diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index f62cfbef6..f20fad98a 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIZE = MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN/5;
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS = MAX_BLOCK_SIZE/50;
 /** The maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const unsigned int MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = MAX_BLOCK_SIZE/100;
-/** The maximum number of entries in an 'inv' protocol message */
-static const unsigned int MAX_INV_SZ = 50000;
 /** The maximum size of a blk?????.dat file (since 0.8) */
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCKFILE_SIZE = 0x8000000; // 128 MiB
 /** The pre-allocation chunk size for blk?????.dat files (since 0.8) */
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index dc9a7e537..adc5f9302 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "db.h"
 #include "net.h"
-#include "main.h"
+#include "core.h"
 #include "addrman.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
 #include "script.h"
@@ -1567,11 +1567,6 @@ void static StartSync(const vector<CNode*> &vNodes) {
     CNode *pnodeNewSync = NULL;
     double dBestScore = 0;
 
-    // fImporting and fReindex are accessed out of cs_main here, but only
-    // as an optimization - they are checked again in SendMessages.
-    if (fImporting || fReindex)
-        return;
-
     // Iterate over all nodes
     BOOST_FOREACH(CNode* pnode, vNodes) {
         // check preconditions for allowing a sync
@@ -1855,7 +1850,6 @@ bool StopNode()
 {
     printf("StopNode()\n");
     MapPort(false);
-    nTransactionsUpdated++;
     if (semOutbound)
         for (int i=0; i<MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS; i++)
             semOutbound->post();
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index fdac60d9c..e75fe48f6 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "bloom.h"
 
+/** The maximum number of entries in an 'inv' protocol message */
+static const unsigned int MAX_INV_SZ = 50000;
+
 class CNode;
 class CBlockIndex;
 extern int nBestHeight;