diff --git a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp b/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 07f48b955..000000000
--- a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-
-#include "Globals.h"  // NOTE: MSVC stupidness requires this to be the same across all modules
-
-#include "BlockingTCPLink.h"
-#include "Errors.h"
-
-
-
-
-cBlockingTCPLink::cBlockingTCPLink(void)
-{
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-cBlockingTCPLink::~cBlockingTCPLink()
-{
-	CloseSocket();
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-void cBlockingTCPLink::CloseSocket()
-{
-	if (!m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		m_Socket.CloseSocket();
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-bool cBlockingTCPLink::Connect(const char * iAddress, unsigned int iPort)
-{
-	ASSERT(!m_Socket.IsValid());
-	if (m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		LOGWARN("WARNING: cTCPLink Connect() called while still connected.");
-		m_Socket.CloseSocket();
-	}
-
-	struct hostent *hp;
-	unsigned int addr;
-	struct sockaddr_in server;
-
-	m_Socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-	if (!m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		LOGERROR("cTCPLink: Cannot create a socket");
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	addr = inet_addr(iAddress);
-	hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)&addr, sizeof(addr), AF_INET);
-	if (hp == NULL)
-	{
-		//LOGWARN("cTCPLink: gethostbyaddr returned NULL");
-		hp = gethostbyname(iAddress);
-		if (hp == NULL)
-		{
-			LOGWARN("cTCPLink: Could not resolve %s", iAddress);
-			CloseSocket();
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	memcpy(&server.sin_addr.s_addr,hp->h_addr, hp->h_length);
-	server.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	server.sin_port = htons( (unsigned short)iPort);
-	if (connect(m_Socket, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)))
-	{
-		LOGWARN("cTCPLink: Connection to \"%s:%d\" failed (%s)", iAddress, iPort,GetOSErrorString( cSocket::GetLastError() ).c_str() );
-		CloseSocket();
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-int cBlockingTCPLink::Send(char * a_Data, unsigned int a_Size, int a_Flags /* = 0 */ )
-{
-	UNUSED(a_Flags);
-	
-	ASSERT(m_Socket.IsValid());
-	if (!m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		LOGERROR("cBlockingTCPLink: Trying to send data without a valid connection!");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return m_Socket.Send(a_Data, a_Size);
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-int cBlockingTCPLink::SendMessage( const char* a_Message, int a_Flags /* = 0 */ )
-{
-	UNUSED(a_Flags);
-	
-	ASSERT(m_Socket.IsValid());
-	if (!m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		LOGWARN("cBlockingTCPLink: Trying to send message without a valid connection!");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return m_Socket.Send(a_Message, strlen(a_Message));
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-void cBlockingTCPLink::ReceiveData(AString & oData)
-{
-	ASSERT(m_Socket.IsValid());
-	if (!m_Socket.IsValid())
-	{
-		return;
-	}
-
-	int Received = 0;
-	char Buffer[256];
-	while ((Received = recv(m_Socket, Buffer, sizeof(Buffer), 0)) > 0)
-	{
-		oData.append(Buffer, Received);
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.h b/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cb5f9e3f4..000000000
--- a/src/OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "Socket.h"
-
-
-
-
-
-class cBlockingTCPLink															// tolua_export
-{																				// tolua_export
-public:																			// tolua_export
-	cBlockingTCPLink(void);															// tolua_export
-	~cBlockingTCPLink();														// tolua_export
-
-	bool Connect( const char* a_Address, unsigned int a_Port );					// tolua_export
-	int Send( char* a_Data, unsigned int a_Size, int a_Flags = 0 );				// tolua_export
-	int SendMessage( const char* a_Message, int a_Flags = 0 );					// tolua_export
-	void CloseSocket();															// tolua_export
-	void ReceiveData(AString & oData);													// tolua_export
-protected:
-
-	cSocket m_Socket;
-};	// tolua_export
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Authenticator.cpp b/src/Protocol/Authenticator.cpp
index 8100b6395..41d614e58 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Authenticator.cpp
+++ b/src/Protocol/Authenticator.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "Globals.h"  // NOTE: MSVC stupidness requires this to be the same across all modules
 
 #include "Authenticator.h"
-#include "../OSSupport/BlockingTCPLink.h"
 #include "../Root.h"
 #include "../Server.h"
 #include "../ClientHandle.h"