diff --git a/src/core/enum-value.cc b/src/core/enum-value.cc
index 8cc1c110a..1701b2d4d 100644
--- a/src/core/enum-value.cc
+++ b/src/core/enum-value.cc
@@ -134,12 +134,4 @@ EnumParamSpec::GetInitialValue (void) const
   return PValue::Create<EnumValue> (m_valueSet.front ().first);
 }
 
-PValue
-EnumParamSpec::CreateValue (void) const
-{
-  return PValue::Create<EnumValue> (m_valueSet.front ().first);
-}
-
-
-
 } // namespace ns3
diff --git a/src/core/enum-value.h b/src/core/enum-value.h
index 65361f819..af3b5ccee 100644
--- a/src/core/enum-value.h
+++ b/src/core/enum-value.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public:
   virtual bool Check (PValue value) const;
 
   virtual PValue GetInitialValue (void) const;
-  virtual PValue CreateValue (void) const;
 private:
   virtual bool DoSet (ObjectBase *object, const EnumValue *value) const = 0;
   virtual bool DoGet (const ObjectBase *object, EnumValue *value) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/core/object-vector.cc b/src/core/object-vector.cc
index 3cef5c8bb..9280439a0 100644
--- a/src/core/object-vector.cc
+++ b/src/core/object-vector.cc
@@ -107,11 +107,5 @@ ObjectVectorParamSpec::GetInitialValue (void) const
 {
   return PValue::Create<ObjectVectorValue> ();
 }
-PValue 
-ObjectVectorParamSpec::CreateValue (void) const
-{
-  return PValue::Create<ObjectVectorValue> ();
-}
-
 
 } // name
diff --git a/src/core/object-vector.h b/src/core/object-vector.h
index dbd64733c..d7e258f40 100644
--- a/src/core/object-vector.h
+++ b/src/core/object-vector.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
   virtual bool Get (const ObjectBase * object, PValue value) const;
   virtual bool Check (PValue value) const;
   virtual PValue GetInitialValue (void) const;
-  virtual PValue CreateValue (void) const;
 private:
   virtual bool DoGetN (const ObjectBase *object, uint32_t *n) const = 0;
   virtual Ptr<Object> DoGet (const ObjectBase *object, uint32_t i) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/core/object.cc b/src/core/object.cc
index 72a126c51..63e447da4 100644
--- a/src/core/object.cc
+++ b/src/core/object.cc
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ Parameters::DoSet (Ptr<const ParamSpec> spec, PValue value)
       // attempt to convert to string.
       std::string str = value.SerializeToString (0);
       // attempt to convert back to value.
-      PValue v = spec->CreateValue ();
+      PValue v = spec->GetInitialValue ().Copy ();
       ok = v.DeserializeFromString (str, spec);
       if (!ok)
         {
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Parameters::DeserializeFromString (std::string str)
                 value = str.substr (equal+1, next - (equal+1));
                 cur++;
               }
-            PValue val = info.spec->CreateValue ();
+            PValue val = info.spec->GetInitialValue ().Copy ();
             bool ok = val.DeserializeFromString (value, info.spec);
             if (!ok)
               {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ Object::DoSet (Ptr<const ParamSpec> spec, PValue value)
       // attempt to convert to string
       std::string str = value.SerializeToString (0);
       // attempt to convert back from string.
-      PValue v = spec->CreateValue ();
+      PValue v = spec->GetInitialValue ().Copy ();
       ok = v.DeserializeFromString (str, spec);
       if (!ok)
         {
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ Object::Get (std::string name, std::string &value) const
     {
       return false;
     }
-  PValue v = info.spec->CreateValue ();
+  PValue v = info.spec->GetInitialValue ().Copy ();
   bool ok = info.spec->Get (this, v);
   if (ok)
     {
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ Object::Get (std::string name) const
     {
       return PValue ();
     }
-  PValue value = info.spec->CreateValue ();
+  PValue value = info.spec->GetInitialValue ().Copy ();
   bool ok = info.spec->Get (this, value);
   if (!ok)
     {
diff --git a/src/core/param-spec-helper.h b/src/core/param-spec-helper.h
index 696db23f1..31730eecf 100644
--- a/src/core/param-spec-helper.h
+++ b/src/core/param-spec-helper.h
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ public:
     return m_initialValue;
   }
 
-  virtual PValue CreateValue (void) const {
-    return m_initialValue.Copy ();
-  }
-
-
 private:
   virtual bool DoSet (T *object, const U *v) const = 0;
   virtual bool DoGet (const T *object, U *v) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/core/value.h b/src/core/value.h
index b2a97b7ed..38754ff70 100644
--- a/src/core/value.h
+++ b/src/core/value.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public:
   virtual bool Get (const ObjectBase * object, PValue value) const = 0;
   virtual bool Check (PValue value) const = 0;
   virtual PValue GetInitialValue (void) const = 0;
-  virtual PValue CreateValue (void) const = 0;
 private:
   mutable uint32_t m_count;
 };
@@ -273,9 +272,6 @@ public:
       return true;
     }
     virtual PValue GetInitialValue (void) const {
-      return CreateValue ();
-    }
-    virtual PValue CreateValue (void) const {
       return PValue::Create<PtrValue<U> > (Ptr<U> (0));
     }
 private: