diff --git a/src/main/as/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.as b/src/main/as/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.as
index 18843f203..f2fd2bbb2 100644
--- a/src/main/as/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.as
+++ b/src/main/as/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.as
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ public class ClientObject extends DObject
         super.readObject(ins);
         username = Name(ins.readObject());
         receivers = DSet(ins.readObject());
-        // TEMP: read and throw away ClientObject._ignore from the Java side
-        ins.readObject();
     }
 
     protected function createPermissionPolicy () :PermissionPolicy
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.java
index c71285a0b..655c780b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/ClientObject.java
@@ -229,8 +229,4 @@ public class ClientObject extends DObject
 
     /** Used to reference count resolved client objects. */
     protected transient int _references;
-
-    /** TEMP: a non-transient backwards compatible permission policy for extant C++ clients. */
-    protected com.threerings.presents.data.PermissionPolicy _ignore =
-        new com.threerings.presents.data.PermissionPolicy();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/PermissionPolicy.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/PermissionPolicy.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 83685522c..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/data/PermissionPolicy.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-//
-// $Id$
-//
-// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
-// Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
-// http://code.google.com/p/narya/
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
-// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-// Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-
-package com.threerings.presents.data;
-
-import com.threerings.io.Streamable;
-
-/**
- * TEMP: dummy PermissionPolicy file for backwards compatibility with C++. Going away soon.
- */
-public class PermissionPolicy implements Streamable
-{
-}