation is the default case,
+     *            since commands are defined statically at application start-up
+     *            and invoked via the UI-Bus by command-ID
      */
     struct RuntimeCheckedCommandInvoker
       {
@@ -192,17 +195,6 @@ namespace control {
   
   
   
-  template<typename SIG>
-  inline
-  com::CommandInvoker<SIG>
-  invoke (SIG& operation_func)
-  {
-    Command command = Command::get ((FuncPtr)&operation_func);
-    ASSERT (command);
-    return com::CommandInvoker<SIG> (command);
-  }
-  
-  
   inline
   com::RuntimeCheckedCommandInvoker
   invoke (Symbol cmdID)
diff --git a/src/proc/control/command-registry.hpp b/src/proc/control/command-registry.hpp
index 02dfe6fa0..0830198af 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/command-registry.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/command-registry.hpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ namespace control {
       /** search the command index for a definition
        *  @param cmdInstance using the definition to look up
        *  @return the ID used to register this definition 
-       *          or \c NULL in case of an "anonymous" command */
+       *          or `NULL` in case of an "anonymous" command */
       Symbol
       findDefinition (Command const& cmdInstance)  const
         {
diff --git a/src/proc/control/command.cpp b/src/proc/control/command.cpp
index d99d1821f..e266da1aa 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/command.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/command.cpp
@@ -136,19 +136,6 @@ namespace control {
   }
   
   
-  /** @todo this is a "nice-to-have"; it would allow to call a function as a command,
-   *        almost as if it was a normal function. But this function needs to be defined
-   *        as a command previously, together with a suitable UNDO function. Moreover
-   *        this would probably require to build an additional index; 
-   *        thus this feature is unimplemented for the time being.
-   */
-  Command
-  Command::get (FuncPtr)
-  {
-    UNIMPLEMENTED ("find a command definition which was based on the given function (ptr)");
-  }
-  
-  
   /** try to access an existing command definition and immediately
    *  create a new clone copy by calling #newInstance()
    * @return when search for this ID was successful, a new anonymous
diff --git a/src/proc/control/command.hpp b/src/proc/control/command.hpp
index 9e9e60845..1a670785a 100644
--- a/src/proc/control/command.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/control/command.hpp
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ namespace control {
     public:
       /* === command registry === */
       static Command get (Symbol cmdID);
-      static Command get (FuncPtr func);
       static bool remove (Symbol cmdID);
       
       /** create a clone definition */
diff --git a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use1-test.cpp b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use1-test.cpp
index cb8e7d4da..cbc89a356 100644
--- a/tests/core/proc/control/command-use1-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/proc/control/command-use1-test.cpp
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ namespace test    {
           invoke ("test.command1.2") (1234);
           CHECK ( 1234 == command1::check_);
           
-          // another shortcut, with static type check:
-//        invoke (command1::operate) (5678);                                  //////////////////TICKET #291  : unimplemented for now (9/09)
-//        CHECK ( 1234+5678 == command1::check_);
-          
           com.undo();
           CHECK ( 0 == command1::check_);
         }