diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   char *pathtoOutput;  /* Full path to the output (rendered) file */
 
   char *pathtoJobfile; /* Full path to the job's main file */
-  char *pathtoXml;     /* Full path to the job's xml file */
   char *outputExt;     /* Output Extension (e.g., JPG) */
 
   int haveWork = 0;
@@ -141,34 +140,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         /* @TODO: Add remotio hooks */
         // jobnum = remoteio_read(jobnum); /* Set jobnum from remoteio (we could use info from struct, but we need this info to download the xmlfile */
         // framenum = remoteio_read(jobnum); /* Set framenum from remoteio */
+        // outputExt = remotio)read(outputExt); /* Set output extension from remotio */
 
         fprintf(stderr, "Preparing to render frame %d in job %d\n", framenum, jobnum);
 
-        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput, &pathtoXml);
+        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput);
 
         if(downloadTar(urltoTar, pathtoTar))
           return 1;
 
         unpackJob(pathtoTar, jobnum);
 
-        /* Parses a job's XML file, puts data in the myjob struct */
-        if(distrenjob_unserialize(&myjob, pathtoXml) == 0)
-          {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Well, the XML craziness may have worked. Maybe. \n");
-            free(pathtoXml);
-
-            /* Frees things up if it was successful. distrenjob_unserialize() really (usually) only fails if malloc'ing inside it fails */
-            distrenjob_free(&myjob);
-          }
-        else
-          {
-            fprintf(stderr, "XML job data parsing has failed. Please contact a developer, or try again.\n");
-            return 1;
-          }
-
-        /* Variable-fillers which require XML */
-        outputExt = myjob->output_format;
-
         /* Prepares the path to the jobfile */
         _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/job%d-frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, jobnum, framenum, outputExt );
         free(outputExt);