diff --git a/src/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
index 5556fd8e41c9de03d8e4d9324949956a3b090f5b..88bdc301e5a22557641caf8810df7224029c1705 100644
--- a/src/or/circuitbuild.c
+++ b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static routerinfo_t *choose_good_exit_server(uint8_t purpose, routerlist_t *dir)
     case CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_GENERAL:
       return choose_good_exit_server_general(dir);
     case CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_ESTABLISH_REND:
-      r = router_choose_random_node(dir, options.RendNodes, options.RendExcludeNodes, NULL);
+      r = router_choose_random_node(options.RendNodes, options.RendExcludeNodes, NULL);
       return r;
     default:
       log_fn(LOG_WARN,"unhandled purpose %d", purpose);
diff --git a/src/or/or.h b/src/or/or.h
index 88bd8ee56aaf7cc1ec6c31656a52ba8e1ebe1549..d0f0c59e9eeca95eac43fb968530a863d46a724e 100644
--- a/src/or/or.h
+++ b/src/or/or.h
@@ -1292,8 +1292,7 @@ routerinfo_t *router_pick_directory_server(void);
 struct smartlist_t;
 void add_nickname_list_to_smartlist(struct smartlist_t *sl, const char *list);
 void router_add_running_routers_to_smartlist(struct smartlist_t *sl);
-routerinfo_t *router_choose_random_node(routerlist_t *dir,
-                                        char *preferred, char *excluded,
+routerinfo_t *router_choose_random_node(char *preferred, char *excluded,
                                         struct smartlist_t *excludedsmartlist);
 routerinfo_t *router_get_by_addr_port(uint32_t addr, uint16_t port);
 routerinfo_t *router_get_by_nickname(char *nickname);
diff --git a/src/or/rendservice.c b/src/or/rendservice.c
index b5e86a4d893aa3e32adcaf3e2dd38b72b16fe50e..296f60876e7d0b0e576f4a107155695bcada1271 100644
--- a/src/or/rendservice.c
+++ b/src/or/rendservice.c
@@ -772,14 +772,12 @@ upload_service_descriptor(rend_service_t *service)
 void rend_services_introduce(void) {
   int i,j,r;
   routerinfo_t *router;
-  routerlist_t *rl;
   rend_service_t *service;
   char *intro;
   int changed, prev_intro_nodes;
   smartlist_t *intro_routers, *exclude_routers;
   time_t now;
 
-  router_get_routerlist(&rl);
   intro_routers = smartlist_create();
   exclude_routers = smartlist_create();
   now = time(NULL);
@@ -830,8 +828,7 @@ void rend_services_introduce(void) {
     smartlist_add_all(exclude_routers, intro_routers);
     /* The directory is now here. Pick three ORs as intro points. */
     for (j=prev_intro_nodes; j < NUM_INTRO_POINTS; ++j) {
-      router = router_choose_random_node(rl,
-                                         service->intro_prefer_nodes,
+      router = router_choose_random_node(service->intro_prefer_nodes,
                                          service->intro_exclude_nodes,
                                          exclude_routers);
       if (!router) {
diff --git a/src/or/routerlist.c b/src/or/routerlist.c
index 5dca80370f8c16e8018629a3abe52dcb05fbc1a6..98cd402b1c2c2cb3590b53a98d3c44a4af67f23f 100644
--- a/src/or/routerlist.c
+++ b/src/or/routerlist.c
@@ -149,13 +149,12 @@ void router_add_running_routers_to_smartlist(smartlist_t *sl) {
   }
 }
 
-/** Pick a random running router from a routerlist <b>dir</b>.  If any node
+/** Return a random running router from the routerlist.  If any node
  * named in <b>preferred</b> is available, pick one of those.  Never pick a
  * node named in <b>excluded</b>, or whose routerinfo is in
  * <b>excludedsmartlist</b>, even if they are the only nodes available.
  */
-routerinfo_t *router_choose_random_node(routerlist_t *dir,
-                                        char *preferred, char *excluded,
+routerinfo_t *router_choose_random_node(char *preferred, char *excluded,
                                         smartlist_t *excludedsmartlist)
 {
   smartlist_t *sl, *excludednodes;