diff -urp john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/cracker.c john-1.7.3.1/src/cracker.c
--- john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/cracker.c	2008-08-24 06:02:12 +0000
+++ john-1.7.3.1/src/cracker.c	2008-08-28 01:00:49 +0000
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static int crk_process_guess(struct db_s
 	log_guess(crk_db->options->flags & DB_LOGIN ? pw->login : "?",
 		dupe ? NULL : pw->source, key);
 
-	pw->found = 1;
 	crk_db->password_count--;
 	crk_db->guess_count++;
 	status.guess_count++;
@@ -147,13 +146,6 @@ static int crk_process_guess(struct db_s
 	if (pw == salt->list) {
 		salt->list = pw->next;
 
-		search_pw = salt->list;
-
-		while(search_pw && (search_pw->found == 1))
-		{
-			salt->list = search_pw->next;
-			search_pw = salt->list;
-		}
 		//ldr_update_salt(crk_db, salt);
 		crk_remove_hash(pw, salt, crk_db);
 
@@ -172,14 +164,13 @@ static int crk_process_guess(struct db_s
 			if (crk_db->salts) crk_init_salt(); else return 1;
 		}
 	} else {
-/*
 		search_pw = salt->list;
 		while (search_pw->next != pw)
 			search_pw = search_pw->next;
-		search_pw->next = pw->next; */
-		crk_remove_hash(pw, salt, crk_db);
+		search_pw->next = pw->next;
 
 		//ldr_update_salt(crk_db, salt);
+		crk_remove_hash(pw, salt, crk_db);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff -urp john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/loader.c john-1.7.3.1/src/loader.c
--- john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/loader.c	2008-08-24 07:31:10 +0000
+++ john-1.7.3.1/src/loader.c	2008-08-28 01:02:04 +0000
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ static void ldr_load_pw_line(struct db_m
 		current_pw = current_salt->list = mem_alloc_tiny(
 			pw_size, MEM_ALIGN_WORD);
 		current_pw->next = last_pw;
-		current_pw->found = 0;
 
 		last_pw = db->password_hash[pw_hash];
 		db->password_hash[pw_hash] = current_pw;
diff -urp john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/loader.h john-1.7.3.1/src/loader.h
--- john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/loader.h	2008-08-24 06:02:12 +0000
+++ john-1.7.3.1/src/loader.h	2008-08-28 01:02:14 +0000
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ struct db_password {
 /* Some bytes of binary ciphertext for fast comparison */
 	void *binary;
 
-/* checks whether a pwd has been found */
-	unsigned int found;
-
 /* ASCII ciphertext for exact comparison and saving with cracked passwords */
 	char *source;
 
diff -urp john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/params.h john-1.7.3.1/src/params.h
--- john-1.7.3.1-all-2/src/params.h	2008-08-24 08:01:57 +0000
+++ john-1.7.3.1/src/params.h	2008-08-28 01:03:22 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /*
  * John's version number.
  */
-#define JOHN_VERSION			"1.7.3.1-all-2"
+#define JOHN_VERSION			"1.7.3.1-all-2-lpsfix1"
 
 /*
  * Notes to packagers of John for *BSD "ports", Linux distributions, etc.: