diff --git a/src/client/cl_main.c b/src/client/cl_main.c
index 4f1565b6..e1205ac6 100644
--- a/src/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/src/client/cl_main.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ cvar_t *rate;
 cvar_t *fov;
 cvar_t *horplus;
 cvar_t *windowed_mouse;
-cvar_t *msg;
 cvar_t *hand;
 cvar_t *gender;
 cvar_t *gender_auto;
@@ -533,7 +532,6 @@ CL_InitLocal(void)
 	name = Cvar_Get("name", "unnamed", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	skin = Cvar_Get("skin", "male/grunt", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	rate = Cvar_Get("rate", "8000", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
-	msg = Cvar_Get("msg", "1", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	hand = Cvar_Get("hand", "0", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	fov = Cvar_Get("fov", "90", CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	horplus = Cvar_Get("horplus", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
diff --git a/src/client/cl_network.c b/src/client/cl_network.c
index f17c643d..7f068192 100644
--- a/src/client/cl_network.c
+++ b/src/client/cl_network.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 void CL_ParseStatusMessage(void);
 
-extern cvar_t *msg;
 extern cvar_t *rcon_client_password;
 extern cvar_t *rcon_address;
 extern cvar_t *cl_timeout;
diff --git a/src/server/header/server.h b/src/server/header/server.h
index 71c21872..b312d0e5 100644
--- a/src/server/header/server.h
+++ b/src/server/header/server.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ typedef struct client_s
 
 	edict_t *edict;                     /* EDICT_NUM(clientnum+1) */
 	char name[32];                      /* extracted from userinfo, high bits masked */
-	int messagelevel;                   /* for filtering printed messages */
 
 	/* The datagram is written to by sound calls, prints, 
 	   temp ents, etc. It can be harmlessly overflowed. */
diff --git a/src/server/sv_main.c b/src/server/sv_main.c
index 3c9e1a63..dd86a591 100644
--- a/src/server/sv_main.c
+++ b/src/server/sv_main.c
@@ -564,14 +564,6 @@ SV_UserinfoChanged(client_t *cl)
 	{
 		cl->rate = 5000;
 	}
-
-	/* msg command */
-	val = Info_ValueForKey(cl->userinfo, "msg");
-
-	if (strlen(val))
-	{
-		cl->messagelevel = (int)strtol(val, (char **)NULL, 10);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/server/sv_send.c b/src/server/sv_send.c
index c27c4bad..5d8db2a0 100644
--- a/src/server/sv_send.c
+++ b/src/server/sv_send.c
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ SV_ClientPrintf(client_t *cl, int level, char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list argptr;
 	char string[1024];
 
-	if (level < cl->messagelevel)
-	{
-		return;
-	}
-
 	va_start(argptr, fmt);
 	vsnprintf(string, sizeof(string), fmt, argptr);
 	va_end(argptr);
@@ -99,11 +94,6 @@ SV_BroadcastPrintf(int level, char *fmt, ...)
 
 	for (i = 0, cl = svs.clients; i < maxclients->value; i++, cl++)
 	{
-		if (level < cl->messagelevel)
-		{
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		if (cl->state != cs_spawned)
 		{
 			continue;