diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/FramedInputStream.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/FramedInputStream.java
index 2bc391791..6fdeb4ce3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/FramedInputStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/FramedInputStream.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
 
-import static com.threerings.NaryaLog.log;
-
 /**
  * The framed input stream reads input that was framed by a framing output
  * stream. Framing in this case simply means writing the length of the
@@ -83,9 +81,6 @@ public class FramedInputStream extends InputStream
     {
         // flush data from any previous frame from the buffer
         if (_buffer.limit() == _length) {
-            /** TODO REMOVE **/
-            try {
-            /** END: REMOVE **/
             // this will remove the old frame's bytes from the buffer,
             // shift our old data to the start of the buffer, position the
             // buffer appropriately for appending new data onto the end of
@@ -98,16 +93,6 @@ public class FramedInputStream extends InputStream
             // we may have picked up the next frame in a previous read, so
             // try decoding the length straight away
             _length = decodeLength();
-            /** TODO REMOVE **/
-            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
-                log.warning("Problem reading frame",
-                        "_have", _have,
-                        "_length (and old limit)", _length,
-                        "capacity", _buffer.capacity(),
-                        iae);
-                throw iae;
-            }
-            /** END: REMOVE **/
         }
 
         // we may already have the next frame entirely in the buffer from