diff --git a/src/generator.c b/src/generator.c
index 0c7e936d..cddd0fe9 100644
--- a/src/generator.c
+++ b/src/generator.c
@@ -1323,8 +1323,7 @@ out:
 				break;
 			parse_method(ckp, proxi, buf);
 		};
-	}
-	if (!proxi->global) {
+	} else if (!proxi->global) {
 		LOGNOTICE("Disabling userproxy %d:%d %s that failed authorisation as %s",
 			  proxi->id, proxi->subid, proxi->url, proxi->auth);
 		proxi->disabled = true;
@@ -1405,14 +1404,6 @@ static void stratifier_reconnect_client(ckpool_t *ckp, const int64_t id)
 	send_proc(ckp->stratifier, buf);
 }
 
-static void stratifier_reconnect_user(ckpool_t *ckp, const int userid)
-{
-	char buf[256];
-
-	sprintf(buf, "reconnuser=%d", userid);
-	send_proc(ckp->stratifier, buf);
-}
-
 /* Add a share to the gdata share hashlist. Returns the share id */
 static int add_share(gdata_t *gdata, const int64_t client_id, const double diff)
 {
@@ -1822,8 +1813,6 @@ out:
 			Close(cs->fd);
 	}
 	proxi->alive = ret;
-	if (ckp->userproxy && ret && !proxi->global)
-		stratifier_reconnect_user(ckp, proxi->userid);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index e49d5b60..e75d69ea 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -2611,22 +2611,6 @@ static void reconnect_client_id(sdata_t *sdata, const int64_t client_id)
 	dec_instance_ref(sdata, client);
 }
 
-/* Reconnect all clients with a particular userid */
-static void reconnect_user_id(sdata_t *sdata, int userid)
-{
-	stratum_instance_t *client, *tmp;
-
-	LOGWARNING("Dropping user id %d", userid);
-
-	ck_rlock(&sdata->instance_lock);
-	HASH_ITER(hh, sdata->stratum_instances, client, tmp) {
-		if (client->user_id != userid)
-			continue;
-		reconnect_client(sdata, client);
-	}
-	ck_runlock(&sdata->instance_lock);
-}
-
 /* API commands */
 
 static user_instance_t *get_user(sdata_t *sdata, const char *username);
@@ -3280,14 +3264,6 @@ retry:
 			LOGWARNING("Stratifier failed to parse reconnclient command: %s", buf);
 		else
 			reconnect_client_id(sdata, client_id);
-	} else if (cmdmatch(buf, "reconnuser")) {
-		int userid;
-
-		ret = sscanf(buf, "reconnuser=%d", &userid);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			LOGWARNING("Stratifier failed to parse reconnuser command: %s", buf);
-		else
-			reconnect_user_id(sdata, userid);
 	} else if (cmdmatch(buf, "dropall")) {
 		drop_allclients(ckp);
 	} else if (cmdmatch(buf, "block")) {