diff --git a/lib/em/varnish_log/connection.rb b/lib/em/varnish_log/connection.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/em/varnish_log/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/em/varnish_log/connection.rb
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ module EM
     class Connection
       class << self
         attr_reader :channel
-
-        def start(channel)
-          @channel = channel
-
-          EM.connect('localhost', 12345, self)
-        end
       end
 
       def initialize(channel)
Garbage collect some leftovers from the old API.
This should have been done with <I>feab9f<I>d<I>eb<I>b5c3ad<I>c8.