diff --git a/rai/node/node.cpp b/rai/node/node.cpp
index ffe1df09..2fa3b6ea 100644
--- a/rai/node/node.cpp
+++ b/rai/node/node.cpp
@@ -1479,7 +1479,6 @@ void rai::block_processor::process_receive_many (std::unique_lock<std::mutex> &
 {
 	{
 		rai::transaction transaction (node.store.environment, nullptr, true);
-		auto cutoff (std::chrono::steady_clock::now () + rai::transaction_timeout);
 		lock_a.lock ();
 		auto count (0);
 		while (have_blocks () && count < 16384)
@@ -2021,25 +2020,6 @@ rai::uint128_t rai::gap_cache::bootstrap_threshold (MDB_txn * transaction_a)
 	return result;
 }
 
-void rai::gap_cache::purge_old ()
-{
-	auto cutoff (std::chrono::steady_clock::now () - std::chrono::seconds (10));
-	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock (mutex);
-	auto done (false);
-	while (!done && !blocks.empty ())
-	{
-		auto first (blocks.get<1> ().begin ());
-		if (first->arrival < cutoff)
-		{
-			blocks.get<1> ().erase (first);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			done = true;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void rai::network::confirm_send (rai::confirm_ack const & confirm_a, std::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> bytes_a, rai::endpoint const & endpoint_a)
 {
 	if (node.config.logging.network_publish_logging ())
diff --git a/rai/node/node.hpp b/rai/node/node.hpp
index 2db28aa3..7f4702b7 100644
--- a/rai/node/node.hpp
+++ b/rai/node/node.hpp
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ public:
 	void add (MDB_txn *, std::shared_ptr<rai::block>);
 	void vote (std::shared_ptr<rai::vote>);
 	rai::uint128_t bootstrap_threshold (MDB_txn *);
-	void purge_old ();
 	boost::multi_index_container<
 	rai::gap_information,
 	boost::multi_index::indexed_by<