diff --git a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_edict.c b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_edict.c
index 2de2d6ccd..fd1cfe658 100644
--- a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_edict.c
+++ b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_edict.c
@@ -512,31 +512,6 @@ ED_Count (progs_t *pr)
 	Sys_Printf ("zombie    :%3i\n", zombie);
 }
 
-
-edict_t *
-PR_InitEdicts (progs_t *pr, int num_edicts)
-{   
-	edict_t	*edicts;
-	edict_t	*e;
-	int		i, j;
-
-	pr->pr_edictareasize = pr->pr_edict_size * num_edicts;
-	edicts = Hunk_AllocName (pr->pr_edictareasize, "edicts");
-	(*pr->edicts) = edicts;
-
-	if (pr_deadbeef_ents->int_val) {
-		memset (edicts, 0, *pr->reserved_edicts * pr->pr_edict_size);
-		for (j = *pr->reserved_edicts; j < num_edicts; j++) {
-			e = EDICT_NUM (pr, j);
-			for (i = 0; i < pr->progs->entityfields; i++)
-				e->v[i].integer_var = 0xdeadbeef;
-		}
-	} else {
-		memset (edicts, 0, pr->pr_edictareasize);
-	}
-	return edicts;
-}
-
 edict_t *
 EDICT_NUM (progs_t *pr, int n)
 {
diff --git a/tools/qfprogs/source/qfprogs.c b/tools/qfprogs/source/qfprogs.c
index b6fd475e8..b825da88e 100644
--- a/tools/qfprogs/source/qfprogs.c
+++ b/tools/qfprogs/source/qfprogs.c
@@ -193,12 +193,10 @@ load_progs (const char *name)
 	}
 	Hash_FlushTable (func_tab);
 	pr.progs_name = name;
-	PR_LoadProgsFile (&pr, file, size, 0, 0);
+	PR_LoadProgsFile (&pr, file, size, 1, 0);
 	Qclose (file);
 	PR_LoadStrings (&pr);
 
-	*pr.edicts = PR_InitEdicts (&pr, 1);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < pr.progs->numfunctions; i++) {
 		if (pr.pr_functions[i].first_statement > 0)// don't bother with builtins
 			Hash_AddElement (func_tab, &pr.pr_functions[i]);
diff --git a/tools/qwaq/main.c b/tools/qwaq/main.c
index a3c477921..6c77f2943 100644
--- a/tools/qwaq/main.c
+++ b/tools/qwaq/main.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ main ()
 		len = Qtell (f);
 		Qseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 		com_filesize = len;
-		PR_LoadProgsFile (&progs, f, len, 0, 1024 * 1024);
+		PR_LoadProgsFile (&progs, f, len, 1, 1024 * 1024);
 		Qclose (f);
 	}
 	if (!progs.progs)
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ main ()
 	PR_RelocateBuiltins (&progs);
 	PR_InitRuntime (&progs);
 
-	*progs.edicts = PR_InitEdicts (&progs, MAX_EDICTS);
-
 	read_result = (int*)PR_GetGlobalPointer (&progs, "read_result");
 	main_func = PR_GetFunctionIndex (&progs, "main");
 	PR_ExecuteProgram (&progs, main_func);