whisper: refactoring

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/whisper/whisperv5/api.go b/whisper/whisperv5/api.go
index b4494d0d6..ee566625c 100644
--- a/whisper/whisperv5/api.go
+++ b/whisper/whisperv5/api.go
@@ -60,32 +60,9 @@ func NewPublicWhisperAPI(w *Whisper) *PublicWhisperAPI {
 		w:        w,
 		lastUsed: make(map[string]time.Time),
 	}
-
-	go api.run()
 	return api
 }
 
-// run the api event loop.
-// this loop deletes filter that have not been used within filterTimeout
-func (api *PublicWhisperAPI) run() {
-	timeout := time.NewTicker(2 * time.Minute)
-	for {
-		<-timeout.C
-
-		api.mu.Lock()
-		for id, lastUsed := range api.lastUsed {
-			if time.Since(lastUsed).Seconds() >= filterTimeout {
-				delete(api.lastUsed, id)
-				if err := api.w.Unsubscribe(id); err != nil {
-					log.Error("could not unsubscribe whisper filter", "error", err)
-				}
-				log.Debug("delete whisper filter (timeout)", "id", id)
-			}
-		}
-		api.mu.Unlock()
-	}
-}
-
 // Version returns the Whisper sub-protocol version.
 func (api *PublicWhisperAPI) Version(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return ProtocolVersionStr