--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2017/01/19 21:51:43	1.105
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2018/11/17 23:40:00	1.108
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
  *
+ * Copyright (©) 2017,2018 Marc Alexander Lehmann / the Deliantra team
  * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  *
  * Deliantra is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
@@ -43,23 +44,6 @@
 refcnt_base::refcnt_t refcnt_dummy;
 ssize_t slice_alloc;
 
-#if !GCC_VERSION(3,4)
-int least_significant_bit (uint32_t x)
-{
-  x &= -x; // this isolates the lowest bit
-
-  int r = 0;
-
-  if (x & 0xaaaaaaaa) r +=  1;
-  if (x & 0xcccccccc) r +=  2;
-  if (x & 0xf0f0f0f0) r +=  4;
-  if (x & 0xff00ff00) r +=  8;
-  if (x & 0xffff0000) r += 16;
-
-  return r;
-}
-#endif
-
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 /* Checks a player-provided string which will become the msg property of
@@ -132,7 +116,7 @@
 }
 
 void *
-salloc_ (int n) throw (std::bad_alloc)
+salloc_ (int n)
 {
   void *ptr = g_slice_alloc (n);
 
@@ -144,7 +128,7 @@
 }
 
 void *
-salloc_ (int n, void *src) throw (std::bad_alloc)
+salloc_ (int n, void *src)
 {
   void *ptr = salloc_ (n);