diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 6b671b4e..e8731c6c 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ var Server = function () {
     self.announcement = null;
     self.httplog = null;
     self.infogetter = null;
-    self.torblocker = null;
     self.servers = {};
     self.ioServers = {};
 
@@ -109,11 +108,6 @@ var Server = function () {
 
     // background tasks init ----------------------------------------------
     require("./bgtask")(self);
-
-    // tor blocker init ---------------------------------------------------
-    if (Config.get("enable-tor-blocker")) {
-        self.torblocker = require("./torblocker")();
-    }
 };
 
 Server.prototype.getHTTPIP = function (req) {