diff --git a/apps/app_dial.c b/apps/app_dial.c
index b8785561c3f84d5803537f7b7ae802c00876f6c2..89cf37521bea812a2699d0f854d9ba5f6fdc621d 100755
--- a/apps/app_dial.c
+++ b/apps/app_dial.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static int dial_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 		/* Presense of ADSI CPE on outgoing channel follows ours */
 		tmp->chan->adsicpe = chan->adsicpe;
 		/* pass the digital flag */
-		ast_dup_flag(tmp->chan, chan, AST_FLAG_DIGITAL);
+		ast_copy_flags(tmp->chan, chan, AST_FLAG_DIGITAL);
 
 		/* If we have an outbound group, set this peer channel to it */
 		if (outbound_group)
diff --git a/channels/chan_agent.c b/channels/chan_agent.c
index d9bc19eb5093c62f34d25f033d3222fe9654ddff..c953ba389595764ba1b8e40c0d974e12e75ef15b 100755
--- a/channels/chan_agent.c
+++ b/channels/chan_agent.c
@@ -354,19 +354,6 @@ static struct ast_frame  *agent_read(struct ast_channel *ast)
 			p->acknowledged = 0;
 		}
 	}
-#if 0
-	/* I don't know what this code does and was unable to get a hold of Jim to
-	   find out, but it causes chan_agent to crash (see bug #3043) at
-	   http://bugs.digium.com */
-	if ((!strncmp(p->chan->name,"Zap",3)) && (!p->ackcall) && (!p->acknowledged))
-        {
-
-                p->acknowledged = 1;
-                f = &answer_frame;
-                if (p->chan)
-                        p->chan->_bridge = ast;
-        }
-#endif		
 	if (f && (f->frametype == AST_FRAME_CONTROL) && (f->subclass == AST_CONTROL_ANSWER)) {
 /* TC */
 		if (p->ackcall) {
diff --git a/include/asterisk/channel.h b/include/asterisk/channel.h
index 28c566364c991307d14ca4deff045771aae4295c..0a1bf0222c31f5d500790d05fe53b744e57517eb 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/channel.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/channel.h
@@ -231,43 +231,6 @@ struct ast_channel {
 #define AST_FLAG_ZOMBIE		(1 << 4)	/* if we are a zombie */
 #define AST_FLAG_EXCEPTION	(1 << 5)	/* if there is a pending exception */
 
-static inline int ast_test_flag(struct ast_channel *chan, int mode)
-{
-	return chan->flags & mode;
-}
-
-static inline void ast_set_flag(struct ast_channel *chan, int mode)
-{
-	chan->flags |= mode;
-}
-
-static inline void ast_clear_flag(struct ast_channel *chan, int mode)
-{
-	chan->flags &= ~mode;
-}
-
-static inline void ast_copy_flags(struct ast_channel *dest, struct ast_channel *src, int flags)
-{
-	dest->flags &= ~flags;
-	dest->flags |= (src->flags & flags);
-}
-
-static inline void ast_set2_flag(struct ast_channel *chan, int value, int mode)
-{
-	if (value)
-		ast_set_flag(chan, mode);
-	else
-		ast_clear_flag(chan, mode);
-}
-
-static inline void ast_dup_flag(struct ast_channel *dstchan, struct ast_channel *srcchan, int mode)
-{
-	if (ast_test_flag(srcchan, mode))
-		ast_set_flag(dstchan, mode);
-	else
-		ast_clear_flag(dstchan, mode);
-}	
-
 struct ast_bridge_config {
 	int play_to_caller;
 	int play_to_callee;
diff --git a/include/asterisk/utils.h b/include/asterisk/utils.h
index 7c47fac893261b769e9c886660f35da9f234b506..b70a1ffca4ba8340b3a4d1289c213cb702197343 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/utils.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/utils.h
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <asterisk/lock.h>
 
+#define ast_test_flag(p,flag) 		((p)->flags & (flag))
+
+#define ast_set_flag(p,flag)		((p)->flags |= (flag))
+
+#define ast_clear_flag(p,flag)		((p)->flags &= ~(flag))
+
+#define ast_copy_flags(dest,src,flagz)	do { dest->flags &= ~(flagz); \
+					dest->flags |= (src->flags & flagz); } while(0)
+
+#define ast_set2_flag(p,value,flag)	((value) ? ast_set_flag(p,flag) : ast_clear_flag(p,flag))	
+
 static inline int ast_strlen_zero(const char *s)
 {
 	return (*s == '\0');
diff --git a/indications.c b/indications.c
index 02cc9d016bbfb4fa1b4f0ebde480683c47942348..9e85ff240d5aa4e3acbd06a5fd2e61234de7da28 100755
--- a/indications.c
+++ b/indications.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <asterisk/channel.h>
 #include <asterisk/logger.h>
 #include <asterisk/lock.h>
+#include <asterisk/utils.h>
 
 struct playtones_item {
 	int freq1;