client.go     | 2 --
 requesting.go | 4 ----

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 81a3f75ea41fc22468c16dc8f336a0794198e7e3..30ab0cd6cf0ef3ab78b8c82b8fb844394f656816 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 	websocketTrackers websocketTrackers
 
 	activeAnnounceLimiter limiter.Instance
-
-	updateRequests chansync.BroadcastCond
 }
 
 type ipStr string
diff --git a/requesting.go b/requesting.go
index 77398643330de82d3a04e0d279f882deb9b8b6e4..4a0f6a29a374370db9dfebaefba69658c294d8e9 100644
--- a/requesting.go
+++ b/requesting.go
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 	request_strategy "github.com/anacrolix/torrent/request-strategy"
 )
 
-func (cl *Client) tickleRequester() {
-	cl.updateRequests.Broadcast()
-}
-
 func (cl *Client) getRequestStrategyInput() request_strategy.Input {
 	ts := make([]request_strategy.Torrent, 0, len(cl.torrents))
 	for _, t := range cl.torrents {