diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ModemImpl.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ModemImpl.java
index bde47d9eafae19c4c3cbae270f8b92d43a661f3d..f389b7dfa29b9db17a1dac789ed1991117d52224 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ModemImpl.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ModemImpl.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 	private final Callback callback;
 	private final SerialPort port;
 	private final AtomicBoolean initialised, connected;
-	private final Semaphore offHook, writing;
+	private final Semaphore offHook;
 	private final byte[] line;
 
 	private int lineLen = 0;
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 		port = new SerialPort(portName);
 		initialised = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 		offHook = new Semaphore(1);
-		writing = new Semaphore(1);
 		connected = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 		line = new byte[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
 		reliabilityLayer = new ReliabilityLayer(this);
@@ -152,28 +151,14 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 	}
 
 	public void handleWrite(byte[] b) throws IOException {
-		try {
-			writing.acquire();
-		} catch(InterruptedException e) {
-			tryToClose(port);
-			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-			throw new IOException("Interrupted while waiting to write");
-		}
 		try {
 			port.writeBytes(b);
 		} catch(SerialPortException e) {
 			tryToClose(port);
 			throw new IOException(e.toString());
-		} finally {
-			writing.release();
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void waitForWritesToComplete() throws InterruptedException {
-		writing.acquire();
-		writing.release();
-	}
-
 	public void serialEvent(SerialPortEvent ev) {
 		try {
 			if(ev.isRXCHAR()) {
diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ReliabilityLayer.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ReliabilityLayer.java
index 197709ec9def6f76f66f72e524f892cc11fade20..e61748ab90bae6c38795cb4c41b48e87164f2095 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ReliabilityLayer.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/ReliabilityLayer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ReliabilityLayer implements ReadHandler, WriteHandler {
 
 	ReliabilityLayer(WriteHandler writeHandler) {
 		this.writeHandler = writeHandler;
+		// FIXME: Don't let references to this escape the constructor
 		SlipEncoder encoder = new SlipEncoder(this);
 		Sender sender = new Sender(encoder);
 		receiver = new Receiver(sender);
@@ -90,9 +91,4 @@ class ReliabilityLayer implements ReadHandler, WriteHandler {
 		if(LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("Queueing " + b.length + " bytes");
 		if(b.length > 0) writes.add(b);
 	}
-
-	public void waitForWritesToComplete() throws InterruptedException {
-		if(writer != null) writer.join();
-		writeHandler.waitForWritesToComplete();
-	}
 }
diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/Sender.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/Sender.java
index 3217482ad6ecf8f92d6fd675e0ff3b7e6fbfccd3..9c8ef82af4d442ce5be46e03fccc5ce7ef200bf1 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/Sender.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/Sender.java
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@ class Sender {
 		writeHandler.handleWrite(d.getBuffer());
 	}
 
-	void waitForWritesToComplete() throws InterruptedException {
-		writeHandler.waitForWritesToComplete();
-	}
-
 	private static class Outstanding {
 
 		private final Data data;
diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SenderOutputStream.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SenderOutputStream.java
index 531fa0417c3b6880f1163c58db89263f61d3ecb0..e2da6bd1acd60357180849eeb82c3d7045099684 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SenderOutputStream.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SenderOutputStream.java
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ class SenderOutputStream extends OutputStream {
 	@Override
 	public void flush() throws IOException {
 		if(offset > Data.HEADER_LENGTH) send(false);
-		try {
-			sender.waitForWritesToComplete();
-		} catch(InterruptedException e) {
-			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-			throw new IOException("Interrupted while flushing output stream");
-		}
+		// FIXME: Wait for asynchronous writes to complete
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SlipEncoder.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SlipEncoder.java
index e106d66dec70a9b98b0ce5ec83cf9941396e263e..0fc327a43f07687b01216eb3f0342c0368ab93e8 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SlipEncoder.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/SlipEncoder.java
@@ -35,8 +35,4 @@ class SlipEncoder implements WriteHandler {
 		encoded[encodedLength - 1] = END;
 		writeHandler.handleWrite(encoded);
 	}
-
-	public void waitForWritesToComplete() throws InterruptedException {
-		writeHandler.waitForWritesToComplete();
-	}
 }
diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/WriteHandler.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/WriteHandler.java
index f4780ffac17e54f79eafa6bfe8bde7133d13149a..fdf4d2c153cecd7ea792de01c52d2a2f66b83849 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/WriteHandler.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/plugins/modem/WriteHandler.java
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 interface WriteHandler {
 
 	void handleWrite(byte[] b) throws IOException;
-
-	void waitForWritesToComplete() throws InterruptedException;
 }