diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index 3bb60da..6f2ba4c 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ void logoff_msg();
 void killit();
 int chk_xsession();             /* seppy: is it a X-Session? */
 void killit_xsession();         /* seppy: kill the X-Session */
-int chk_ssh(pid_t pid);         /* seppy: check if user is logged in via ssh (we have to
-                                   handle that different... ;( */
 char *getusr(pid_t pid);        /*seppy: get the owner of a running process */
 void segfault();                /* seppy: catch segfault and log them */
 int chk_xterm();                /* seppy: is it a xterm? */
@@ -964,19 +962,10 @@ char *host;
     }
 
 
-    /* check if the pid is sshd. If so, get PID of the child process (another ssh, owned by the user).
-       Test reverse if this child process is also ssh and owned by the user we want to log out.
-       (because we don't want to slay another user ;) */
 #ifdef DEBUG
     syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "I am at killit() pid=%d user=%s line %d", pid, user, __LINE__);
 #endif
 
-    if (chk_ssh(pid)) {
-#ifdef DEBUG
-        syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "User %s (pid:%d) logged in via ssh from %s.", user, pid, host);
-#endif
-    }
-
     logoff_msg(tty);
     sleep(KWAIT);               /*make sure msg does not get lost, again (esp. ssh) */
     close(tty);
@@ -1142,26 +1131,6 @@ char *host, *user;
 
 
 
-int chk_ssh(pid)                /* seppy; returns true if pid is sshd, otherwise it returns false */
-pid_t pid;
-{
-    sprintf(path, "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
-    proc_file = fopen(path, "r");
-    if (!proc_file) {
-        syslog(LOG_WARNING, "chk_ssh(): PID %d does not exist. Something went wrong. Ignoring.",
-               pid);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    fscanf(proc_file, "%*d (%[^)]", comm);
-    fclose(proc_file);
-
-    if (!strcmp(comm, "sshd"))
-        return 1;
-    else
-        return 0;
-}
-
 char *getusr(pid)               /*seppy; returns the name of the user owning process with the Process ID pid */
 pid_t pid;
 {