diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     NULL,
 };
 
-char *parse (MSG * message, short *active)
+char *parse (MSG * message)
 {
     static char msg[513];
     int cmd = -1;
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@
                     if (strstr (message->email, db_lookup (DATABASE_FILE, "mcbot.email"))) {
                         snprintf (msg, 512, "PRIVMSG %s :%s!\r\nQUIT\r\n", message->channel,
                                   gettext ("Bye, have a nice day!"));
-                        *active = 0;
                     }
                 }
                 /*