1 files changed, 6 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnrss.el b/lisp/gnus/nnrss.el
index 36b7af0e345..a40fa88631f 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnrss.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnrss.el
@@ -930,60 +930,7 @@ Use Mark Pilgrim's `ultra-liberal rss locator'."
                       (setq rss-link (nnrss-rss-title-description
                                       rss-ns href-data (car hrefs))))
                   (setq hrefs (cdr hrefs)))))
-            (if rss-link
-                rss-link
-              ;;    4. check syndic8
-              (nnrss-find-rss-via-syndic8 url))))))))
-
-(declare-function xml-rpc-method-call "ext:xml-rpc"
-                  (server-url method &rest params))
-
-(defun nnrss-find-rss-via-syndic8 (url)
-  "Query syndic8 for the rss feeds it has for URL."
-  (if (not (locate-library "xml-rpc"))
-      (progn
-        (message "XML-RPC is not available... not checking Syndic8.")
-        nil)
-    (require 'xml-rpc)
-    (let ((feedid (xml-rpc-method-call
-                   "http://www.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php"
-                   'syndic8.FindSites
-                   url)))
-      (when feedid
-        (let* ((feedinfo (xml-rpc-method-call
-                          "http://www.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php"
-                          'syndic8.GetFeedInfo
-                          feedid))
-               (urllist
-                (delq nil
-                      (mapcar
-                       (lambda (listinfo)
-                         (if (string-equal
-                              (cdr (assoc "status" listinfo))
-                              "Syndicated")
-                             (cons
-                              (cdr (assoc "sitename" listinfo))
-                              (list
-                               (cons 'title
-                                     (cdr (assoc
-                                           "sitename" listinfo)))
-                               (cons 'href
-                                     (cdr (assoc
-                                           "dataurl" listinfo)))))))
-                       feedinfo))))
-          (if (not (> (length urllist) 1))
-              (cdar urllist)
-            (let ((completion-ignore-case t)
-                  (selection
-                   (mapcar (lambda (listinfo)
-                             (cons (cdr (assoc "sitename" listinfo))
-                                   (string-to-number
-                                    (cdr (assoc "feedid" listinfo)))))
-                           feedinfo)))
-              (cdr (assoc
-                    (gnus-completing-read
-                     "Multiple feeds found. Select one"
-                     selection t) urllist)))))))))
+            rss-link))))))
 
 (defun nnrss-rss-p (data)
   "Test if DATA is an RSS feed.
@@ -1022,6 +969,11 @@ prefix), return the prefix."
         (concat ns ":")
       ns)))
 
+(defun nnrss-find-rss-via-syndic8 (_url)
+  "This function is obsolete and does nothing.  Syndic8 shut down in 2013."
+  (declare (obsolete nil "28.1"))
+  nil)
+
 (provide 'nnrss)
 
 ;;; nnrss.el ends here