diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
index e8fde823b4..6a4113ecb9 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
@@ -320,11 +320,6 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 					toIgnore));
 		}
 
-		public static bool CanPlaceBuilding(BuildingInfo building, int2 xy, bool adjust)
-		{
-			return CanPlaceBuilding(building, xy, null, adjust);
-		}
-
 		public static bool IsCloseEnoughToBase(Player p, BuildingInfo bi, int2 position)
 		{
 			var maxDistance = bi.Adjacent + 2;	/* real-ra is weird. this is 1 GAP. */
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/PlaceBuilding.cs b/OpenRa.Game/PlaceBuilding.cs
index 057e68f71a..2b5226db22 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/PlaceBuilding.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/PlaceBuilding.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		{
 			if( lmb )
 			{
-				if( !Game.CanPlaceBuilding( Building, xy, true ) )
+				if( !Game.CanPlaceBuilding( Building, xy, null, true ) )
 					yield break;
 
 				if (!Game.IsCloseEnoughToBase(Owner, Building, xy))