diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e2f634e963..cce79b1055 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* 2.4.9 (in development)
+    * Removed socket retry logic in Connection. This is the responsbility of
+      the caller to determine if the command is safe and can be retried. Thanks
+      David Wolver.
 * 2.4.8
     * Imported with_statement from __future__ for Python 2.5 compatability.
 * 2.4.7
diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index ff7f277633..a85129b3e4 100644
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ def disconnect(self):
             pass
         self._sock = None
 
-    def _send(self, command):
-        "Send the command to the socket"
+    def send_packed_command(self, command):
+        "Send an already packed command to the Redis server"
         if not self._sock:
             self.connect()
         try:
@@ -190,17 +190,6 @@ def _send(self, command):
             raise ConnectionError("Error %s while writing to socket. %s." % \
                 (_errno, errmsg))
 
-    def send_packed_command(self, command):
-        "Send an already packed command to the Redis server"
-        try:
-            self._send(command)
-        except ConnectionError:
-            # retry the command once in case the socket connection simply
-            # timed out
-            self.disconnect()
-            # if this _send() call fails, then the error will be raised
-            self._send(command)
-
     def send_command(self, *args):
         "Pack and send a command to the Redis server"
         self.send_packed_command(self.pack_command(*args))