diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0a1cc5b..9862916 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=89
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=3
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=4
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocal version
diff --git a/jack/jack.h b/jack/jack.h
index 2309bc3..1668936 100644
--- a/jack/jack.h
+++ b/jack/jack.h
@@ -603,16 +603,6 @@ jack_nframes_t jack_frame_time (const jack_client_t *);
  */
 float jack_cpu_load (jack_client_t *client);
 
-/**
- * Set the directory in which the server is expected
- * to have put its communication FIFOs. A client
- * will need to call this before calling
- * jack_client_new() if the server was started
- * with arguments telling it to use a non-standard
- * directory.
- */
-void jack_set_server_dir (const char *path);
-
 /**
  * Return the pthread ID of the thread running the JACK client
  * side code.
diff --git a/jackd/jackd.c b/jackd/jackd.c
index e86790a..e0f3e47 100644
--- a/jackd/jackd.c
+++ b/jackd/jackd.c
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ static void usage (FILE *file)
 "             [ --timeout OR -t client-timeout-in-msecs ]\n"
 "             [ --verbose OR -v ]\n"
 "             [ --silent OR -s ]\n"
-"             [ --tmpdir OR -D directory-for-temporary-files ]\n"
 "             [ --version OR -V ]\n"
 "         -d driver [ ... driver args ... ]\n");
 }	
@@ -379,12 +378,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 {
         jack_driver_desc_t * desc;
-	const char *options = "-ad:D:P:vshVRFl:t:";
+	const char *options = "-ad:P:vshVRFl:t:";
 	struct option long_options[] = 
 	{ 
 		{ "asio", 0, 0, 'a' },
 		{ "driver", 1, 0, 'd' },
-		{ "tmpdir", 1, 0, 'D' },
 		{ "verbose", 0, 0, 'v' },
 		{ "help", 0, 0, 'h' },
 		{ "realtime", 0, 0, 'R' },
@@ -451,10 +449,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			asio_mode = TRUE;
 			break;
 
-		case 'D':
-			jack_set_server_dir (optarg);
-			break;
-
 		case 'd':
 			seen_driver = 1;
 			driver_name = optarg;
@@ -485,8 +479,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			fprintf (stderr, "unknown option character %c\n",
-				 optopt);
+			fprintf (stderr, "unknown option character %c\n", optopt);
 			/*fallthru*/
 		case 'h':
 			usage (stdout);
@@ -509,7 +502,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit (1);
 	}
 
-
 	drivers = jack_drivers_load ();
 	if (!drivers)
 	{
@@ -560,5 +552,3 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 }
 
-
-
diff --git a/libjack/client.c b/libjack/client.c
index c9c2bca..d1a5ea5 100644
--- a/libjack/client.c
+++ b/libjack/client.c
@@ -58,22 +58,12 @@
 #include <jack/timestamps.h>
 #endif /* WITH_TIMESTAMPS */
 
-
-
-
 #ifdef DEFAULT_TMP_DIR
 char *jack_server_dir = DEFAULT_TMP_DIR;
 #else
 char *jack_server_dir = "/tmp";
 #endif
 
-void
-jack_set_server_dir (const char *path)
-{
-	jack_server_dir = strdup (path);
-}
-
-
 static pthread_mutex_t client_lock;
 static pthread_cond_t  client_ready;
 void *jack_zero_filled_buffer = NULL;