diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c
index daf24c3d5a..97e6738bd3 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c,v 1.91 2005/03/16 21:38:07 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c,v 1.92 2005/03/31 02:02:52 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ ExecHash(HashState *node)
 	 * get state info from node
 	 */
 	outerNode = outerPlanState(node);
-
 	hashtable = node->hashtable;
 
 	/*
@@ -78,11 +77,8 @@ ExecHash(HashState *node)
 		ExecHashTableInsert(hashtable, ExecFetchSlotTuple(slot), hashvalue);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Return the slot so that we have the tuple descriptor when we need
-	 * to save/restore them.  -Jeff 11 July 1991  (XXX isn't this dead code?)
-	 */
-	return slot;
+	/* We needn't return a tuple slot or anything else */
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c
index 26d7bde335..4811b7068e 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c,v 1.69 2005/03/16 21:38:07 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeHashjoin.c,v 1.70 2005/03/31 02:02:52 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ ExecHashJoin(HashJoinState *node)
 	 * outer tuple; so we can stop scanning the inner scan if we matched
 	 * on the previous try.
 	 */
-	if (node->js.jointype == JOIN_IN &&
-		node->hj_MatchedOuter)
+	if (node->js.jointype == JOIN_IN && node->hj_MatchedOuter)
 		node->hj_NeedNewOuter = true;
 
 	/*