diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b910c2dd7..d27189364 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ using namespace boost;
 
 CWallet* pwalletMain;
 CClientUIInterface uiInterface;
-int64 nTimeNodeStart;
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
@@ -471,10 +470,8 @@ bool AppInit2()
     printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
     printf("Bitcoin version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion().c_str(), CLIENT_DATE.c_str());
     printf("Using OpenSSL version %s\n", SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION));
-
-    nTimeNodeStart = GetTime();
     if (!fLogTimestamps)
-        printf("Startup time: %s\n", DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", nTimeNodeStart).c_str());
+        printf("Startup time: %s\n", DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", GetTime()).c_str());
     printf("Default data directory %s\n", GetDefaultDataDir().string().c_str());
     printf("Used data directory %s\n", pszDataDir);
     std::ostringstream strErrors;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0e22a4c36..da1072970 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2404,14 +2404,6 @@ bool static AlreadyHave(CTxDB& txdb, const CInv& inv)
 
 
 
-static bool NodeRecentlyStarted()
-{
-    extern int64 nTimeNodeStart;
-    int64 timediff = GetTime() - nTimeNodeStart;
-
-    return (timediff < (2 * 60 * 60));
-}
-
 
 // The message start string is designed to be unlikely to occur in normal data.
 // The characters are rarely used upper ASCII, not valid as UTF-8, and produce
@@ -2518,12 +2510,6 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
             }
         }
 
-        // Trigger download of remote node's memory pool
-        if (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && !pfrom->fInbound &&
-            !pfrom->fClient && NodeRecentlyStarted() &&
-            pfrom->nVersion >= MEMPOOL_GD_VERSION)
-            pfrom->PushMessage("mempool");
-
         // Ask the first connected node for block updates
         static int nAskedForBlocks = 0;
         if (!pfrom->fClient && !pfrom->fOneShot &&