diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -836,25 +836,15 @@ int login_user(char *username)
 }
 
 /**
-   Sends the server a single request (see protocol.h)
-   ohnobinki: This should hopefully work, maybe ;D
+ * Sends the server a single request (see protocol.h)
+ * ohnobinki: This should hopefully work, maybe ;D
+ *
+ * @deprecated THIS FUNCTION SHOULD DIE VERY, VERY SOON!
+ * (and painfully :-p)
 */
 int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, char signal)
 {
-  size_t written;
-  size_t towrite;
-  char *ssignal;
-
-  _distren_asprintf(&ssignal, "%c", signal);
-  towrite = strlen(ssignal);
-  while( towrite
-         && !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written))
-    {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Sending request...\n");
-      towrite -= written;
-    }
-  if(written)
-    return 0;
+  remoteio_write(rem, &signal, 1);
 
   /**
      if remoteio_write returned 1, the connection
@@ -864,33 +854,24 @@ int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, cha
 }
 
 /**
-   Sends the server an extended signal (request + data)
-   ohnobinki: I have no clue how you really want to handle this. Please clarify/edit
-*/
+ * Sends the server an extended signal (request + data)
+ * ohnobinki: I have no clue how you really want to handle this. Please clarify/edit
+ * normaldotcom: I see more and more how clueless you are, I hope to get to his soon ;-)
+ *
+ * @deprecated lol
+ */
 int sendExtSignal(struct remoteio *rem, char signal, char *data)
 {
-  size_t written;
-  size_t towrite;
+  size_t len;
   char *ssignal;
   /**
-     Just append the data FIXME: We should do this differently
-  */
+   * Just append the data FIXME: We should do this differently
+   */
   _distren_asprintf(&ssignal, "%c%s", signal, data);
-  towrite = strlen(ssignal);
-  while( towrite
-          && !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written))
-     {
-       fprintf(stderr, "Sending request...\n");
-       towrite -= written;
-     }
-   if(written)
-     return 0;
+  len = strlen(ssignal);
+  remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, len);
 
-   /**
-      if remoteio_write returned 1, the connection
-      is probably dead or there was a real error
-    */
-   return 1;
+  return 0;
 }