diff --git a/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs b/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
index fa9d7c2eb..3088659d4 100644
--- a/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
+++ b/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public override void Serialize(NetworkWriter writer)
         }
     }
 
-    public class RemovePlayerMessage : MessageBase
+    public class RemovePlayerMessage : EmptyMessage
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs b/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
index 68f7a5ad5..c051eacdf 100644
--- a/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
+++ b/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
@@ -588,8 +588,6 @@ internal void OnServerRemovePlayerMessageInternal(NetworkMessage netMsg)
         {
             if (LogFilter.Debug) { Debug.Log("NetworkManager:OnServerRemovePlayerMessageInternal"); }
 
-            RemovePlayerMessage msg = netMsg.ReadMessage<RemovePlayerMessage>();
-
             if (netMsg.conn.playerController != null)
             {
                 OnServerRemovePlayer(netMsg.conn, netMsg.conn.playerController);
diff --git a/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs b/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
index 7853104c4..bce4ea568 100644
--- a/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
+++ b/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
@@ -861,8 +861,6 @@ static void OnClientReadyMessage(NetworkMessage netMsg)
         // default remove player handler
         static void OnRemovePlayerMessage(NetworkMessage netMsg)
         {
-            RemovePlayerMessage msg = netMsg.ReadMessage<RemovePlayerMessage>();
-
             if (netMsg.conn.playerController != null)
             {
                 netMsg.conn.RemovePlayerController();