diff --git a/lib/array.js b/lib/array.js
index b3e5f9d1..97367108 100644
--- a/lib/array.js
+++ b/lib/array.js
@@ -84,29 +84,11 @@ function countIf(arr, cb, obj) {
     return count;
 }
 
-// Conditionally removes elements;
-function removeIf(arr, cb, obj) {
-    if (obj) {
-        for (var i = arr.length; i--;) {
-            if (cb.call(obj, arr[i], i, arr)) {
-                arr.splice(i, 1);
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        for (var i = arr.length; i--;) {
-            if (cb(arr[i], i, arr)) {
-                arr.splice(i, 1);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     map: map,
     filter: filter,
     forEach: forEach,
-    countIf: countIf,
-    removeIf: removeIf
+    countIf: countIf
 };
 
 Object.freeze(module.exports);
diff --git a/lib/connect.js b/lib/connect.js
index 06b5b4f4..277f183e 100644
--- a/lib/connect.js
+++ b/lib/connect.js
@@ -1,56 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var $npm = {
-    pg: require('pg'),
     utils: require('./utils'),
     events: require('./events')
 };
 
-var $arr = require('../lib/array');
-
-var liveClientKeys = {};
-var liveNativeClients = [];
-
-function getFreshStatus(config, client) {
-    // we do not test code specific to Native Bindings;
-    // istanbul ignore next
-    if (config.native) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < liveNativeClients.length; i++) {
-            var c = liveNativeClients[i];
-            if (c.client === client) {
-                c.tick = Date.now();
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        liveNativeClients.push({
-            client: client,
-            tick: Date.now()
-        });
-        return true;
-    }
-    var isFreshClient = !(client.secretKey in liveClientKeys);
-    liveClientKeys[client.secretKey] = Date.now();
-    return isFreshClient;
-}
-
-function clearFreshStatus(config) {
-    var now = Date.now(), delay = $npm.pg.defaults.poolIdleTimeout + 1000;
-    // we do not test code specific to Native Bindings;
-    // istanbul ignore if
-    if (config.native) {
-        $arr.removeIf(liveNativeClients, function (c) {
-            return now - c.tick > delay;
-        });
-    } else {
-        $arr.map(Object.keys(liveClientKeys), function (key) {
-            // It is impossible to test expired connections automatically,
-            // therefore we are excluding it from the text coverage:
-            // istanbul ignore next;
-            if (now - liveClientKeys[key] > delay) {
-                delete liveClientKeys[key];
-            }
-        });
+function isFreshClient(client) {
+    if (client.$used) {
+        return false;
     }
+    $npm.utils.addReadProp(client, '$used', true, true);
+    return true;
 }
 
 function poolConnect(ctx, config) {
@@ -63,7 +23,6 @@ function poolConnect(ctx, config) {
                 });
                 reject(err);
             } else {
-                var isFreshClient = getFreshStatus(config, client);
                 var end = client.end;
                 client.end = function () {
                     throw new Error("Cannot invoke client.end() directly.");
@@ -74,10 +33,9 @@ function poolConnect(ctx, config) {
                         client.end = end;
                         done();
                         $npm.events.disconnect(ctx, client);
-                        clearFreshStatus(config);
                     }
                 });
-                $npm.events.connect(ctx, client, isFreshClient);
+                $npm.events.connect(ctx, client, isFreshClient(client));
             }
         });
     });
@@ -94,7 +52,6 @@ function directConnect(ctx, config) {
                 });
                 reject(err);
             } else {
-                var isFreshClient = getFreshStatus(config, client);
                 var end = client.end;
                 client.end = function () {
                     throw new Error("Cannot invoke client.end() directly.");
@@ -104,10 +61,9 @@ function directConnect(ctx, config) {
                     done: function () {
                         end.call(client);
                         $npm.events.disconnect(ctx, client);
-                        clearFreshStatus(config);
                     }
                 });
-                $npm.events.connect(ctx, client, isFreshClient);
+                $npm.events.connect(ctx, client, isFreshClient(client));
             }
         });
     });
diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 9c00ca24..f3d02ea7 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var $events = {
      * @param {boolean} fresh
      * **Added in v.4.4.4**
      *
-     * It indicates when the connection has been freshly allocated:
-     * - `true` - the connection has been freshly allocated
+     * It indicates when it is a fresh connection:
+     * - `true` - the connection just has been allocated
      * - `false` - the connection has been used previously
      *
      * @example
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d48aa67..f5ead46b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pg-promise",
-  "version": "4.4.4",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "description": "PostgreSQL via promises",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/arraySpec.js b/test/arraySpec.js
index 259c39c7..3c2f2cb0 100644
--- a/test/arraySpec.js
+++ b/test/arraySpec.js
@@ -152,39 +152,3 @@ describe("countIf", function () {
     });
 
 });
-
-describe("removeIf", function () {
-
-    describe("with context", function () {
-        var ctx, arr, indexes = [], values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-        $arr.removeIf(values, function (d, idx, a) {
-            arr = a;
-            ctx = this;
-            indexes.push(idx);
-            return d === 2 || d === 4;
-        }, values);
-        it("must remove correctly", function () {
-            expect(ctx).toBe(values);
-            expect(arr).toBe(values);
-            expect(values).toEqual([1, 3, 5]);
-            expect(indexes).toEqual([4, 3, 2, 1, 0]);
-        });
-    });
-
-    describe("without context", function () {
-        var ctx, arr, indexes = [], values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-        $arr.removeIf(values, function (d, idx, a) {
-            arr = a;
-            ctx = this;
-            indexes.push(idx);
-            return d === 2 || d === 4;
-        });
-        it("must remove correctly", function () {
-            expect(ctx).toBeUndefined();
-            expect(arr).toBe(values);
-            expect(values).toEqual([1, 3, 5]);
-            expect(indexes).toEqual([4, 3, 2, 1, 0]);
-        });
-    });
-
-});