diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/Order.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/Order.cs
index cc110f3147..4d5131927a 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Network/Order.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/Order.cs
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 						if (TargetActor != null)
 							w.Write(UIntFromActor(TargetActor));
 						if (TargetLocation != int2.Zero)
-						{
-							w.Write(TargetLocation.X);
-							w.Write(TargetLocation.Y);
-						}
+							w.Write(TargetLocation);
 						if (TargetString != null)
 							w.Write(TargetString);
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderIO.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderIO.cs
index 9356bf9367..610824e2f0 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderIO.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/OrderIO.cs
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Network
 {
@@ -54,5 +52,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 			var y = r.ReadInt32();
 			return new int2(x, y);
 		}
+
+		public static void Write(this BinaryWriter w, int2 p)
+		{
+			w.Write(p.X);
+			w.Write(p.Y);
+		}
 	}
 }