diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index fd673011..d0135854 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct client_instance {
 	/* Which serverurl is this instance connected to */
 	int server;
 
-	char *buf;
+	char buf[PAGESIZE];
 	unsigned long bufofs;
 
 	/* Are we currently sending a blocked message from this client */
@@ -205,10 +205,6 @@ static client_instance_t *recruit_client(cdata_t *cdata)
 		client = ckzalloc(sizeof(client_instance_t));
 	} else
 		LOGDEBUG("Connector recycled client instance");
-
-	client->buf = realloc(client->buf, PAGESIZE);
-	client->buf[0] = '\0';
-
 	return client;
 }
 
@@ -461,46 +457,42 @@ static void parse_redirector_share(client_instance_t *client, const json_t *val)
 static void parse_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, client_instance_t *client)
 {
 	ckpool_t *ckp = cdata->ckp;
-	int buflen, ret, ofs;
-	char *msg, *eol;
+	char msg[PAGESIZE], *eol;
+	int buflen, ret;
 	json_t *val;
 
 retry:
-	ofs = client->bufofs;
-	if (unlikely(ofs > MAX_MSGSIZE)) {
-		if (!client->remote) {
-			LOGNOTICE("Client id %"PRId64" fd %d overloaded buffer without EOL, disconnecting",
-				client->id, client->fd);
-			invalidate_client(ckp, cdata, client);
-			return;
-		}
-		client->buf = realloc(client->buf, round_up_page(ofs + MAX_MSGSIZE + 1));
+	if (unlikely(client->bufofs > MAX_MSGSIZE)) {
+		LOGNOTICE("Client id %"PRId64" fd %d overloaded buffer without EOL, disconnecting",
+			  client->id, client->fd);
+		invalidate_client(ckp, cdata, client);
+		return;
 	}
+	buflen = PAGESIZE - client->bufofs;
 	/* This read call is non-blocking since the socket is set to O_NOBLOCK */
-	ret = read(client->fd, client->buf + ofs, MAX_MSGSIZE);
+	ret = read(client->fd, client->buf + client->bufofs, buflen);
 	if (ret < 1) {
 		if (likely(errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK || !ret))
 			return;
-		LOGINFO("Client id %"PRId64" fd %d disconnected - recv fail with bufofs %d ret %d errno %d %s",
-			client->id, client->fd, ofs, ret, errno, ret && errno ? strerror(errno) : "");
+		LOGINFO("Client id %"PRId64" fd %d disconnected - recv fail with bufofs %lu ret %d errno %d %s",
+			client->id, client->fd, client->bufofs, ret, errno, ret && errno ? strerror(errno) : "");
 		invalidate_client(ckp, cdata, client);
 		return;
 	}
 	client->bufofs += ret;
 reparse:
-	eol = memchr(client->buf + ofs, '\n', client->bufofs);
+	eol = memchr(client->buf, '\n', client->bufofs);
 	if (!eol)
 		goto retry;
 
 	/* Do something useful with this message now */
 	buflen = eol - client->buf + 1;
-	if (unlikely(buflen > MAX_MSGSIZE && !client->remote)) {
+	if (unlikely(buflen > MAX_MSGSIZE)) {
 		LOGNOTICE("Client id %"PRId64" fd %d message oversize, disconnecting", client->id, client->fd);
 		invalidate_client(ckp, cdata, client);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	msg = alloca(round_up_page(buflen + 1));
 	memcpy(msg, client->buf, buflen);
 	msg[buflen] = '\0';
 	client->bufofs -= buflen;