diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index 836e7a63..bbbc2a98 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ static uint64_t disconnected_sessionid_exists(sdata_t *sdata, const char *sessio
 	}
 	client = NULL;
 	HASH_FIND(hh, sdata->disconnected_instances, &enonce1_64, sizeof(uint64_t), client);
-	if (client && !client->ref) {
+	if (client) {
 		/* Delete the entry once we are going to use it since there
 		 * will be a new instance with the enonce1_64 */
 		old_id = client->id;
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ static void dec_worker(ckpool_t *ckp, user_instance_t *instance)
 
 static void drop_client(sdata_t *sdata, const int64_t id)
 {
-	int dropped = 0, aged = 0, killed = 0, disref = 0, deadref = 0;
+	int dropped = 0, aged = 0, killed = 0;
 	stratum_instance_t *client, *tmp;
 	user_instance_t *user = NULL;
 	time_t now_t = time(NULL);
@@ -1449,10 +1449,6 @@ static void drop_client(sdata_t *sdata, const int64_t id)
 	HASH_ITER(hh, sdata->disconnected_instances, client, tmp) {
 		if (now_t - client->disconnected_time < 600)
 			continue;
-		if (unlikely(client->ref)) {
-			disref++;
-			continue;
-		}
 		aged++;
 		__del_disconnected(sdata, client);
 	}
@@ -1460,10 +1456,6 @@ static void drop_client(sdata_t *sdata, const int64_t id)
 	/* Cull old unused clients lazily when there are no more reference
 	 * counts for them. */
 	DL_FOREACH_SAFE(sdata->dead_instances, client, tmp) {
-		if (unlikely(client->ref)) {
-			deadref++;
-			continue;
-		}
 		killed++;
 		__del_dead(sdata, client);
 		free(client->workername);
@@ -1473,14 +1465,6 @@ static void drop_client(sdata_t *sdata, const int64_t id)
 	ck_wunlock(&sdata->instance_lock);
 
 	client_drop_message(id, dropped, false);
-	if (unlikely(disref)) {
-		LOGNOTICE("%d referenced disconnected %s", disref,
-			  disref > 1 ? "clients exist" : "client exists");
-	}
-	if (unlikely(deadref)) {
-		LOGNOTICE("%d referenced dead %s", deadref,
-			  deadref > 1 ? "clients exist" : "client exists");
-	}
 	if (aged)
 		LOGINFO("Aged %d disconnected instances to dead", aged);
 	if (killed)