diff --git a/src/port/Makefile b/src/port/Makefile
index ea552066b6b..c5155967677 100644
--- a/src/port/Makefile
+++ b/src/port/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #		for use only by the backend binaries
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/Makefile,v 1.24 2005/03/20 02:44:45 momjian Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/Makefile,v 1.25 2005/03/20 03:53:39 momjian Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ LIBOBJS_SRV := $(LIBOBJS)
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst dirmod.o,dirmod_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst exec.o,exec_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst getaddrinfo.o,getaddrinfo_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
-LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst snprintf.o,snprintf_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst thread.o,thread_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 
 all: libpgport.a libpgport_srv.a
diff --git a/src/port/snprintf.c b/src/port/snprintf.c
index 544ab3d78c9..4a8c7534307 100644
--- a/src/port/snprintf.c
+++ b/src/port/snprintf.c
@@ -32,17 +32,14 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#ifndef FRONTEND
 #include "postgres.h"
-#else
-#include "postgres_fe.h"
-#endif
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #endif
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
+
 /*
 **	SNPRINTF, VSNPRINT -- counted versions of printf
 **
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@
  * causing nasty effects.
  **************************************************************/
 
-/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.24 2005/03/17 03:18:14 momjian Exp $";*/
+/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.25 2005/03/20 03:53:39 momjian Exp $";*/
 
 static void dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end);
 
@@ -227,10 +224,7 @@ dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end)
 	for (p = format; *p != '\0'; p++)
 		if (*p == '%')			/* counts %% as two, so overcounts */
 			percents++;
-#ifndef FRONTEND
-	fmtpar = pgport_palloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar) * percents);
-	fmtparptr = pgport_palloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar *) * percents);
-#else
+
 	if ((fmtpar = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar) * percents)) == NULL)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
@@ -241,7 +235,6 @@ dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end)
 		fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
 		exit(1);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	format_save = format;
 
@@ -586,13 +579,8 @@ nochar:
 	}
 	*output = '\0';
 
-#ifndef FRONTEND
-	pgport_pfree(fmtpar);
-	pgport_pfree(fmtparptr);
-#else
 	free(fmtpar);
 	free(fmtparptr);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void