4 files changed, 6 insertions, 66 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.cpp b/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.cpp
index 2a8af012a4f..4d2f9562575 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Ice::CommunicatorI::removeAdminFacet(const string& facet)
     return _instance->removeAdminFacet(facet);
 }
 
-Ice::CommunicatorI::CommunicatorI(const InitializationData& initData, char** argv) : _argv(argv)
+Ice::CommunicatorI::CommunicatorI(const InitializationData& initData)
 {
     __setNoDelete(true);
     try
@@ -358,16 +358,6 @@ Ice::CommunicatorI::~CommunicatorI()
         Warning out(_instance->initializationData().logger);
         out << "Ice::Communicator::destroy() has not been called";
     }
-    if(_argv)
-    {
-        for(int i = 0; _argv[i] != 0; ++i)
-        {
-            free(_argv[i]);
-        }
-        free(_argv);
-        _argv = 0;
-    }
-
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.h b/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.h
index d78693ad207..f80939fc805 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.h
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/CommunicatorI.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-    CommunicatorI(const InitializationData&, char** argv = 0);
+    CommunicatorI(const InitializationData&);
     virtual ~CommunicatorI();
 
     //
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ private:
     //
     void finishSetup(int&, char*[]);
 
-    friend ICE_API CommunicatorPtr initialize(int&, char**&, const InitializationData&, Int);
-    friend ICE_API CommunicatorPtr initialize(int, const char*[], int&, char**&, const InitializationData&, Int);
+    friend ICE_API CommunicatorPtr initialize(int&, char*[], const InitializationData&, Int);
     friend ICE_API CommunicatorPtr initialize(StringSeq&, const InitializationData&, Int);
     friend ICE_API CommunicatorPtr initialize(const InitializationData&, Int);
     friend ICE_API ::IceInternal::InstancePtr IceInternal::getInstance(const ::Ice::CommunicatorPtr&);
@@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ private:
     // Communicator's destructor is invoked.
     //
     const ::IceInternal::DynamicLibraryListPtr _dynamicLibraryList;
-
-    char** _argv;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp b/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
index 69444ff17cb..e5f88d034aa 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/Initialize.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <IceUtil/DisableWarnings.h>
 #include <IceUtil/ArgVector.h>
-#include <IceUtil/StringUtil.h>
 #include <Ice/GC.h>
 #include <Ice/CommunicatorI.h>
 #include <Ice/PropertiesI.h>
@@ -151,31 +150,16 @@ inline void checkIceVersion(Int version)
 }
 
 CommunicatorPtr
-Ice::initialize(int& argc, char**& argv, const InitializationData& initializationData, Int version)
+Ice::initialize(int& argc, char* argv[], const InitializationData& initializationData, Int version)
 {
-    int argcCopy = argc;
-    CommunicatorPtr result = initialize(argcCopy, const_cast<const char**>(argv), argc, argv, initializationData, version);
-    return result;
-}
-
-CommunicatorPtr
-Ice::initialize(int argc, const char* argv[], int& newArgc, char**& newArgv, const InitializationData& initializationData, Int version)
-{
-
     checkIceVersion(version);
 
     InitializationData initData = initializationData;
-    int argcCopy = argc;
-    char** argvCopy = IceUtilInternal::dupArgv(argv);
-    initData.properties = createProperties(argcCopy, argvCopy, initData.properties, initData.stringConverter);
+    initData.properties = createProperties(argc, argv, initData.properties, initData.stringConverter);
 
     CommunicatorI* communicatorI = new CommunicatorI(initData);
     CommunicatorPtr result = communicatorI; // For exception safety.
-    communicatorI->finishSetup(argcCopy, argvCopy);
-
-    newArgc = argcCopy;
-    newArgv = argvCopy;
-
+    communicatorI->finishSetup(argc, argv);
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringUtil.cpp b/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringUtil.cpp
index 5e2439e2e24..a8499af2355 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -719,34 +719,3 @@ IceUtilInternal::removeWhitespace(const std::string& s)
     }
     return result;
 }
-
-char**
-IceUtilInternal::dupArgv(const char* argv[])
-{
-    int argc;
-    char** copy;
-
-    if(argv == 0)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    for(argc = 0; argv[argc] != 0; argc++);
-
-    copy = (char**) malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(char*));
-    if(copy == 0)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    for(argc = 0; argv[argc] != 0; argc++)
-    {
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
-        copy[argc] = _strdup(argv[argc]);
-#else
-        copy[argc] = strdup(argv[argc]);
-#endif
-    }
-    copy[argc] = 0;
-    return copy;
-}