diff --git a/jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py b/jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py
index 9fe51927..e0bce398 100644
--- a/jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py
+++ b/jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py
@@ -67,15 +67,7 @@ class EncryptedJournal(Journal.Journal):
             key = make_key(password)
             return _decrypt(journal_encrypted, key)
 
-        text = None
-
-        if 'password' in self.config:
-            text = validate_password(self.config['password'])
-
-        if text is None:
-            text = util.get_password(keychain=self.name, validator=validate_password)
-
-        return text
+        return util.get_password(keychain=self.name, validator=validate_password)
 
     def _store(self, filename, text):
         key = make_key(self.config['password'])
diff --git a/jrnl/cli.py b/jrnl/cli.py
index b67a16c2..fa45c8ea 100644
--- a/jrnl/cli.py
+++ b/jrnl/cli.py
@@ -120,25 +120,6 @@ def update_config(config, new_config, scope, force_local=False):
         config.update(new_config)
 
 
-def open_journal(name, config):
-    """
-    Creates a normal, encrypted or DayOne journal based on the passed config.
-    """
-    if os.path.isdir(config['journal']):
-        if config['journal'].strip("/").endswith(".dayone") or "entries" in os.listdir(config['journal']):
-            from . import DayOneJournal
-            return DayOneJournal.DayOne(**config).open()
-        else:
-            util.prompt("[Error: {0} is a directory, but doesn't seem to be a DayOne journal either.".format(config['journal']))
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-    if not config['encrypt']:
-        return Journal.PlainJournal(name, **config).open()
-    else:
-        from . import EncryptedJournal
-        return EncryptedJournal.EncryptedJournal(name, **config).open()
-
-
 def run(manual_args=None):
     args = parse_args(manual_args)
     args.text = [p.decode('utf-8') if util.PY2 and not isinstance(p, unicode) else p for p in args.text]