diff --git a/src/mainconf.c b/src/mainconf.c
index 0c094a5..0dad946 100644
--- a/src/mainconf.c
+++ b/src/mainconf.c
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ static int srvprepare(struct srvstart *s, int argc, char **argv){
     other client */
  if(srv->o_nsfd >= 0) srv->threadperclient = 1;
 #endif
- if(srv->logger && srv->logger->type && srv->logger->type->blocks) srv->threadperclient = 1;
 #ifndef STDMAIN
  if(sysresolves(srv->resolvmode)) srv->threadperclient = 1;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/sql.c b/src/sql.c
index 54500dd..0f0fd99 100644
--- a/src/sql.c
+++ b/src/sql.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void odbcclose(struct logger *lg){
 }
 
 const struct logtype logtype_odbc = {
-    "odbc", odbcmatch, odbcinit, odbcformat, odbcwrite, odbcclose, NULL, LOGSTACKSIZE, 0, 0, 1, 1
+    "odbc", odbcmatch, odbcinit, odbcformat, odbcwrite, odbcclose, NULL, LOGSTACKSIZE, 0, 0, 1
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/structures.h b/src/structures.h
index 8e9b39e..df20696 100644
--- a/src/structures.h
+++ b/src/structures.h
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ struct logtype {
 	int standard;	/* kept open for the life of the process */
 	int text;	/* writes a line of text: errors can go there */
 	int params;	/* the string after a comma is parameters */
-	int blocks;	/* waits for its writes other than in sockpoll() */
 };
 
 /* What a log's queue holds: a line (log.c's struct logslot, of which this