3 files changed, 1 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/core/packet.cpp b/src/network/core/packet.cpp
index 7a43173f1..a70bd6ca0 100644
--- a/src/network/core/packet.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/packet.cpp
@@ -48,20 +48,6 @@ Packet::Packet(PacketType type)
 }
 
 /**
- * Create a packet for sending
- * @param type the of packet
- * @return the newly created packet
- */
-Packet *NetworkSend_Init(PacketType type)
-{
-	Packet *packet = new Packet(type);
-	/* An error is inplace here, because it simply means we ran out of memory. */
-	if (packet == NULL) error("Failed to allocate Packet");
-
-	return packet;
-}
-
-/**
  * Writes the packet size from the raw packet from packet->size
  */
 void Packet::PrepareToSend()
diff --git a/src/network/core/packet.h b/src/network/core/packet.h
index 6b5442e0e..7079b927b 100644
--- a/src/network/core/packet.h
+++ b/src/network/core/packet.h
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ public:
 	void   Recv_string(char *buffer, size_t size, bool allow_newlines = false);
 };
 
-Packet *NetworkSend_Init(PacketType type);
-
 #endif /* ENABLE_NETWORK */
 
 #endif /* NETWORK_CORE_PACKET_H */
diff --git a/src/network/core/tcp.cpp b/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
index b30e4e526..c3a7733e3 100644
--- a/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
@@ -134,16 +134,14 @@ bool NetworkTCPSocketHandler::Send_Packets()
 Packet *NetworkTCPSocketHandler::Recv_Packet()
 {
 	ssize_t res;
-	Packet *p;
 
 	if (!this->IsConnected()) return NULL;
 
 	if (this->packet_recv == NULL) {
 		this->packet_recv = new Packet(this);
-		if (this->packet_recv == NULL) error("Failed to allocate packet");
 	}
 
-	p = this->packet_recv;
+	Packet *p = this->packet_recv;
 
 	/* Read packet size */
 	if (p->pos < sizeof(PacketSize)) {