I realized a bunch of code in a project I'm working on is in fact zombie code, so I embarked on a massive zombie hunt. As I went I became more and more nervous that my manager, who I don't know very well yet, was either going to insist on it as a matter of style or point out some use for it that I was missing. So I talked to him about it this morning. His was response was "I would like it very much if you fixed that."
Phew!