diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
index 648e02e46c..17aea239a5 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ public class NTCPConnection implements FIFOBandwidthLimiter.CompleteListener {
             _transport.getWriter().wantsWrite(this, "outbound established");
     }
     
-    public boolean getIsInbound() { return _isInbound; }
-    
     // Time vs space tradeoff:
     // on slow GCing jvms, the mallocs in the following preparation can cause the 
     // write to get congested, taking up a substantial portion of the Writer's
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
index 89583db796..7284e09458 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ public class NTCPTransport extends TransportImpl {
             String name = con.getRemotePeer().calculateHash().toBase64().substring(0,6);
             buf.append("<tr><td><code><a href=\"netdb.jsp#").append(name).append("\">").append(name);
             buf.append("</code></td><td align=\"center\"><code>");
-            if (con.getIsInbound())
+            if (con.isInbound())
                 buf.append("in");
             else
                 buf.append("out");