diff --git a/client/electrum.py b/client/electrum.py
index e00b2a09..d3dcf18f 100755
--- a/client/electrum.py
+++ b/client/electrum.py
@@ -449,10 +449,6 @@ class Wallet:
         self.rtime = time.time() - t1
         return out
 
-    def retrieve_message(self):
-        if not self.message:
-            self.message = self.request( repr ( ('msg', '')))
-
     def send_tx(self, data):
         return self.request( repr ( ('tx', data )))