diff --git a/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc b/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
index 33a76fa7b4..fb81ccd144 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ _thread_init_callback (void * /*arg*/)
 	SessionEvent::create_per_thread_pool (X_("Audioengine"), 512);
 
 	MIDI::Port::set_process_thread (pthread_self());
-	MIDI::MachineControl::set_sending_thread (pthread_self ());
 }
 
 typedef void (*_JackInfoShutdownCallback)(jack_status_t code, const char* reason, void *arg);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_process.cc b/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
index e555350088..d7e9b7c995 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ Session::process (nframes_t nframes)
 		}
 	}
 
-	_mmc->flush_pending ();
-        
         _engine.main_thread()->get_buffers ();
 
 	(this->*process_function) (nframes);
diff --git a/libs/midi++2/midi++/mmc.h b/libs/midi++2/midi++/mmc.h
index 61415d39f2..ec48527789 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/midi++/mmc.h
+++ b/libs/midi++2/midi++/mmc.h
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ class MachineControl
 	byte send_device_id () const { return _send_device_id; }
 	void enable_send (bool);
 	void send (MachineControlCommand const &);
-	void flush_pending ();
 
 	static bool is_mmc (byte *sysex_buf, size_t len);
-	static void set_sending_thread (pthread_t);
 
 	/* Signals to connect to if you want to run "callbacks"
 	   when certain MMC commands are received.
@@ -260,14 +258,6 @@ class MachineControl
 	Port* _port;
 	bool _enable_send; ///< true if MMC sending is enabled
 
-	/** A ringbuffer of MMC commands that were `sent' from the wrong thread, which
-	    are queued up and sent when flush_pending() is called.
-	*/
-	RingBuffer<MachineControlCommand> _pending;
-
-	/** The thread to use for sending MMC commands */
-	static pthread_t _sending_thread;
-
 	void process_mmc_message (Parser &p, byte *, size_t len);
 	PBD::ScopedConnectionList port_connections; ///< connections to our parser for incoming data
 
@@ -275,7 +265,6 @@ class MachineControl
 	int  do_locate (byte *, size_t len);
 	int  do_step (byte *, size_t len);
 	int  do_shuttle (byte *, size_t len);
-	void send_immediately (MachineControlCommand const &);
 	
 	void write_track_status (byte *, size_t len, byte reg);
 	void spp_start (Parser&, nframes_t);
diff --git a/libs/midi++2/mmc.cc b/libs/midi++2/mmc.cc
index 79132f0e1a..597904d293 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/mmc.cc
+++ b/libs/midi++2/mmc.cc
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace MIDI;
 using namespace PBD;
 
-pthread_t MachineControl::_sending_thread;
-
 static std::map<int,string> mmc_cmd_map;
 static void build_mmc_cmd_map ()
 {
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ static void build_mmc_cmd_map ()
 
 MachineControl::MachineControl ()
 	: _port (0)
-	, _pending (16)
 {
 	build_mmc_cmd_map ();
 
@@ -640,36 +637,11 @@ MachineControl::enable_send (bool yn)
 	_enable_send = yn;
 }
 
-/** Send a MMC command.  It will be sent immediately if the call is made in _sending_thread,
- *  otherwise it will be queued and sent next time flush_pending()
- *  is called.
- *  @param c command, which this method takes ownership of.
+/** Send a MMC command to a the MMC port.
+ *  @param c command.
  */
 void
 MachineControl::send (MachineControlCommand const & c)
-{
-	if (pthread_self() == _sending_thread) {
-		send_immediately (c);
-	} else {
-		_pending.write (&c, 1);
-	}
-}
-
-/** Send any pending MMC commands immediately.  Must be called from _sending_thread */
-void
-MachineControl::flush_pending ()
-{
-	MachineControlCommand c;
-	while (_pending.read (&c, 1) == 1) {
-		send_immediately (c);
-	}
-}
-
-/** Send a MMC immediately.  Must be called from _sending_thread.
- *  @param c command, which this method takes ownership of.
- */
-void
-MachineControl::send_immediately (MachineControlCommand const & c)
 {
 	if (_port == 0 || !_enable_send) {
 		// cerr << "Not delivering MMC " << _mmc->port() << " - " << session_send_mmc << endl;
@@ -684,13 +656,6 @@ MachineControl::send_immediately (MachineControlCommand const & c)
 	}
 }
 
-/** Set the thread that we should send MMC in */
-void
-MachineControl::set_sending_thread (pthread_t t)
-{
-	_sending_thread = t;
-}
-
 void
 MachineControl::spp_start (Parser& parser, nframes_t timestamp)
 {