diff --git a/src/vlib/buffer.c b/src/vlib/buffer.c
index 3f90f5a..a704efb 100644
--- a/src/vlib/buffer.c
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer.c
@@ -573,50 +573,26 @@
 {
   vlib_buffer_free_list_t *fl;
   vlib_buffer_free_list_index_t fi;
+  u32 flags, next;
+
   fl = vlib_buffer_get_buffer_free_list (vm, b, &fi);
 
-  /* The only current use of this callback:
-   * multicast recycle */
-  if (PREDICT_FALSE (fl->buffers_added_to_freelist_function != 0))
+  do
     {
-      int j;
-
-      vlib_buffer_add_to_free_list (vm, fl, bi,
-				    (b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_RECYCLE) == 0);
-      for (j = 0; j < vec_len (vm->buffer_announce_list); j++)
+      vlib_buffer_t *nb = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi);
+      flags = nb->flags;
+      next = nb->next_buffer;
+      if (nb->n_add_refs)
+	nb->n_add_refs--;
+      else
 	{
-	  if (fl == vm->buffer_announce_list[j])
-	    goto already_announced;
+	  vlib_buffer_validate_alloc_free (vm, &bi, 1,
+					   VLIB_BUFFER_KNOWN_ALLOCATED);
+	  vlib_buffer_add_to_free_list (vm, fl, bi, 1);
 	}
-      vec_add1 (vm->buffer_announce_list, fl);
-    already_announced:
-      ;
+      bi = next;
     }
-  else
-    {
-      if (PREDICT_TRUE ((b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_RECYCLE) == 0))
-	{
-	  u32 flags, next;
-
-	  do
-	    {
-	      vlib_buffer_t *nb = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi);
-	      flags = nb->flags;
-	      next = nb->next_buffer;
-	      if (nb->n_add_refs)
-		nb->n_add_refs--;
-	      else
-		{
-		  vlib_buffer_validate_alloc_free (vm, &bi, 1,
-						   VLIB_BUFFER_KNOWN_ALLOCATED);
-		  vlib_buffer_add_to_free_list (vm, fl, bi, 1);
-		}
-	      bi = next;
-	    }
-	  while (follow_buffer_next && (flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT));
-
-	}
-    }
+  while (follow_buffer_next && (flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT));
 }
 
 static_always_inline void
@@ -673,17 +649,6 @@
       recycle_or_free (vm, bm, buffers[i], b0, follow_buffer_next);
       i++;
     }
-
-  if (vec_len (vm->buffer_announce_list))
-    {
-      vlib_buffer_free_list_t *fl;
-      for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vm->buffer_announce_list); i++)
-	{
-	  fl = vm->buffer_announce_list[i];
-	  fl->buffers_added_to_freelist_function (vm, fl);
-	}
-      _vec_len (vm->buffer_announce_list) = 0;
-    }
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/vlib/buffer.h b/src/vlib/buffer.h
index 9555cd7..651e7f0 100644
--- a/src/vlib/buffer.h
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer.h
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@
   _( 0, NON_DEFAULT_FREELIST, "non-default-fl")		\
   _( 1, IS_TRACED, 0)					\
   _( 2, NEXT_PRESENT, 0)				\
-  _( 3, IS_RECYCLED, "is-recycled")			\
-  _( 4, TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID, 0)				\
-  _( 5, REPL_FAIL, "repl-fail")				\
-  _( 6, RECYCLE, "recycle")				\
-  _( 7, EXT_HDR_VALID, "ext-hdr-valid")
+  _( 3, TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID, 0)				\
+  _( 4, EXT_HDR_VALID, "ext-hdr-valid")
 
 /* NOTE: only buffer generic flags should be defined here, please consider
    using user flags. i.e. src/vnet/buffer.h */
@@ -113,8 +110,6 @@
                 <br> VLIB_BUFFER_IS_TRACED: trace this buffer.
                 <br> VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT: this is a multi-chunk buffer.
                 <br> VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID: as it says
-                <br> VLIB_BUFFER_REPL_FAIL: packet replication failure
-                <br> VLIB_BUFFER_RECYCLE: as it says
                 <br> VLIB_BUFFER_EXT_HDR_VALID: buffer contains valid external buffer manager header,
                 set to avoid adding it to a flow report
                 <br> VLIB_BUFFER_FLAG_USER(n): user-defined bit N
@@ -370,11 +365,6 @@
 				struct vlib_buffer_free_list_t * fl,
 				u32 * buffers, u32 n_buffers);
 
-  /* Callback function to announce that buffers have been
-     added to the freelist */
-  void (*buffers_added_to_freelist_function)
-    (struct vlib_main_t * vm, struct vlib_buffer_free_list_t * fl);
-
   uword buffer_init_function_opaque;
 } __attribute__ ((aligned (16))) vlib_buffer_free_list_t;
 
diff --git a/src/vlib/main.h b/src/vlib/main.h
index 8b6f947..d21227a 100644
--- a/src/vlib/main.h
+++ b/src/vlib/main.h
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@
   /* Pool of buffer free lists. */
   vlib_buffer_free_list_t *buffer_free_list_pool;
 
-  /* List of free-lists needing Blue Light Special announcements */
-  vlib_buffer_free_list_t **buffer_announce_list;
-
   /* Allocate/free buffer memory for DMA transfers, descriptor rings, etc.
      buffer memory is guaranteed to be cache-aligned. */