diff --git a/src/or/onion.c b/src/or/onion.c
index 28afe68ba084ac4d1a42396aa894d732ee7c72bd..4eaf39fa89abf45c0b8b64dd6427b1ed571617d7 100644
--- a/src/or/onion.c
+++ b/src/or/onion.c
@@ -348,16 +348,12 @@ static routerinfo_t *choose_good_exit_server_general(routerlist_t *dir)
 
 static routerinfo_t *choose_good_exit_server(uint8_t purpose, routerlist_t *dir)
 {
-  smartlist_t *obsolete_routers;
   routerinfo_t *r;
   switch(purpose) {
     case CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_GENERAL:
       return choose_good_exit_server_general(dir);
     case CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_ESTABLISH_REND:
-      obsolete_routers = smartlist_create();
-      router_add_nonrendezvous_to_list(obsolete_routers);
-      r = router_choose_random_node(dir, options.RendNodes, options.RendExcludeNodes, obsolete_routers);
-      smartlist_free(obsolete_routers);
+      r = router_choose_random_node(dir, 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 a48fa044f825517b88aa5541b266ee44ec193e72..f3f28f4dae5b34788a62fb9a65795766cdf48a24 100644
--- a/src/or/or.h
+++ b/src/or/or.h
@@ -999,8 +999,6 @@ routerinfo_t *router_get_by_nickname(char *nickname);
 void router_get_routerlist(routerlist_t **prouterlist);
 void routerinfo_free(routerinfo_t *router);
 routerinfo_t *routerinfo_copy(const routerinfo_t *router);
-int router_version_supports_rendezvous(routerinfo_t *router);
-void router_add_nonrendezvous_to_list(smartlist_t *sl);
 void router_mark_as_down(char *nickname);
 int router_set_routerlist_from_file(char *routerfile);
 int router_set_routerlist_from_string(const char *s);
diff --git a/src/or/rendservice.c b/src/or/rendservice.c
index fbb710e5b5f39fb9e1d0e6cc26056fa35ae83c95..8b354b658ede54c96fbb36ac26a08984fd8da29b 100644
--- a/src/or/rendservice.c
+++ b/src/or/rendservice.c
@@ -752,13 +752,10 @@ void rend_services_introduce(void) {
   char *intro;
   int changed, prev_intro_nodes;
   smartlist_t *intro_routers, *exclude_routers;
-  int n_old_routers;
 
   router_get_routerlist(&rl);
   intro_routers = smartlist_create();
   exclude_routers = smartlist_create();
-  router_add_nonrendezvous_to_list(exclude_routers);
-  n_old_routers = smartlist_len(exclude_routers);
 
   for (i=0; i< smartlist_len(rend_service_list); ++i) {
     smartlist_clear(intro_routers);
@@ -809,9 +806,8 @@ void rend_services_introduce(void) {
              service->service_id);
     }
 
-    /* Reset exclude_routers to include obsolete routers only for the next
-     * time around the loop. */
-    smartlist_truncate(exclude_routers, n_old_routers);
+    /* Reset exclude_routers, for the next time around the loop. */
+    smartlist_clear(exclude_routers);
 
     /* If there's no need to launch new circuits, stop here. */
     if (!changed)
diff --git a/src/or/routerlist.c b/src/or/routerlist.c
index 4b82d911a9ac6b83443657593f72f14f92e27cf0..3c01838dc05f62c55c4c7075f277396a254de4dc 100644
--- a/src/or/routerlist.c
+++ b/src/or/routerlist.c
@@ -236,24 +236,6 @@ void router_add_running_routers_to_smartlist(smartlist_t *sl) {
   }
 }
 
-/* Return 0 if router is running a version of Tor too old to be a
- * rendezvous/introduction point.  Return 1 otherwise.
- */
-int router_version_supports_rendezvous(routerinfo_t *router)
-{
-  return (router->platform && 0!=strncasecmp(router->platform,"Tor 0.0.5",9));
-}
-
-/* Add every router running a version of Tor too old for rend/intro
-   points to sl.
- */
-void router_add_nonrendezvous_to_list(smartlist_t *sl)
-{
-  SMARTLIST_FOREACH(routerlist->routers, routerinfo_t *, r,
-                    if (!router_version_supports_rendezvous(r))
-                      smartlist_add(sl,r));
-}
-
 /* Pick a random node from preferred if possible, else from all of dir.
  * Never pick a node in excluded.
  * If excludedsmartlist is defined, never pick a node in it either.