diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index 1fbc9b98a4..eb4ceca103 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -53,25 +53,12 @@ impl<'a, N: NetworkListener + 'a> Iterator for NetworkConnections<'a, N> {
     }
 }
 
-
 /// An abstraction over streams that a Server can utilize.
-pub trait NetworkStream: Read + Write + Any + StreamClone + Send + Typeable {
+pub trait NetworkStream: Read + Write + Any + Send + Typeable {
     /// Get the remote address of the underlying connection.
     fn peer_addr(&mut self) -> io::Result<SocketAddr>;
 }
 
-#[doc(hidden)]
-pub trait StreamClone {
-    fn clone_box(&self) -> Box<NetworkStream + Send>;
-}
-
-impl<T: NetworkStream + Send + Clone> StreamClone for T {
-    #[inline]
-    fn clone_box(&self) -> Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
-        Box::new(self.clone())
-    }
-}
-
 /// A connector creates a NetworkStream.
 pub trait NetworkConnector {
     /// Type of Stream to create
@@ -92,11 +79,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Clone for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
-    #[inline]
-    fn clone(&self) -> Box<NetworkStream + Send> { self.clone_box() }
-}
-
 impl NetworkStream + Send {
     unsafe fn downcast_ref_unchecked<T: 'static>(&self) -> &T {
         mem::transmute(traitobject::data(self))