diff --git a/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/LocalConnections.cs b/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/LocalConnections.cs
index 08efd05e5..c4f3efb8b 100644
--- a/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/LocalConnections.cs
+++ b/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/LocalConnections.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 namespace UnityEngine.Networking
 {
     // a server's connection TO a LocalClient.
-    // sending messages on this connection causes the client's
-    // handler function to be invoked directly
+    // sending messages on this connection causes the client's handler function to be invoked directly
     class ULocalConnectionToClient : NetworkConnection
     {
         LocalClient m_LocalClient;
@@ -19,14 +18,6 @@ public ULocalConnectionToClient(LocalClient localClient)
             m_LocalClient = localClient;
         }
 
-        public override bool SendByChannel(short msgType, MessageBase msg, int channelId)
-        {
-            m_LocalClient.InvokeHandlerOnClient(msgType, msg, channelId);
-            return true;
-        }
-        public override bool Send(short msgType, MessageBase msg) { return SendByChannel(msgType, msg, Channels.DefaultReliable); }
-        public override bool SendUnreliable(short msgType, MessageBase msg) { return SendByChannel(msgType, msg, Channels.DefaultUnreliable); }
-
         protected override bool SendBytes(byte[] bytes, int channelId)
         {
             m_LocalClient.InvokeBytesOnClient(bytes, channelId);
@@ -35,9 +26,7 @@ protected override bool SendBytes(byte[] bytes, int channelId)
     }
 
     // a localClient's connection TO a server.
-    // send messages on this connection causes the server's
-    // handler function to be invoked directly.
-
+    // send messages on this connection causes the server's handler function to be invoked directly.
     internal class ULocalConnectionToServer : NetworkConnection
     {
         public ULocalConnectionToServer()
@@ -45,13 +34,6 @@ public ULocalConnectionToServer()
             address = "localServer";
         }
 
-        public override bool SendByChannel(short msgType, MessageBase msg, int channelId)
-        {
-            return NetworkServer.InvokeHandlerOnServer(this, msgType, msg, channelId);
-        }
-        public override bool Send(short msgType, MessageBase msg) { return SendByChannel(msgType, msg, Channels.DefaultReliable); }
-        public override bool SendUnreliable(short msgType, MessageBase msg) { return SendByChannel(msgType, msg, Channels.DefaultUnreliable); }
-
         protected override bool SendBytes(byte[] bytes, int channelId)
         {
             if (bytes.Length == 0)
diff --git a/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs b/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
index fd74ae47c..1251788cf 100644
--- a/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
+++ b/Unity-Technologies-networking/Runtime/NetworkServer.cs
@@ -1393,26 +1393,6 @@ static internal bool InvokeBytes(ULocalConnectionToServer conn, byte[] buffer, i
             return false;
         }
 
-        // invoked for local clients
-        static internal bool InvokeHandlerOnServer(ULocalConnectionToServer conn, short msgType, MessageBase msg, int channelId)
-        {
-            if (handlers.ContainsKey(msgType) && s_LocalConnection != null)
-            {
-                // write the message to a local buffer
-                NetworkWriter writer = new NetworkWriter();
-                msg.Serialize(writer);
-
-                // pass a reader (attached to local buffer) to handler
-                NetworkReader reader = new NetworkReader(writer.ToArray());
-
-                // this must be invoked with the connection to the client, not the client's connection to the server
-                s_LocalConnection.InvokeHandler(msgType, reader, channelId);
-                return true;
-            }
-            if (LogFilter.logError) { Debug.LogError("Local invoke: Failed to find local connection to invoke handler on [connectionId=" + conn.connectionId + "] for MsgId:" + msgType); }
-            return false;
-        }
-
         static public GameObject FindLocalObject(NetworkInstanceId netId)
         {
             return s_NetworkScene.FindLocalObject(netId);