diff --git a/irc.py b/irc.py
index 200eab5..1dadc52 100755
--- a/irc.py
+++ b/irc.py
@@ -185,19 +185,6 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
             except UnicodeEncodeError as e:
                 return
 
-        # Split long messages
-        maxlength = 430
-        if len(text) > maxlength:
-            first_message = text[0:maxlength].decode('utf-8','ignore')
-            line_break = len(first_message)
-            for i in range(len(first_message)-1,-1,-1):
-                if first_message[i] == " ":
-                    line_break = i
-                    break
-            self.msg(recipient, text.decode('utf-8','ignore')[0:line_break])
-            self.msg(recipient, text.decode('utf-8','ignore')[line_break+1:])
-            return
-
         # No messages within the last 3 seconds? Go ahead!
         # Otherwise, wait so it's been at least 0.8 seconds + penalty
         if self.stack: