diff --git a/program/include/rcube_imap.php b/program/include/rcube_imap.php
index 7db5e5468..990e1a05d 100644
--- a/program/include/rcube_imap.php
+++ b/program/include/rcube_imap.php
@@ -156,13 +156,8 @@ class rcube_imap
         $this->ssl  = $use_ssl;
 
         if ($this->conn->connected()) {
-            // print trace messages
-            if ($this->conn->message && ($this->debug_level & 8)) {
-                console($this->conn->message);
-            }
             // get namespace and delimiter
             $this->set_env();
-
             return true;
         }
         // write error log
diff --git a/program/include/rcube_imap_generic.php b/program/include/rcube_imap_generic.php
index d3742fe8e..10bc6d06b 100644
--- a/program/include/rcube_imap_generic.php
+++ b/program/include/rcube_imap_generic.php
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class rcube_imap_generic
 {
     public $error;
     public $errornum;
-	public $message;
     public $data = array();
     public $flags = array(
         'SEEN'     => '\\Seen',
@@ -692,8 +691,6 @@ class rcube_imap_generic
 		    $this->parseCapability($matches[1], true);
 	    }
 
-	    $this->message = $line;
-
 	    // TLS connection
 	    if ($this->prefs['ssl_mode'] == 'tls' && $this->getCapability('STARTTLS')) {
         	if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.1.0', '>=')) {