diff --git a/LCS/MessageBus/src/MsgBus.cc b/LCS/MessageBus/src/MsgBus.cc
index 3ac56901f788b6f068afacde586a270021d82a67..7cda238d52ec57a75b706ac700454314b46aedd2 100644
--- a/LCS/MessageBus/src/MsgBus.cc
+++ b/LCS/MessageBus/src/MsgBus.cc
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 #include <qpid/messaging/Logger.h>
 
 using namespace qpid::messaging;
-#endif
 
 namespace LOFAR {
 
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
   static Duration TimeOutDuration(double secs)
   {
     if (secs > 0.0)
@@ -22,55 +20,8 @@ namespace LOFAR {
     return Duration::FOREVER;
   }
 
-  class QpidLogSink: qpid::messaging::LoggerOutput {
-  public:
-    virtual void log(Level level, bool user, const char* file, int line, const char* function, const std::string& message) {
-      (void)user;
-
-      switch(level) {
-        case trace:
-        case debug:
-          LOG_DEBUG_STR("[QPID] " << function << " @ " << file << ":" << line << " " << message);
-          break;
-
-        case info:
-        case notice:
-          LOG_INFO_STR("[QPID] " << function << " @ " << file << ":" << line << " " << message);
-          break;
-
-        case warning:
-          LOG_WARN_STR("[QPID] " << function << " @ " << file << ":" << line << " " << message);
-          break;
-
-        case error:
-          LOG_ERROR_STR("[QPID] " << function << " @ " << file << ":" << line << " " << message);
-          break;
-
-        case critical:
-          LOG_FATAL_STR("[QPID] " << function << " @ " << file << ":" << line << " " << message);
-          break;
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
-  static QpidLogSink qpidLogSink;
-#if 0
-  void init() {
-    Logger::setOutput(qpidLogSink);
-  }
-
-  void done() {
-  }
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-
   FromBus::FromBus(const std::string &address, const std::string &options, const std::string &broker)
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
   try:
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsQueueName(address),
     itsConnection(broker),
     itsNrMissingACKs(0)
   {
@@ -79,18 +30,10 @@ namespace LOFAR {
     itsSession = itsConnection.createSession();
 
     Address addr(address+options);
-    receiver = itsSession.createReceiver(addr);
+    Receiver receiver = itsSession.createReceiver(addr);
   } catch(const qpid::types::Exception &ex) {
     THROW(MessageBusException, ex.what());
   }
-#else
-  :
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsQueueName(address),
-    itsNrMissingACKs(0)
-  {
-  }
-#endif
 
  
   FromBus::~FromBus(void)
@@ -99,160 +42,69 @@ namespace LOFAR {
       LOG_ERROR_STR("Queue " << itsQueueName << " on broker " << itsBrokerName << " has " << itsNrMissingACKs << " messages not ACK'ed ");
   }
 
-  bool FromBus::getString(std::string &str, double timeout) // timeout 0.0 means blocking
+  bool FromBus::getMessage(Message &msg, double timeout) // timeout 0.0 means blocking
   {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-    Message msg;
-
-    bool ret = getMessage(msg, timeout);
-    if (ret) {
-        itsNrMissingACKs ++;
-        str = msg.getContent();
+    Receiver next;
+    if (session.nextReceiver(next,TimeOutDuration(timeout)))
+    {
+        itsNrMissingACKs++;
+        return next.get(msg);
     }
-
-    return ret;
-#else
     return false;
-#endif
   }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-  bool FromBus::getMessage(Message &msg, double timeout) // timeout 0.0 means blocking
+  void FromBus::nack(Message &msg)
   {
-    bool ret= receiver.fetch(msg, TimeOutDuration(timeout));
-    if (ret) itsNrMissingACKs++;
-    return ret;
+     itsSession.release(msg);
+     itsNrMissingACKs--;
   }
 
-  void FromBus::nack(Message &msg)
+  void FromBus::ack(Message &msg)
   {
-    itsSession.release(msg);
-
-     itsNrMissingACKs--;
+     itsSession.acknowledge(msg);
+     itsNrMissingACKs --;
   }
-#endif
 
-  void FromBus::ack(void)
+  void FromBus::reject(Message &msg)
   {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-     itsSession.acknowledge();
-#endif
+     itsSession.reject(msg);
+     itsNrMissingACKs --;
+  }
 
-     // acknowlegde covers ALL messages received so far
-     itsNrMissingACKs = 0;
+  bool FromBus::addQueue(const std::string &address, const std::string &options)
+  {
+     try
+     {
+        Address addr(address+options);
+        Receiver receiver = itsSession.createReceiver(addr);
+     } catch(const qpid::types::Exception &ex) {
+       //THROW(MessageBusException, ex.what());
+       return false;
+     }
+     return true;
   }
-  
+
   ToBus::ToBus(const std::string &address, const std::string &options, const std::string &broker) 
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
   try:
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsQueueName(address),
     itsConnection(broker)
   {
      itsConnection.open();
-
      itsSession = itsConnection.createSession();
-
      Address addr(address+options);
      sender = itsSession.createSender(addr);
   } catch(const qpid::types::Exception &ex) {
     THROW(MessageBusException, ex.what());
   }
-#else
-  :
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsQueueName(address)
-  {
-  }
-#endif
-
   ToBus::~ToBus(void)
   {
   }
 
   void ToBus::send(const std::string &msg)
   {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
     Message tosend(msg);
     sender.send(tosend,true);
-#endif
-  }
-
-  MultiBus::MultiBus(const std::string &broker) 
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-  try: 
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsConnection(broker),
-    itsNrMissingACKs(0)
-  {
-     itsConnection.open();
-     itsSession = itsConnection.createSession();
-  } catch(const qpid::types::Exception &ex) {
-    THROW(MessageBusException, ex.what());
-  }
-#else
-  :
-    itsBrokerName(broker),
-    itsNrMissingACKs(0)
-  {
-  }
-#endif
-
-  MultiBus::~MultiBus()
-  {
-    // fixme: memory leak for workers. Also infinite loop needs a fix.
-  }
-
-  void MultiBus::addQueue(const std::string &address, const std::string &options)
-  {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-    Address addr(address + options);
-    Receiver receiver = itsSession.createReceiver(addr);
-    receiver.setCapacity(1);
-
-    itsReceivers[address] = receiver;
-#endif
-  }
-
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-  bool MultiBus::getMessage(Message &msg, double timeout)
-  {
-    try {
-      Receiver nrec = itsSession.nextReceiver(TimeOutDuration(timeout));
-      nrec.get(msg);
-
-      return true;
-    } catch(NoMessageAvailable&) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  void MultiBus::nack(Message &msg)
-  {
-    itsSession.release(msg);
-  }
-#endif
-
-  void MultiBus::ack()
-  {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-    itsSession.acknowledge();
-#endif
-  }
-
-  bool MultiBus::getString(std::string &str, double timeout)
-  {
-#ifdef HAVE_QPID
-    Message msg;
-    bool ret = getMessage(msg, timeout);
-
-    if (ret) 
-      str = msg.getContent();
-    return ret;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
   }
 
 } // namespace LOFAR
 
+#endif
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