diff --git a/sql/log.cc b/sql/log.cc
index 8af463440be..8f22e9accd1 100644
--- a/sql/log.cc
+++ b/sql/log.cc
@@ -2607,6 +2607,13 @@ int THD::binlog_setup_trx_data()
   DBUG_RETURN(0);
 }
 
+/*
+  Write a table map to the binary log.
+
+  This function is called from ha_external_lock() after the storage
+  engine has registered for the transaction.
+ */
+
 int THD::binlog_write_table_map(TABLE *table, bool is_trans)
 {
   DBUG_ENTER("THD::binlog_write_table_map");
@@ -2623,10 +2630,6 @@ int THD::binlog_write_table_map(TABLE *table, bool is_trans)
   Table_map_log_event
     the_event(this, table, table->s->table_map_id, is_trans, flags);
 
-  /*
-    This function is called from ha_external_lock() after the storage
-    engine has registered for the transaction.
-   */
   if (is_trans)
     trans_register_ha(this, options & (OPTION_NOT_AUTOCOMMIT | OPTION_BEGIN),
                       &binlog_hton);
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 4ed7fc463cc..1b21bee1635 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -5073,7 +5073,9 @@ Rows_log_event::Rows_log_event(THD *thd_arg, TABLE *tbl_arg, ulong tid,
 {
   /*
     We allow a special form of dummy event when the table, and cols
-    are null and the table id is ULONG_MAX.
+    are null and the table id is ULONG_MAX.  This is a temporary
+    solution, to be able to terminate a started statement in the
+    binary log: the extreneous events will be removed in the future.
    */
   DBUG_ASSERT(tbl_arg && tbl_arg->s && tid != ULONG_MAX ||
               !tbl_arg && !cols && tid == ULONG_MAX);
diff --git a/sql/log_event.h b/sql/log_event.h
index 9a5fb7cd73b..d6ce354fbdf 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.h
+++ b/sql/log_event.h
@@ -1833,36 +1833,6 @@ public:
     return m_rows_buf && m_cols.bitmap;
   }
 
-  /*
-    If there is no table map active for the event, write one to the
-    binary log.
-
-    LOCK_log has to be aquired before calling this function.
-
-    PARAMETERS
-      thd - Thread to use when writing the table map
-
-    RETURN VALUE
-      Error code, or zero if write succeeded.
-  */
-#if !defined(MYSQL_CLIENT) && defined(HAVE_ROW_BASED_REPLICATION)
-#if 0
-  int maybe_write_table_map(THD *thd, IO_CACHE *file, MYSQL_LOG *log) const
-  {
-    /*
-      N.B., get_cache_stmt() returns the value of 'using_trans' that
-      was provided to the constructor, i.e., get_cache_stmt() == true
-      if and only if the table is transactional.
-    */
-
-    int result= 0;
-    if (!log->is_table_mapped(m_table))
-      result= log->write_table_map(thd, file, m_table, get_cache_stmt());
-    return result;
-  }
-#endif
-#endif
-
   uint     m_row_count;         /* The number of rows added to the event */
 
 protected:
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index d185216d84a..8ff36536743 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -2532,12 +2532,14 @@ int THD::binlog_flush_pending_rows_event(bool stmt_end)
       table maps written this far will be included in the table maps
       for the following statement.
 
-      See if we can replace this with a dummy, maybe constant, event.
+      TODO: Remove the need for a dummy event altogether.  It can be
+      fixed if we can write table maps to a memory buffer before
+      writing the first binrow event.  We can then flush and clear the
+      memory buffer with table map events before writing the first
+      binrow event.  In the event of a crash, nothing is lost since
+      the table maps are only needed if there are binrow events.
     */
-#if 0
-    static unsigned char memory[sizeof(Write_rows_log_event)];
-    void *const ptr= &memory;
-#endif
+
     Rows_log_event *ev=
       new Write_rows_log_event(this, 0, ULONG_MAX, 0, FALSE);
     ev->set_flags(Rows_log_event::STMT_END_F);