diff --git a/res/core/messages.xml b/res/core/messages.xml
index 43939b2b4..a3d7ad6e8 100644
--- a/res/core/messages.xml
+++ b/res/core/messages.xml
@@ -1212,23 +1212,6 @@
     <text locale="en">"$unit($unit) dies from poison damage taken in $region($region)."</text>
   </message>
 
-  <message name="drown_amphibian_dead" section="events">
-    <type>
-      <arg name="amount" type="int"/>
-      <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
-      <arg name="region" type="region"/>
-    </type>
-    <text locale="de">"$int($amount) Personen in $unit($unit) in $region($region) ertrinken."</text>
-    <text locale="en">"$int($amount) people in $unit($unit) in $region($region) drown."</text>
-  </message>
-  <message name="drown_amphibian_nodead" section="events">
-    <type>
-      <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
-      <arg name="region" type="region"/>
-    </type>
-    <text locale="de">"$unit($unit) nimmt Schaden auf dem Wasser in $region($region)."</text>
-    <text locale="en">"$unit($unit) is taking damage on the water."</text>
-  </message>
   <message name="wand_of_tears_usage" section="events">
     <type>
       <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
diff --git a/src/randenc.c b/src/randenc.c
index 801aac4c4..fa6e3e951 100644
--- a/src/randenc.c
+++ b/src/randenc.c
@@ -528,29 +528,13 @@ void drown(region * r)
         unit **up = up = &r->units;
         while (*up) {
             unit *u = *up;
-            int amphibian_level = 0;
-            if (u->ship || u_race(u) == get_race(RC_SPELL) || u->number == 0) {
-                up = &u->next;
-                continue;
-            }
 
-            if (amphibian_level) {
-                int dead = damage_unit(u, "5d1", false, false);
-                if (dead) {
-                    ADDMSG(&u->faction->msgs, msg_message("drown_amphibian_dead",
-                        "amount unit region", dead, u, r));
-                }
-                else {
-                    ADDMSG(&u->faction->msgs, msg_message("drown_amphibian_nodead",
-                        "unit region", u, r));
-                }
-            }
-            else if (!(canswim(u) || canfly(u))) {
+            if (!(u->ship || u_race(u) == get_race(RC_SPELL) || u->number == 0 || canswim(u) || canfly(u))) {
                 scale_number(u, 0);
                 ADDMSG(&u->faction->msgs, msg_message("drown", "unit region", u, r));
             }
-            if (*up == u)
-                up = &u->next;
+
+            up = &u->next;
         }
         remove_empty_units_in_region(r);
     }