diff --git a/client/electrum.py b/client/electrum.py
index e93d252e9..3f5512a60 100755
--- a/client/electrum.py
+++ b/client/electrum.py
@@ -451,10 +451,6 @@ class Wallet:
         self.rtime = time.time() - t1
         return out
 
-    def retrieve_message(self):
-        if not self.message:
-            self.message = self.request( repr ( ('msg', '')))
-
     def send_tx(self, data):
         return self.request( repr ( ('tx', data )))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9f382f613..864984aaa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-version = "0.26"
+version = "0.26b"
 
 setup(name = "Electrum",
     version = version,