diff --git a/linkcheck/director/status.py b/linkcheck/director/status.py
index 92b3f85c..e1fc30e4 100644
--- a/linkcheck/director/status.py
+++ b/linkcheck/director/status.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def print_app_info ():
 # lock for status thread
 _status_lock = threading.Lock()
 status_flag = True
-finished = threading.Condition(_status_lock)
 
 @synchronized(_status_lock)
 def status_is_active ():
@@ -82,16 +81,6 @@ def disable_status ():
     status_flag = False
 
 
-@synchronized(finished)
-def join ():
-    finished.wait()
-
-
-@synchronized(finished)
-def finish ():
-    finished.notify()
-
-
 def do_status (urlqueue):
     start_time = time.time()
     threading.currentThread().setName("Status")
@@ -99,7 +88,7 @@ def do_status (urlqueue):
         for dummy in xrange(5):
             time.sleep(1)
             if not status_is_active():
-                return finish()
+                return
         print_status(urlqueue, start_time)