diff --git a/include/proto/channel.h b/include/proto/channel.h
index f6b046991..79e5b784e 100644
--- a/include/proto/channel.h
+++ b/include/proto/channel.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * include/proto/channel.h
  * Channel management definitions, macros and inline functions.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -28,15 +28,12 @@
 
 #include <common/config.h>
 #include <common/chunk.h>
-#include <common/memory.h>
 #include <common/ticks.h>
 #include <common/time.h>
 
 #include <types/channel.h>
 #include <types/global.h>
 
-extern struct pool_head *pool2_channel;
-
 /* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
 int init_channel();
 
diff --git a/include/types/channel.h b/include/types/channel.h
index 7640caed3..7b4afc83c 100644
--- a/include/types/channel.h
+++ b/include/types/channel.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * include/types/channel.h
  * Channel management definitions, macros and inline functions.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define _TYPES_CHANNEL_H
 
 #include <common/config.h>
-#include <common/chunk.h>
 #include <common/buffer.h>
 #include <types/stream_interface.h>
 
@@ -162,8 +161,6 @@
 /* Magic value to forward infinite size (TCP, ...), used with ->to_forward */
 #define CHN_INFINITE_FORWARD    MAX_RANGE(unsigned int)
 
-/* needed for a declaration below */
-struct session;
 
 struct channel {
 	unsigned int flags;             /* CF_* */
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 4e0a2ac6c..231d99f35 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Channel management functions.
  *
- * Copyright 2000-2012 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -16,20 +16,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <common/config.h>
-#include <common/memory.h>
 #include <common/buffer.h>
 
 #include <proto/channel.h>
 
-struct pool_head *pool2_channel;
-
-
-/* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int init_channel()
-{
-	pool2_channel = create_pool("channel", sizeof(struct channel), MEM_F_SHARED);
-	return pool2_channel != NULL;
-}
 
 /* Schedule up to <bytes> more bytes to be forwarded via the channel without
  * notifying the owner task. Any data pending in the buffer are scheduled to be
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 872aab827..2a79b0f83 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -777,7 +777,6 @@ void init(int argc, char **argv)
 	global_listener_queue_task->expire = TICK_ETERNITY;
 
 	/* now we know the buffer size, we can initialize the channels and buffers */
-	init_channel();
 	init_buffer();
 
 	if (have_appsession)
@@ -1434,7 +1433,6 @@ void deinit(void)
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_session);
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_connection);
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_buffer);
-	pool_destroy2(pool2_channel);
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_requri);
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_task);
 	pool_destroy2(pool2_capture);
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 0fe625a25..b188b0e81 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_socket_new(lua_State *L)
 	memset(socket, 0, sizeof(*socket));
 
 	/* Check if the various memory pools are intialized. */
-	if (!pool2_session || !pool2_channel || !pool2_buffer) {
+	if (!pool2_session || !pool2_buffer) {
 		hlua_pusherror(L, "socket: uninitialized pools.");
 		goto out_fail_conf;
 	}
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 4e09c3468..2dc6765de 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -661,7 +661,6 @@ static void session_free(struct session *s)
 	/* We may want to free the maximum amount of pools if the proxy is stopping */
 	if (fe && unlikely(fe->state == PR_STSTOPPED)) {
 		pool_flush2(pool2_buffer);
-		pool_flush2(pool2_channel);
 		pool_flush2(pool2_hdr_idx);
 		pool_flush2(pool2_requri);
 		pool_flush2(pool2_capture);