diff --git a/protos/SignalService.proto b/protos/SignalService.proto
index 47f24ce65..1181dc8f2 100644
--- a/protos/SignalService.proto
+++ b/protos/SignalService.proto
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ message Envelope {
   optional string source          = 2;
   optional string sourceUuid      = 11;
   optional uint32 sourceDevice    = 7;
-  optional string relay           = 3;
+  // reserved                          3; // formerly optional string relay = 3;
   optional uint64 timestamp       = 5;
-  optional bytes  legacyMessage   = 6; // Contains an encrypted DataMessage
+  // reserved                          6; // formerly optional bytes legacyMessage = 6;
   optional bytes  content         = 8; // Contains an encrypted Content
   optional string serverGuid      = 9;
   optional uint64 serverTimestamp = 10;
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
index 337862c8a..de7bf91a8 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
               )
             : ourUuid,
           timestamp: decoded.timestamp?.toNumber(),
-          legacyMessage: dropNull(decoded.legacyMessage),
           content: dropNull(decoded.content),
           serverGuid: decoded.serverGuid,
           serverTimestamp,
@@ -706,7 +705,6 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
           decoded.destinationUuid || item.destinationUuid || ourUuid.toString()
         ),
         timestamp: decoded.timestamp?.toNumber(),
-        legacyMessage: dropNull(decoded.legacyMessage),
         content: dropNull(decoded.content),
         serverGuid: decoded.serverGuid,
         serverTimestamp:
@@ -1124,14 +1122,9 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
 
       return;
     }
-    if (envelope.legacyMessage) {
-      await this.innerHandleLegacyMessage(envelope, plaintext);
-
-      return;
-    }
 
     this.removeFromCache(envelope);
-    throw new Error('Received message with no content and no legacyMessage');
+    throw new Error('Received message with no content');
   }
 
   private async unsealEnvelope(
@@ -1161,10 +1154,10 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
 
     strictAssert(uuidKind === UUIDKind.ACI, 'Sealed non-ACI envelope');
 
-    const ciphertext = envelope.content || envelope.legacyMessage;
+    const ciphertext = envelope.content;
     if (!ciphertext) {
       this.removeFromCache(envelope);
-      throw new Error('Received message with no content and no legacyMessage');
+      throw new Error('Received message with no content');
     }
 
     log.info(`MessageReceiver.unsealEnvelope(${logId}): unidentified message`);
@@ -1226,12 +1219,8 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
     }
 
     let ciphertext: Uint8Array;
-    let isLegacy = false;
     if (envelope.content) {
       ciphertext = envelope.content;
-    } else if (envelope.legacyMessage) {
-      ciphertext = envelope.legacyMessage;
-      isLegacy = true;
     } else {
       this.removeFromCache(envelope);
       strictAssert(
@@ -1240,9 +1229,7 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
       );
     }
 
-    log.info(
-      `MessageReceiver.decryptEnvelope(${logId})${isLegacy ? ' (legacy)' : ''}`
-    );
+    log.info(`MessageReceiver.decryptEnvelope(${logId})`);
     const plaintext = await this.decrypt(
       stores,
       envelope,
@@ -1255,11 +1242,6 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
       return { plaintext, envelope };
     }
 
-    // Legacy envelopes do not carry senderKeyDistributionMessage
-    if (isLegacy) {
-      return { plaintext, envelope };
-    }
-
     // Note: we need to process this as part of decryption, because we might need this
     //   sender key to decrypt the next message in the queue!
     try {
@@ -1966,14 +1948,6 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
     return this.dispatchAndWait(ev);
   }
 
-  private async innerHandleLegacyMessage(
-    envelope: ProcessedEnvelope,
-    plaintext: Uint8Array
-  ) {
-    const message = Proto.DataMessage.decode(plaintext);
-    return this.handleDataMessage(envelope, message);
-  }
-
   private async maybeUpdateTimestamp(
     envelope: ProcessedEnvelope
   ): Promise<ProcessedEnvelope> {
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts b/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
index 56adca813..1bc08d4ed 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ export type ProcessedEnvelope = Readonly<{
   sourceDevice?: number;
   destinationUuid: UUID;
   timestamp: number;
-  legacyMessage?: Uint8Array;
   content?: Uint8Array;
   serverGuid: string;
   serverTimestamp: number;