diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/actors.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/actors.cpp
index 5e891ef5c..7cb8be156 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/actors.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/actors.cpp
@@ -1995,34 +1995,13 @@ namespace MWMechanics
         /*
             Start of tes3mp change (major)
 
-            Only increment death count for an actor if we are its authority, to avoid
-            situations where we increment it locally after having already received an
-            ID_WORLD_KILL_COUNT packet about it
+            Don't increment the kill count and expect the server to send a packet to increment
+            it for us instead
         */
-        bool isLocalActor = mwmp::Main::get().getCellController()->isLocalActor(actor);
-
-        if (isLocalActor)
-            ++mDeathCount[Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(actor.getCellRef().getRefId())];
+        //++mDeathCount[Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(actor.getCellRef().getRefId())];
         /*
             End of tes3mp change (major)
         */
-
-        /*
-            Start of tes3mp addition
-
-            Send an ID_WORLD_KILL_COUNT packet every time the kill count changes,
-            as long as we are the authority over the actor's cell
-        */
-        if (isLocalActor)
-        {
-            std::string refId = Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(actor.getCellRef().getRefId());
-            int number = mDeathCount[refId];
-
-            mwmp::Main::get().getNetworking()->getWorldstate()->sendKill(refId, number);
-        }
-        /*
-            End of tes3mp addition
-        */
     }
 
     void Actors::resurrect(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.cpp
index 8e0d413cb..2483b1676 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.cpp
@@ -380,22 +380,6 @@ void Worldstate::setWeather()
         weather.queuedWeather, weather.transitionFactor, forceWeather);
 }
 
-void Worldstate::sendKill(const std::string& refId, int number)
-{
-    killChanges.clear();
-
-    mwmp::Kill killChange;
-    killChange.refId = refId;
-    killChange.number = number;
-
-    LOG_MESSAGE_SIMPLE(TimedLog::LOG_INFO, "Sending ID_WORLD_KILL_COUNT with refId %s, number %i", refId.c_str(), number);
-
-    killChanges.push_back(killChange);
-
-    getNetworking()->getWorldstatePacket(ID_WORLD_KILL_COUNT)->setWorldstate(this);
-    getNetworking()->getWorldstatePacket(ID_WORLD_KILL_COUNT)->Send();
-}
-
 void Worldstate::sendMapExplored(int cellX, int cellY, const std::vector<char>& imageData)
 {
     mapTiles.clear();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.hpp
index b608943fe..1f7064a0c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Worldstate.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ namespace mwmp
         void setMapExplored();
         void setWeather();
 
-        void sendKill(const std::string& refId, int number);
         void sendMapExplored(int cellX, int cellY, const std::vector<char>& imageData);
         void sendWeather(std::string region, int currentWeather, int nextWeather, int queuedWeather, float transitionFactor);