diff -r 341d90fb856e -r 83227c38f6f4 libpurple/core.c
--- a/libpurple/core.c	Fri Dec 28 23:07:06 2018 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/core.c	Fri Dec 28 23:34:00 2018 +0000
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
 static PurpleCoreUiOps *_ops  = NULL;
 static PurpleCore      *_core = NULL;
 
-STATIC_PROTO_LOAD
-STATIC_PROTO_UNLOAD
-
 static void
 purple_core_print_version(void)
 {
@@ -144,9 +141,6 @@
 	purple_cmds_init();
 	purple_protocols_init();
 
-	/* Load all static protocols. */
-	static_proto_load();
-
 	/* Since plugins get probed so early we should probably initialize their
 	 * subsystem right away too.
 	 */
@@ -248,7 +242,6 @@
 	purple_prefs_uninit();
 	purple_plugins_uninit();
 
-	static_proto_unload();
 	purple_protocols_uninit();
 
 	purple_cmds_uninit();