diff --git a/revid/senders.go b/revid/senders.go
index ce7eaec6..831ebf17 100644
--- a/revid/senders.go
+++ b/revid/senders.go
@@ -290,27 +290,16 @@ func newRtmpSender(url string, timeout uint, retries int, log func(lvl int8, msg
 
 // Write implements io.Writer.
 func (s *rtmpSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
-	return write(s, d)
-}
-
-func (s *rtmpSender) load(d []byte) error {
-	s.data = d
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *rtmpSender) send() error {
 	if s.conn == nil {
-		return errors.New("no rtmp connection, cannot write")
+		return 0, errors.New("no rtmp connection, cannot write")
 	}
-	_, err := s.conn.Write(s.data)
+	_, err := s.conn.Write(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = s.restart()
 	}
-	return err
+	return len(d), err
 }
 
-func (s *rtmpSender) release() {}
-
 func (s *rtmpSender) restart() error {
 	s.close()
 	var err error
@@ -342,11 +331,6 @@ type rtpSender struct {
 	data    []byte
 }
 
-// Write implements io.Writer.
-func (s *rtpSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
-	return write(s, d)
-}
-
 func newRtpSender(addr string, log func(lvl int8, msg string, args ...interface{}), fps uint) (*rtpSender, error) {
 	conn, err := net.Dial("udp", addr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -359,30 +343,9 @@ func newRtpSender(addr string, log func(lvl int8, msg string, args ...interface{
 	return s, nil
 }
 
-func (s *rtpSender) load(d []byte) error {
-	s.data = make([]byte, len(d))
-	copy(s.data, d)
-	return nil
+// Write implements io.Writer.
+func (s *rtpSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
+	return s.encoder.Write(s.data)
 }
 
 func (s *rtpSender) close() error { return nil }
-
-func (s *rtpSender) release() {}
-
-func (s *rtpSender) send() error {
-	_, err := s.encoder.Write(s.data)
-	return err
-}
-
-// write wraps the load and send method for loadSenders.
-func write(s loadSender, d []byte) (int, error) {
-	err := s.load(d)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	err = s.send()
-	if err != nil {
-		return len(d), err
-	}
-	return len(d), nil
-}
diff --git a/revid/senders_test.go b/revid/senders_test.go
index f1eb7a4c..b990c336 100644
--- a/revid/senders_test.go
+++ b/revid/senders_test.go
@@ -265,25 +265,12 @@ func newDummyLoadSender(fail bool, retry bool) *dummyLoadSender {
 }
 
 func (s *dummyLoadSender) Write(d []byte) (int, error) {
-	return write(s, d)
-}
-
-// load takes a byte slice and assigns it to the dummyLoadSenders data slice.
-func (s *dummyLoadSender) load(d []byte) error {
-	s.data = d
-	return nil
-}
-
-// send will append to dummyLoadSender's buf slice, only if failOnSend is false.
-// If failOnSend is set to true, we expect that data sent won't be written to
-// the buf simulating a failed send.
-func (s *dummyLoadSender) send() error {
 	if !s.getFailOnSend() {
 		s.buf = append(s.buf, s.data)
-		return nil
+		return len(d), nil
 	}
 	s.failHandled = false
-	return errSendFailed
+	return 0, errSendFailed
 }
 
 func (s *dummyLoadSender) getFailOnSend() bool {