diff --git a/src/common/kernel/message.c b/src/common/kernel/message.c
index dd3a9062c..ac588644f 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/message.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/message.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ msg_error(const struct unit * u, const char * cmd, const char * name, const char
 	}
 	va_end(marker);
 
-	return msg_create(mtype, u->faction, (void**)args);
+	return msg_create(mtype, (void**)args);
 }
 
 message * 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ msg_message(const char * name, const char* sig, ...)
 	}
 	va_end(marker);
 
-	return msg_create(mtype, NULL, (void**)args);
+	return msg_create(mtype, (void**)args);
 }
 
 message *
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ new_message(struct faction * receiver, const char* sig, ...)
 		}
 	}
 	va_end(marker);
-	return msg_create(mtype, receiver, (void**)args);
+	return msg_create(mtype, (void**)args);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/common/util/message.c b/src/common/util/message.c
index fb876b5ab..c70bf4958 100644
--- a/src/common/util/message.c
+++ b/src/common/util/message.c
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ mt_new_va(const char * name, ...)
 }
 
 message *
-msg_create(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, void * args[])
+msg_create(const struct message_type * type, void * args[])
 {
 	int i;
 	message * msg = (message *)malloc(sizeof(message));
-	msg->receiver = receiver;
 	msg->type = type;
 	msg->parameters = calloc(sizeof(void*), type->nparameters);
 	for (i=0;i!=type->nparameters;++i) {
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ msg_create(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, void * ar
 }
 
 message *
-msg_create_va(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, ...)
+msg_create_va(const struct message_type * type, ...)
 /* sets a messages parameters */
 {
 	void * args[16];
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ msg_create_va(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, ...)
 		args[i] = va_arg(marker, void*);
 	}
 	va_end(marker);
-	return msg_create(type, receiver, args);
+	return msg_create(type, args);
 }
 
 typedef struct messagetype_list {
diff --git a/src/common/util/message.h b/src/common/util/message.h
index 7ef693d3a..5802d9597 100644
--- a/src/common/util/message.h
+++ b/src/common/util/message.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ typedef struct message_type {
 } message_type;
 
 typedef struct message {
-  struct faction *receiver;
 	const struct message_type * type;
 	const void ** parameters;
 } message;
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ extern struct message_type * mt_new_va(const char * name, ...);
 	/* mt_new("simple_sentence", "subject:string", "predicate:string", 
     *        "object:string", "lang:locale", NULL); */
 
-extern struct message * msg_create(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, void * args[]);
-extern struct message * msg_create_va(const struct message_type * type, struct faction *receiver, ...);
+extern struct message * msg_create(const struct message_type * type, void * args[]);
+extern struct message * msg_create_va(const struct message_type * type, ...);
 	/* msg_create(&mt_simplesentence, "enno", "eats", "chocolate", &locale_de); 
 	 * parameters must be in the same order as they were for mt_new! */
 extern void msg_free(struct message *m);