diff --git a/nsock/include/nsock.h b/nsock/include/nsock.h
index 5ce8d4e05..3c302d465 100644
--- a/nsock/include/nsock.h
+++ b/nsock/include/nsock.h
@@ -202,9 +202,6 @@ void nsock_loop_quit(nsock_pool nsp);
  * if the status is NSOCK_LOOP_ERROR was returned by nsock_loop() */
 int nsp_geterrorcode(nsock_pool nsp);
 
-/* Every nsp has an ID that is unique across the program execution */
-unsigned long nsp_getid(nsock_pool nsp);
-
 nsock_ssl nsi_getssl(nsock_iod nsockiod);
 
 /* Note that nsi_get1_ssl_session will increment the usage count of the
diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_internal.h b/nsock/src/nsock_internal.h
index 44cf8f60d..529b6623d 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_internal.h
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_internal.h
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ struct writeinfo {
 /* Remember that callers of this library should NOT be accessing these
  * fields directly */
 struct npool {
-
-  /* Every msp has a unique (across the program execution) id */
-  unsigned long id;
-
   /* User data, NULL if unset */
   void *userdata;
 
diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_pool.c b/nsock/src/nsock_pool.c
index a9f2da895..91cf0042a 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_pool.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_pool.c
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@
 
 extern struct timeval nsock_tod;
 
-unsigned long nsp_next_id = 2;
-
 /* To use this library, the first thing they must do is create a pool
  * so we do the initialization during the first pool creation */
 static int nsocklib_initialized = 0;
@@ -89,15 +87,8 @@ static void nsock_library_initialize(void);
 /* --------------------------------------- */
 
 
-/* Every mst has an ID that is unique across the program execution */
-unsigned long nsp_getid(nsock_pool nsp) {
-  struct npool *mt = (struct npool *)nsp;
-  return mt->id;
-}
-
 /* This next function returns the errno style error code -- which is only
  * valid if the status NSOCK_LOOP_ERROR was returned by nsock_loop() */
-
 int nsp_geterrorcode(nsock_pool nsp) {
   struct npool *mt = (struct npool *)nsp;
   return mt->errnum;
@@ -162,8 +153,6 @@ nsock_pool nsp_new(void *userdata) {
   nsp->loglevel = NSOCK_LOG_ERROR;
   nsp->logger   = (nsock_logger_t)nsock_stderr_logger;
 
-  nsp->id = nsp_next_id++;
-
   nsp->userdata = userdata;
 
   nsp->engine = get_io_engine();