client.go            | 90 -----------------------------------------------------
 client_test.go       |  1 -
 config.go            |  2 --
 doc.go               |  5 -----
 fs/torrentfs_test.go | 11 +----------
 issue35_test.go      |  1 -

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 66b2d81ebcecc0bcdd95c5ca5d4a7d175849f6a3..21446ff6f8e578fac364c7a51023be7633969619 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ 	"github.com/anacrolix/missinggo/pproffd"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/missinggo/pubsub"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/sync"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/utp"
-	"github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go"
 
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/bencode"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/dht"
@@ -284,85 +283,6 @@ func (cl *Client) ConfigDir() string {
 	return cl.configDir()
 }
 
-func loadPackedBlocklist(filename string) (ret iplist.Ranger, err error) {
-	f, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		err = nil
-		return
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	mm, err := mmap.Map(f, mmap.RDONLY, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	ret = iplist.NewFromPacked(mm)
-	return
-}
-
-func (cl *Client) setEnvBlocklist() (err error) {
-	filename := os.Getenv("TORRENT_BLOCKLIST_FILE")
-	defaultBlocklist := filename == ""
-	if defaultBlocklist {
-		cl.ipBlockList, err = loadPackedBlocklist(filepath.Join(cl.configDir(), "packed-blocklist"))
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if cl.ipBlockList != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		filename = filepath.Join(cl.configDir(), "blocklist")
-	}
-	f, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		if defaultBlocklist {
-			err = nil
-		}
-		return
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	cl.ipBlockList, err = iplist.NewFromReader(f)
-	return
-}
-
-func (cl *Client) initBannedTorrents() error {
-	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(cl.configDir(), "banned_infohashes"))
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("error opening banned infohashes file: %s", err)
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	cl.bannedTorrents = make(map[metainfo.Hash]struct{})
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text()), "#") {
-			continue
-		}
-		var ihs string
-		n, err := fmt.Sscanf(scanner.Text(), "%x", &ihs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error reading infohash: %s", err)
-		}
-		if n != 1 {
-			continue
-		}
-		if len(ihs) != 20 {
-			return errors.New("bad infohash")
-		}
-		var ih metainfo.Hash
-		missinggo.CopyExact(&ih, ihs)
-		cl.bannedTorrents[ih] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error scanning file: %s", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Creates a new client.
 func NewClient(cfg *Config) (cl *Client, err error) {
 	if cfg == nil {
@@ -388,16 +308,6 @@ 		cl.defaultStorage = storage.NewFile(cfg.DataDir)
 	}
 	if cfg.IPBlocklist != nil {
 		cl.ipBlockList = cfg.IPBlocklist
-	} else if !cfg.NoDefaultBlocklist {
-		err = cl.setEnvBlocklist()
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err = cl.initBannedTorrents(); err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("error initing banned torrents: %s", err)
-		return
 	}
 
 	if cfg.PeerID != "" {
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index bc20fed3af8346280bcbe316ab6889d40c13bbb5..14b0ffd0bca92dabb4a14c34c2e1e8a007e28b5d 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ var TestingConfig = Config{
 	ListenAddr:           "localhost:0",
 	NoDHT:                true,
 	DisableTrackers:      true,
-	NoDefaultBlocklist:   true,
 	DisableMetainfoCache: true,
 	DataDir:              "/dev/null",
 	DHTConfig: dht.ServerConfig{
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index bde89e0e9d0bc4b7a73128569ff4e4d7399ba9fe..718e95cc4336ab80b87b5e62b501b0fd7ed48579 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ 	// For the bittorrent protocol.
 	DisableUTP bool
 	// For the bittorrent protocol.
 	DisableTCP bool `long:"disable-tcp"`
-	// Don't automatically load "$ConfigDir/blocklist".
-	NoDefaultBlocklist bool
 	// Defaults to "$HOME/.config/torrent". This is where "blocklist",
 	// "torrents" and other operational files are stored. TODO: Dump this
 	// stuff, this is specific to the default cmd/torrent client only.
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 5545d3435cfa158686938a6136aa714851f2d929..012f6bfe3ba7ac7ab7957178795f2ee5445f0a5b 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ ConfigDir
 
 A Client has a configurable ConfigDir that defaults to $HOME/.config/torrent.
 Torrent metainfo files are cached at $CONFIGDIR/torrents/$infohash.torrent.
-Infohashes in $CONFIGDIR/banned_infohashes cannot be added to the Client. A
-P2P Plaintext Format blocklist is loaded from a file at the location specified
-by the environment variable TORRENT_BLOCKLIST_FILE if set. otherwise from
-$CONFIGDIR/blocklist. If $CONFIGDIR/packed-blocklist exists, this is memory-
-mapped as a packed IP blocklist, saving considerable memory.
 
 */
 package torrent
diff --git a/fs/torrentfs_test.go b/fs/torrentfs_test.go
index cca219925184a38e60c53bde93ab2e2f95c6df8b..8334f109239894e9f106240372fe2e75819daeaa 100644
--- a/fs/torrentfs_test.go
+++ b/fs/torrentfs_test.go
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ 		NoDHT:           true,
 		ListenAddr:      "redonk",
 		DisableTCP:      true,
 		DisableUTP:      true,
-
-		NoDefaultBlocklist: true,
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer client.Close()
@@ -171,8 +169,6 @@ 		DisableTrackers: true,
 		NoDHT:           true,
 		ListenAddr:      "localhost:0",
 		Seed:            true,
-
-		NoDefaultBlocklist: true,
 		// Ensure that the metainfo is obtained over the wire, since we added
 		// the torrent to the seeder by magnet.
 		DisableMetainfoCache: true,
@@ -188,14 +184,9 @@ 		DisableTrackers: true,
 		NoDHT:           true,
 		ListenAddr:      "localhost:0",
 		DisableTCP:      true,
-
-		NoDefaultBlocklist: true,
-
-		DefaultStorage: storage.NewMMap(filepath.Join(layout.BaseDir, "download")),
-
+		DefaultStorage:  storage.NewMMap(filepath.Join(layout.BaseDir, "download")),
 		// This can be used to check if clients can connect to other clients
 		// with the same ID.
-
 		// PeerID: seeder.PeerID(),
 	})
 	leecher.SetIPBlockList(nil)
diff --git a/issue35_test.go b/issue35_test.go
index b5e7adf19bc901b0dc1b3f7f20d958d0f11bf7ba..ca3d6f9974f83de6d846869ce2979336a65132f0 100644
--- a/issue35_test.go
+++ b/issue35_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ 	return &Config{
 		ListenAddr:           "localhost:0",
 		NoDHT:                false,
 		DisableTrackers:      true,
-		NoDefaultBlocklist:   true,
 		DisableUTP:           false,
 		DisableMetainfoCache: true,
 		DisableIPv6:          true,