diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Support/Log.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Support/Log.cs
index 7b803af581..1570c996de 100755
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Support/Log.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Support/Log.cs
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 {
 	public struct ChannelInfo
 	{
-		public bool Upload;
 		public string Filename;
 		public StreamWriter Writer;
-		public bool Diff;
 	}
 
 	public static class Log
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			}
 		}
 		
-		public static void AddChannel(string channelName, string filename, bool upload, bool diff)
+		public static void AddChannel(string channelName, string filename)
 		{
 			if (channels.ContainsKey(channelName)) return;
 			
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				{
 					StreamWriter writer = File.CreateText(LogPathPrefix + filename);
 					writer.AutoFlush = true;
-					channels.Add(channelName, new ChannelInfo() { Upload = upload, Filename = filename, Writer = writer, Diff = diff });
+					channels.Add(channelName, new ChannelInfo() { Filename = filename, Writer = writer });
 					return;
 				}
 				catch (IOException) { filename = f + ".{0}".F(++i); }
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			//if no logs exist, just make it
 			StreamWriter w = File.CreateText(LogPathPrefix + filename);
 			w.AutoFlush = true;
-			channels.Add(channelName, new ChannelInfo() { Upload = upload, Filename = filename, Writer = w, Diff = diff });
+			channels.Add(channelName, new ChannelInfo() { Filename = filename, Writer = w });
 			
 		}
 
@@ -72,37 +70,5 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			info.Writer.WriteLine(format, args);
 		}
-
-		public static void Upload(int gameId)
-		{
-			foreach (var kvp in channels.Where(x => x.Value.Upload))
-			{
-				kvp.Value.Writer.Close();
-				var logfile = File.OpenRead(Log.LogPathPrefix + kvp.Value.Filename);
-				byte[] fileContents = logfile.ReadAllBytes();
-				var ms = new MemoryStream();
-
-				using (var gzip = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
-					gzip.Write(fileContents, 0, fileContents.Length);
-
-				ms.Position = 0;
-				byte[] buffer = ms.ReadAllBytes();
-
-				WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://open-ra.org/logs/upload.php");
-				request.ContentType = "application/x-gzip";
-				request.ContentLength = buffer.Length;
-				request.Method = "POST";
-				request.Headers.Add("Game-ID", gameId.ToString());
-				request.Headers.Add("Channel", kvp.Key);
-			//	request.Headers.Add("Diff", kvp.Value.Diff ? "1" : "0");
-
-				try
-				{
-					using (var requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
-						requestStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
-				}
-				catch (Exception){}
-			}
-		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 934540ba4c..9cba342cfa 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			Settings = new UserSettings(settings);
 			
 			Log.LogPath = SupportDir + "Logs" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
-			Log.AddChannel("perf", "perf.log", false, false);
-			Log.AddChannel("debug", "debug.log", false, false);
-			Log.AddChannel("sync", "syncreport.log", true, true);
+			Log.AddChannel("perf", "perf.log");
+			Log.AddChannel("debug", "debug.log");
+			Log.AddChannel("sync", "syncreport.log");
 
 			LobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Mods = Settings.InitialMods;
 			Manifest = new Manifest(LobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Mods);
@@ -582,30 +582,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				baseSupportDir = dir + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
 			}
 			get {return baseSupportDir;}
-		}
-
-
-		internal static int GetGameId()
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				string s = File.ReadAllText(SupportDir + "currentgameid");
-				return int.Parse(s);
-			}
-			catch (Exception)
-			{
-				return 0;
-			}
 		}
-
-		internal static void SetGameId(int id)
-		{
-			var file = File.CreateText(SupportDir + "currentgameid");
-			file.Write(id);
-			file.Flush();
-			file.Close();
-		}
-
+		
 		public static void InitializeEngineWithMods(string[] mods)
 		{
 			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FileSystem.ResolveAssembly;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
index b7baea117a..fa83fdc698 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public bool PerfDebug = false;
 		public bool RecordSyncReports = true;
 		public bool ShowGameTimer = true;
-		public bool DeveloperMode = false;
 		public bool UnitDebug = false;
 		
 		// Window settings
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
index 6677fa28b6..cdfb074e9f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		public static void ServerMain(bool internetServer, string masterServerUrl, string name, int port, int extport, 
 			string[] mods, string map, bool cheats)
 		{
-			Log.AddChannel("server", "server.log", false, false);
+			Log.AddChannel("server", "server.log");
 
 			isInitialPing = true;
 			Server.masterServerUrl = masterServerUrl;
@@ -479,14 +479,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 							if (isInitialPing)
 							{
 								isInitialPing = false;
-
-								var s = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(result);
-								int gameId;
-								if (int.TryParse(s.Trim(), out gameId))
-									Game.SetGameId(gameId);
-
 								lock (masterServerMessages)
-									masterServerMessages.Enqueue("Master server communication established. Game ID = {0}".F(gameId));
+									masterServerMessages.Enqueue("Master server communication established.");
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
index 1279ab1e39..0d2e3975c4 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			}
 			catch( Exception e )
 			{
-				Log.AddChannel("exception", "openra.exception.txt", true, false);
+				Log.AddChannel("exception", "exception.log");
 				Log.Write("exception", "{0}", e.ToString());
-				if (!Game.Settings.DeveloperMode || ( Game.Settings.DeveloperMode && Game.GetGameId() != 0) )
-					Log.Upload(Game.GetGameId());
 				throw;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/ServerBrowserDelegate.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/ServerBrowserDelegate.cs
index 5d8c06426c..7291a089ed 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/ServerBrowserDelegate.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/ServerBrowserDelegate.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets.Delegates
 
 				r.CloseWindow();
 				Game.JoinServer(currentServer.Address.Split(':')[0], int.Parse(currentServer.Address.Split(':')[1]));
-				Game.SetGameId(currentServer.Id);
 				return true;
 			};