diff --git a/lsh/MacOS/src/lsh_context.h b/lsh/MacOS/src/lsh_context.h
index cb2db8e..e07bf1c 100755
--- a/lsh/MacOS/src/lsh_context.h
+++ b/lsh/MacOS/src/lsh_context.h
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "lsh_types.h"
 #include "lsh.h"
-#include "exception.h"
 
 #define CONSOLEBUFSIZE 16384
-#define ERROR_BUF_SIZE 512
 
 typedef struct lshcontext {
 	int				_port;		// for BetterTelnet's networking
@@ -43,11 +41,6 @@ typedef struct lshcontext {
 	int				_trace_flag;
 	int				_debug_flag;
 
-	int				_error_fd;
-	UINT8			_error_buffer[ERROR_BUF_SIZE];
-	UINT32			_error_pos;
-	const struct exception *(*_error_write)(int fd, UINT32 length, const UINT8 *data);
-
 	int				_tracing;
 	int				_verbosing;
 	int				_debugging;
@@ -73,11 +66,6 @@ extern pthread_key_t ssh2threadkey;
 #define trace_flag (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_trace_flag)
 #define debug_flag (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_debug_flag)
 
-#define error_fd (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_error_fd)
-#define error_buffer (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_error_buffer)
-#define error_pos (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_error_pos)
-#define error_write (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_error_write)
-
 #define tracing (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_tracing)
 #define verbosing (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_verbosing)
 #define debugging (((lshcontext *)pthread_getspecific(ssh2threadkey))->_debugging)
diff --git a/macssh/source/ssh/GUSIPatch1.cp b/macssh/source/ssh/GUSIPatch1.cp
index 715814b..a3fdd2f 100755
--- a/macssh/source/ssh/GUSIPatch1.cp
+++ b/macssh/source/ssh/GUSIPatch1.cp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ void ssh2_doevent(long sleepTime);
 #endif
 
 extern pthread_key_t ssh2threadkey;
-extern int g_error_fd;
 
 /*
  * ssh2_init
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ void ssh2_init()
 		gethostid();
 
 		/*GUSISetupConsole();*/
-		g_error_fd = open("dev:ttyerr", O_WRONLY );
 
 		sGUSISetup = true;
 	}
diff --git a/macssh/source/ssh/ssh2.c b/macssh/source/ssh/ssh2.c
index 5f91fd6..ca18b09 100755
--- a/macssh/source/ssh/ssh2.c
+++ b/macssh/source/ssh/ssh2.c
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ void ssh_wresize(struct WindRec* w);
 /* true if we log werror/trace... to stdio, false => log to syslog */
 Boolean	gLogStdIO = 0;
 
-int g_error_fd = -1;
-
 pthread_key_t ssh2threadkey = NULL;
 
 char homepath[256];
@@ -1027,10 +1025,6 @@ void init_context(lshcontext *context, short port)
 	context->_verbose_flag = 0;
 	context->_trace_flag = 0;
 	context->_debug_flag = 0;
-	/*context->_error_fd = STDERR_FILENO;*/
-	context->_error_fd = g_error_fd;
-	context->_error_pos = 0;
-	//context->_error_write = write_raw;
 	context->_tracing = 0;
 	context->_verbosing = 0;
 	context->_debugging = 0;