diff --git a/Scripts/Misc/SocketOptions.cs b/Scripts/Misc/SocketOptions.cs
index 36c6c99d0..2af3571f7 100644
--- a/Scripts/Misc/SocketOptions.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Misc/SocketOptions.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace Server
 		public static void Initialize()
 		{
 			SendQueue.CoalesceBufferSize = CoalesceBufferSize;
-			SocketPool.InitialCapacity = PooledSockets;
 
 			EventSink.SocketConnect += new SocketConnectEventHandler( EventSink_SocketConnect );
 
diff --git a/Server/Main.cs b/Server/Main.cs
index 40dcc27e9..427b0f90d 100644
--- a/Server/Main.cs
+++ b/Server/Main.cs
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ namespace Server
 					{
 					}
 
-					if ( SocketPool.Created )
-						SocketPool.Destroy();
-
 					if ( m_Service ) {
 						Console.WriteLine( "This exception is fatal." );
 					} else {
@@ -342,9 +339,6 @@ namespace Server
 			if( !m_Crashed )
 				EventSink.InvokeShutdown( new ShutdownEventArgs() );
 
-			if( SocketPool.Created )
-				SocketPool.Destroy();
-
 			Timer.TimerThread.Set();
 
 			Console.WriteLine( "done" );
@@ -455,8 +449,6 @@ namespace Server
 
 			ScriptCompiler.Invoke( "Initialize" );
 
-			SocketPool.Create();
-
 			MessagePump ms = m_MessagePump = new MessagePump();
 
 			timerThread.Start();
diff --git a/Server/Network/Listener.cs b/Server/Network/Listener.cs
index 3473bb666..3f9af0885 100644
--- a/Server/Network/Listener.cs
+++ b/Server/Network/Listener.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Server.Network
 
 		private Socket Bind( IPEndPoint ipep )
 		{
-			Socket s = SocketPool.AcquireSocket();
+			Socket s = new Socket( AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp )
 
 			try
 			{
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Server.Network
 					Console.WriteLine( "Listening: {0}:{1}", ipep.Address, ipep.Port );
 				}
 
-				IAsyncResult res = s.BeginAccept( SocketPool.AcquireSocket(), 0, m_OnAccept, s );
+				IAsyncResult res = s.BeginAccept( m_OnAccept, s );
 
 				return s;
 			}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace Server.Network
 			}
 
 			try {
-				listener.BeginAccept( SocketPool.AcquireSocket(), 0, m_OnAccept, listener );
+				listener.BeginAccept( m_OnAccept, listener );
 			} catch ( SocketException ex ) {
 				NetState.TraceException( ex );
 			} catch ( ObjectDisposedException ) {
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ namespace Server.Network
 
 			try {
 				socket.Close();
-
-				SocketPool.ReleaseSocket( socket );
 			} catch ( SocketException ex ) {
 				NetState.TraceException( ex );
 			}
diff --git a/Server/Network/NetState.cs b/Server/Network/NetState.cs
index 86087dc19..7e23eea3a 100644
--- a/Server/Network/NetState.cs
+++ b/Server/Network/NetState.cs
@@ -845,8 +845,6 @@ namespace Server.Network {
 
 			try {
 				m_Socket.Close();
-
-				SocketPool.ReleaseSocket( m_Socket );
 			} catch ( SocketException ex ) {
 				TraceException( ex );
 			}
diff --git a/Server/Network/SocketPool.cs b/Server/Network/SocketPool.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index dc4f572f3..000000000
--- a/Server/Network/SocketPool.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
- *                               SocketPool.cs
- *                            -------------------
- *   begin                : May 1, 2002
- *   copyright            : (C) The RunUO Software Team
- *   email                : info@runuo.com
- *
- *   $Id$
- *
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-/***************************************************************************
- *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Net.Sockets;
-
-namespace Server.Network
-{
-	public class SocketPool
-	{
-		private static bool m_Created = false;
-
-		public static bool Created
-		{
-			get { return m_Created; }
-		}
-
-		private static int m_Misses = 0;
-		private static int m_InitialCapacity = 32;
-
-		public static int InitialCapacity
-		{
-			get { return m_InitialCapacity; }
-			set {
-				if ( m_Created )
-					return;
-
-				m_InitialCapacity = value;
-			}
-		}
-
-		private static Queue<Socket> m_FreeSockets;
-
-		public static void Create()
-		{
-			if ( m_Created )
-				return;
-
-			m_FreeSockets = new Queue<Socket>( m_InitialCapacity );
-			
-			for ( int i = 0; i < m_InitialCapacity; ++i )
-				m_FreeSockets.Enqueue( new Socket( AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp ) );
-		
-			m_Created = true;
-		}
-
-		public static void Destroy()
-		{
-			if ( !m_Created )
-				return;
-
-			while ( m_FreeSockets.Count > 0 )
-				m_FreeSockets.Dequeue().Close();
-
-			m_FreeSockets = null;
-		}
-
-		public static Socket AcquireSocket()
-		{
-			lock ( m_FreeSockets )
-			{
-				if ( m_FreeSockets.Count > 0 )
-					return m_FreeSockets.Dequeue();
-
-				++m_Misses;
-
-				for ( int i = 0; i < m_InitialCapacity; ++i )
-					m_FreeSockets.Enqueue( new Socket( AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp ) );
-
-				return m_FreeSockets.Dequeue();
-			}
-		}
-
-		public static void ReleaseSocket( Socket s )
-		{
-			/*if ( s == null )
-				return;
-
-			s.Close();
-
-			lock ( m_FreeSockets )
-				m_FreeSockets.Enqueue( s );*/
-		}
-	}
-}
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