diff --git a/lib/xclient.cpp b/lib/xclient.cpp
index c7b2688..112b66a 100644
--- a/lib/xclient.cpp
+++ b/lib/xclient.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ XClient::esperanza_dir ()
 }
 */
 
-XClient::XClient (QObject *parent, const std::string &name) : QObject (parent), m_sync (name + "-sync")
+XClient::XClient (QObject *parent, const std::string &name) : QObject (parent)
 {
 	m_client = NULL;
     m_isconnected = false;
@@ -147,15 +147,6 @@ try_again:
 
 	m_client->setMainloop (new XmmsQT4 (m_client->getConnection ()));
 
-    if (sync) {
-	    try {
-		    m_sync.connect (ipcpath);
-	    }
-	    catch (Xmms::connection_error &e) {
-		    qWarning ("Couldn't establish sync connection!");
-	    }
-    }
-
 	m_isconnected = true;
 	// useing normal disconnect callback, if that causes problems,
 	// an own method schould be created
diff --git a/lib/xclient.h b/lib/xclient.h
index 60f2acd..3a2ef1a 100644
--- a/lib/xclient.h
+++ b/lib/xclient.h
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ class XClient : public QObject {
 			return m_active_playlist;
 		}
 
-		const Xmms::Client *sync () const {
-			return &m_sync;
-		};
-
 		static QString stdToQ (const std::string &);
 		static std::string qToStd (const QString &);
 
@@ -131,8 +127,6 @@ class XClient : public QObject {
 		XCollection *m_collection;
 		PlaylistModel *m_active_playlist;
 		bool m_isconnected;
-
-		Xmms::Client m_sync;
 };