diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMap.cpp b/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMap.cpp
index 04f128358..1dfaf02d4 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMap.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMap.cpp
@@ -175,15 +175,7 @@ SHAMap::getStack (uint256 const& id, bool include_nonmatching_leaf)
         if (!node->descend (branch, nodeID, nodeHash))
             return stack;
 
-        try
-        {
-            node = getNode (nodeID, nodeHash, false);
-        }
-        catch (SHAMapMissingNode& mn)
-        {
-            mn.setTargetNode (id);
-            throw;
-        }
+        node = getNode (nodeID, nodeHash, false);
     }
 
     if (include_nonmatching_leaf || (node->peekItem ()->getTag () == id))
@@ -251,15 +243,7 @@ SHAMapTreeNode::pointer SHAMap::walkTo (uint256 const& id, bool modify)
         if (!inNode->descend (branch, nodeID, nodeHash))
             return inNode;
 
-        try
-        {
-            inNode = getNode (nodeID, nodeHash, false);
-        }
-        catch (SHAMapMissingNode& mn)
-        {
-            mn.setTargetNode (id);
-            throw;
-        }
+        inNode = getNode (nodeID, nodeHash, false);
     }
 
     if (inNode->getTag () != id)
diff --git a/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMapMissingNode.h b/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMapMissingNode.h
index 02db8644b..ab4398caa 100644
--- a/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMapMissingNode.h
+++ b/src/ripple/module/app/shamap/SHAMapMissingNode.h
@@ -42,27 +42,10 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    SHAMapMissingNode (SHAMapType t,
-                       SHAMapNodeID const& nodeID,
-                       uint256 const& nodeHash,
-                       uint256 const& targetIndex)
-        : std::runtime_error (nodeID.getString ())
-        , mType (t)
-        , mNodeID (nodeID)
-        , mNodeHash (nodeHash)
-        , mTargetIndex (targetIndex)
-    {
-    }
-
     virtual ~SHAMapMissingNode () throw ()
     {
     }
 
-    void setTargetNode (uint256 const& tn)
-    {
-        mTargetIndex = tn;
-    }
-
     SHAMapType getMapType () const
     {
         return mType;
@@ -78,21 +61,10 @@ public:
         return mNodeHash;
     }
 
-    uint256 const& getTargetIndex () const
-    {
-        return mTargetIndex;
-    }
-
-    bool hasTargetIndex () const
-    {
-        return !mTargetIndex.isZero ();
-    }
-
 private:
     SHAMapType mType;
     SHAMapNodeID mNodeID;
     uint256 mNodeHash;
-    uint256 mTargetIndex;
 };
 
 extern std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream&, SHAMapMissingNode const&);