diff --git a/extensions/m_okick.c b/extensions/m_okick.c
index c09c42a..86da046 100644
--- a/extensions/m_okick.c
+++ b/extensions/m_okick.c
@@ -138,10 +138,5 @@ mo_okick(struct Client *client_p, struct Client *source_p, int parc, const char
 		      ":%s KICK %s %s :%s", me.id, chptr->chname, who->id, comment);
 	remove_user_from_channel(msptr);
 
-	rb_sprintf(text, "K%s", who->id);
-
-	/* we don't need to track NOREJOIN stuff unless it's our client being kicked */
-	if(MyClient(who) && chptr->mode.mode & MODE_NOREJOIN)
-		channel_metadata_time_add(chptr, text, rb_current_time(), "KICKNOREJOIN");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/channel.h b/include/channel.h
index 6896a2e..b9932be 100644
--- a/include/channel.h
+++ b/include/channel.h
@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ typedef int (*ExtbanFunc)(const char *data, struct Client *client_p,
 #define MODE_NOKICK	0x40000 /* Disable /kick on this channel */
 #define MODE_NONICK	0x80000 /* Disable /nick for anyone on this channel */
 #define MODE_NOCAPS	0x100000 /* Block messages in all capital letters */
-#define MODE_NOREJOIN	0x200000 /* Block rejoin immediately after kick */
-#define MODE_NOREPEAT	0x400000 /* Block repeat messages */
-#define MODE_NOOPERKICK	0x800000 /* disallow kicking opers */
+#define MODE_NOREPEAT	0x200000 /* Block repeat messages */
+#define MODE_NOOPERKICK	0x400000 /* disallow kicking opers */
 
 #define CHFL_BAN        0x10000000	/* ban channel flag */
 #define CHFL_EXCEPTION  0x20000000	/* exception to ban channel flag */
diff --git a/include/numeric.h b/include/numeric.h
index a85c17e..816c07e 100644
--- a/include/numeric.h
+++ b/include/numeric.h
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ extern const char *form_str(int);
 
 #define ERR_NOCTCP	     492
 
-#define ERR_KICKNOREJOIN     495
-
 #define ERR_UMODEUNKNOWNFLAG 501
 #define ERR_USERSDONTMATCH   502
 
diff --git a/modules/core/m_kick.c b/modules/core/m_kick.c
index 572e911..77b58f6 100644
--- a/modules/core/m_kick.c
+++ b/modules/core/m_kick.c
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ m_kick(struct Client *client_p, struct Client *source_p, int parc, const char *p
 			      use_id(source_p), chptr->chname, use_id(who), comment);
 		remove_user_from_channel(msptr);
 
-		rb_sprintf(text, "K%s", who->id);
-
-		/* we don't need to track NOREJOIN stuff unless it's our client being kicked */
-		if(MyClient(who) && chptr->mode.mode & MODE_NOREJOIN)
-			channel_metadata_time_add(chptr, text, rb_current_time(), "KICKNOREJOIN");
 	}
 	else if (MyClient(source_p))
 		sendto_one_numeric(source_p, ERR_USERNOTINCHANNEL,
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 74767f4..8152b5f 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -857,17 +857,6 @@ can_join(struct Client *source_p, struct Channel *chptr, char *key)
 	if((is_banned(chptr, source_p, NULL, src_host, src_iphost)) == CHFL_BAN)
 		return (ERR_BANNEDFROMCHAN);
 
-	rb_sprintf(text, "K%s", source_p->id);
-
-	DICTIONARY_FOREACH(md, &iter, chptr->metadata)
-	{
-		if(!strcmp(md->value, "KICKNOREJOIN") && !strcmp(md->name, text) && (md->timevalue + ConfigChannel.kick_no_rejoin_time > rb_current_time()))
-			return ERR_KICKNOREJOIN;
-		/* cleanup any stale KICKNOREJOIN metadata we find while we're at it */
-		if(!strcmp(md->value, "KICKNOREJOIN") && !(md->timevalue + ConfigChannel.kick_no_rejoin_time > rb_current_time()))  
-			channel_metadata_delete(chptr, md->name, 0);
-	}
-
 	if(chptr->mode.mode & MODE_INVITEONLY)
 	{
 		RB_DLINK_FOREACH(invite, source_p->user->invited.head)
diff --git a/src/chmode.c b/src/chmode.c
index c2fd63c..8797a79 100644
--- a/src/chmode.c
+++ b/src/chmode.c
@@ -555,14 +555,6 @@ chm_simple(struct Client *source_p, struct Channel *chptr,
 	else if((dir == MODE_DEL) && (chptr->mode.mode & mode_type))
 	{
 		/* cleanup metadata when the related mode is removed */
-		if(c == 'J')
-		{
-			DICTIONARY_FOREACH(md, &iter, chptr->metadata)
-			{
-				if(!strcmp(md->value, "KICKNOREJOIN"))  
-					channel_metadata_delete(chptr, md->name, 0);
-			}
-		}
 		if(c == 'K')
 			channel_metadata_delete(chptr, "NOREPEAT", 0);
 
@@ -1835,7 +1827,7 @@ struct ChannelMode chmode_table[256] =
   {chm_simple,	MODE_NOCAPS },		/* G */
   {chm_nosuch,	0 },			/* H */
   {chm_ban,	CHFL_INVEX },           /* I */
-  {chm_simple,	MODE_NOREJOIN },	/* J */
+  {chm_simple,	0 },	/* J */
   {chm_simple,	MODE_NOREPEAT },	/* K */
   {chm_staff,	MODE_EXLIMIT },		/* L */
   {chm_hidden,	MODE_NOOPERKICK },	/* M */
diff --git a/src/messages.tab b/src/messages.tab
index b8fc7d7..debeeda 100644
--- a/src/messages.tab
+++ b/src/messages.tab
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static  const char *  replies[] = {
 /* 492 ERR_NOCTCP */		":Can't send CTCP to %s (+C set)",
 /* 493 */       NULL,
 /* 494 */       NULL,
-/* 495 ERR_KICKNOREJOIN */       ":%s 495 %s %s :Cannot rejoin channel so soon after being kicked (+J set)",
+/* 495 */       NULL,
 /* 496 */       NULL,
 /* 497 */       NULL,
 /* 498 */       NULL,