diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index f9cd8d035a19ed3f8aedbb87654894a0251af75a..d55eb2a07c039a3e59cd633c5827e247b8a4eb01 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.56 1998/09/25 13:38:30 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.57 1998/10/01 02:03:58 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ ExecCheckPerms(CmdType operation,
 						((aclcheck_result = CHECK(ACL_WR)) == ACLCHECK_OK);
 					opstr = "append";
 					break;
-				case CMD_NOTIFY:		/* what does this mean?? -- jw,
-										 * 1/6/94 */
 				case CMD_DELETE:
 				case CMD_UPDATE:
 					ok = ((aclcheck_result = CHECK(ACL_WR)) == ACLCHECK_OK);
@@ -351,7 +349,6 @@ ExecCheckPerms(CmdType operation,
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			/* XXX NOTIFY?? */
 			ok = ((aclcheck_result = CHECK(ACL_RD)) == ACLCHECK_OK);
 			opstr = "read";
 		}
@@ -724,26 +721,23 @@ ExecutePlan(EState *estate,
 
 	for (;;)
 	{
-		if (operation != CMD_NOTIFY)
-		{
-			/******************
-			 *	Execute the plan and obtain a tuple
-			 ******************
-			 */
-			/* at the top level, the parent of a plan (2nd arg) is itself */
-			slot = ExecProcNode(plan, plan);
+		/******************
+		 *	Execute the plan and obtain a tuple
+		 ******************
+		 */
+		/* at the top level, the parent of a plan (2nd arg) is itself */
+		slot = ExecProcNode(plan, plan);
 
-			/******************
-			 *	if the tuple is null, then we assume
-			 *	there is nothing more to process so
-			 *	we just return null...
-			 ******************
-			 */
-			if (TupIsNull(slot))
-			{
-				result = NULL;
-				break;
-			}
+		/******************
+		 *	if the tuple is null, then we assume
+		 *	there is nothing more to process so
+		 *	we just return null...
+		 ******************
+		 */
+		if (TupIsNull(slot))
+		{
+			result = NULL;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/******************
@@ -832,24 +826,6 @@ ExecutePlan(EState *estate,
 				result = NULL;
 				break;
 
-				/*
-				 * Total hack. I'm ignoring any accessor functions for
-				 * Relation, RelationForm, NameData. Assuming that
-				 * NameData.data has offset 0.
-				 */
-			case CMD_NOTIFY:
-				{
-					RelationInfo *rInfo = estate->es_result_relation_info;
-					Relation	rDesc = rInfo->ri_RelationDesc;
-
-					Async_Notify(rDesc->rd_rel->relname.data);
-					result = NULL;
-					current_tuple_count = 0;
-					numberTuples = 1;
-					elog(DEBUG, "ExecNotify %s", &rDesc->rd_rel->relname);
-				}
-				break;
-
 			default:
 				elog(DEBUG, "ExecutePlan: unknown operation in queryDesc");
 				result = NULL;
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
index 0cef5472f296d51da48e713303f2871e4a0ab953..f9e52260bfa4c1f15cc63925e9625b3e0df50092 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c,v 1.28 1998/09/01 04:29:51 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c,v 1.29 1998/10/01 02:03:59 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -96,14 +96,7 @@ query_planner(Query *root,
 	 */
 	if (tlist == NIL && qual == NULL)
 	{
-		if (command_type == CMD_DELETE ||
-
-		/*
-		 * Total hack here. I don't know how to handle statements like
-		 * notify in action bodies. Notify doesn't return anything but
-		 * scans a system table.
-		 */
-			command_type == CMD_NOTIFY)
+		if (command_type == CMD_DELETE)
 		{
 			return ((Plan *) make_seqscan(NIL,
 										  NIL,
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
index 29124a839ce7d39c926ea04349bcfc57ddfccf75..5ddbfd142e01dfc1b13a05c3d0267cddfc419a7b 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: nodes.h,v 1.30 1998/09/01 04:36:41 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: nodes.h,v 1.31 1998/10/01 02:04:01 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ typedef enum CmdType
 	CMD_UPDATE,					/* update stmt (formerly replace) */
 	CMD_INSERT,					/* insert stmt (formerly append) */
 	CMD_DELETE,
-	CMD_NOTIFY,
 	CMD_UTILITY,				/* cmds like create, destroy, copy,
 								 * vacuum, etc. */
 	CMD_NOTHING					/* dummy command for instead nothing rules