diff --git a/Target.cc b/Target.cc
index 01a2c1cf6..6253a7a0f 100644
--- a/Target.cc
+++ b/Target.cc
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
 extern NmapOps o;
 
 Target::Target() {
-  Initialize();
-}
-
-void Target::Initialize() {
   hostname = NULL;
   targetname = NULL;
   memset(&seq, 0, sizeof(seq));
@@ -125,11 +121,6 @@ const char * Target::deviceFullName() const {
         return (devfullname[0] != '\0')? devfullname : NULL;
 }
 
-void Target::Recycle() {
-  FreeInternal();
-  Initialize();
-}
-
 Target::~Target() {
   FreeInternal();
 #ifndef NOLUA
diff --git a/Target.h b/Target.h
index 6684b97f8..3cbedc2e7 100644
--- a/Target.h
+++ b/Target.h
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ class Target {
  public: /* For now ... TODO: a lot of the data members should be made private */
   Target();
   ~Target();
-  /* Recycles the object by freeing internal objects and reinitializing
-     to default state */
-  void Recycle();
   /* Returns the address family of the destination address. */
   int af() const;
   /* Fills a sockaddr_storage with the AF_INET or AF_INET6 address
@@ -279,7 +276,6 @@ class Target {
   int pingprobe_state;
 
   private:
-  void Initialize();
   void FreeInternal(); // Free memory allocated inside this object
  // Creates a "presentation" formatted string out of the target's IPv4/IPv6 address
   void GenerateTargetIPString();