diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Connection.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Connection.cs
index 8ee7061b0e..0551e23571 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Connection.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Connection.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		public int ExpectLength = 8;
 		public int Frame = 0;
 		public int MostRecentFrame = 0;
-		public string RemoteAddress;
-		public int Latency = -1;
 
 		/* client data */
 		public int PlayerIndex;
@@ -101,34 +99,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 					}
 				}
 		}
-
-		bool hasBeenPinged;
-		public void Ping()
-		{
-			if (!hasBeenPinged)
-			{
-				hasBeenPinged = true;
-				var pingSender = new Ping();
-				pingSender.PingCompleted += new PingCompletedEventHandler(pongRecieved);
-				AutoResetEvent waiter = new AutoResetEvent(false);
-				pingSender.SendAsync(RemoteAddress, waiter);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		void pongRecieved(object sender, PingCompletedEventArgs e)
-		{
-			if (e.Cancelled || e.Error != null)
-				Latency = -1;
-			else
-			{
-				PingReply pong = e.Reply;
-				if (pong != null && pong.Status == IPStatus.Success)
-					Latency = (int)pong.RoundtripTime;
-				else
-					Latency = -1;
-			}
-		}
-
 	}
 
 	public enum ReceiveState { Header, Data };
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
index 020950c9b0..d15a9df43e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		public Map Map;
 		XTimer gameTimeout;
 
-		int highestLatency;
-
 		protected volatile ServerState pState = new ServerState();
 		public ServerState State
 		{
@@ -217,9 +215,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 				DispatchOrdersToClient(newConn, 0, 0, new ServerOrder("HandshakeRequest", request.Serialize()).Serialize());
 			}
 			catch (Exception) { DropClient(newConn); }
-
-			newConn.RemoteAddress = ((IPEndPoint)newConn.socket.RemoteEndPoint).Address.ToString();
-			newConn.Ping();
 		}
 
 		void ValidateClient(Connection newConn, string data)
@@ -271,7 +266,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 				// Check if IP is banned
 				if (lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Ban != null)
 				{
-					if (lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Ban.Contains(newConn.RemoteAddress))
+					var remote_addr = ((IPEndPoint)newConn.socket.RemoteEndPoint).Address.ToString();
+					if (lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Ban.Contains(remote_addr))
 					{
 						Console.WriteLine("Rejected connection from "+client.Name+"("+newConn.socket.RemoteEndPoint+"); Banned.");
 						Log.Write("server", "Rejected connection from {0}; Banned.",
@@ -286,8 +282,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 				preConns.Remove(newConn);
 				conns.Add(newConn);
 
-				client.Ping = newConn.Latency;
-
 				// Enforce correct PlayerIndex and Slot
 				client.Index = newConn.PlayerIndex;
 				client.Slot = lobbyInfo.FirstEmptySlot();
@@ -302,16 +296,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 
 				OpenRA.Network.Session.Client clientAdmin = lobbyInfo.Clients.Where(c1 => c1.IsAdmin).Single();
 				
-				Log.Write("server", "Client {0}: Accepted connection from {1} with {2} ms ping latency.",
-				          newConn.PlayerIndex, newConn.socket.RemoteEndPoint, newConn.Latency);
+				Log.Write("server", "Client {0}: Accepted connection from {1}.",
+				          newConn.PlayerIndex, newConn.socket.RemoteEndPoint);
 
 				foreach (var t in ServerTraits.WithInterface<IClientJoined>())
 					t.ClientJoined(this, newConn);
 
-				SendChat(newConn, "has joined the game.");
-
-				SetDynamicOrderLag();
 				SyncLobbyInfo();
+				SendChat(newConn, "has joined the game.");
 
 				if (File.Exists("{0}motd_{1}.txt".F(Platform.SupportDir, lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Mods[0])))
 				{
@@ -503,9 +495,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (highestLatency == toDrop.Latency)
-					SetDynamicOrderLag();
-
 				DispatchOrders( toDrop, toDrop.MostRecentFrame, new byte[] { 0xbf } );
 
 				if (conns.Count != 0 || lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Dedicated)
@@ -521,23 +510,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 			catch { }
 		}
 
-		public void SetDynamicOrderLag()
-		{
-			foreach (var conn in conns)
-			{
-				if (conn.Latency > highestLatency)
-					highestLatency = conn.Latency;
-			}
-
-			Log.Write("server", "Measured {0} ms as the highest connection round trip time.".F(highestLatency));
-
-			lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.OrderLatency = highestLatency / 120;
-			if (lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.OrderLatency < 1) // should never be 0
-				lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.OrderLatency = 1;
-
-			Log.Write("server", "Order lag has been adjusted to {0} frames.".F(lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.OrderLatency));
-		}
-
 		public void SyncLobbyInfo()
 		{
 			if (State != ServerState.GameStarted)	/* don't do this while the game is running, it breaks things. */