diff --git a/errsock.c b/errsock.c
index 14e66456..4f640a66 100644
--- a/errsock.c
+++ b/errsock.c
@@ -39,16 +39,11 @@ static const char *sk_error_socket_error(Socket *s)
     return es->error;
 }
 
-static SocketEndpointInfo *sk_error_endpoint_info(Socket *s, bool peer)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 static const SocketVtable ErrorSocket_sockvt = {
     .plug = sk_error_plug,
     .close = sk_error_close,
     .socket_error = sk_error_socket_error,
-    .endpoint_info = sk_error_endpoint_info,
+    .endpoint_info = nullsock_endpoint_info,
     /* other methods are NULL */
 };
 
diff --git a/network.h b/network.h
index ac0a63d0..ae56ba4a 100644
--- a/network.h
+++ b/network.h
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ void nullplug_closing(Plug *plug, PlugCloseType type, const char *error_msg);
 void nullplug_receive(Plug *plug, int urgent, const char *data, size_t len);
 void nullplug_sent(Plug *plug, size_t bufsize);
 
+/*
+ * Similar no-op socket function.
+ */
+SocketEndpointInfo *nullsock_endpoint_info(Socket *s, bool peer);
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Functions defined outside the network code, which have to be
  * declared in this header file rather than the main putty.h because
diff --git a/proxy/sshproxy.c b/proxy/sshproxy.c
index ce422dd5..0958c3cd 100644
--- a/proxy/sshproxy.c
+++ b/proxy/sshproxy.c
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ static const char *sshproxy_socket_error(Socket *s)
     return sp->errmsg;
 }
 
-static SocketEndpointInfo *sshproxy_endpoint_info(Socket *s, bool peer)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 static const SocketVtable SshProxy_sock_vt = {
     .plug = sshproxy_plug,
     .close = sshproxy_close,
@@ -136,7 +131,7 @@ static const SocketVtable SshProxy_sock_vt = {
     .write_eof = sshproxy_write_eof,
     .set_frozen = sshproxy_set_frozen,
     .socket_error = sshproxy_socket_error,
-    .endpoint_info = sshproxy_endpoint_info,
+    .endpoint_info = nullsock_endpoint_info,
 };
 
 static void sshproxy_eventlog(LogPolicy *lp, const char *event)
diff --git a/ssh/portfwd.c b/ssh/portfwd.c
index 470c090d..bac20e05 100644
--- a/ssh/portfwd.c
+++ b/ssh/portfwd.c
@@ -96,20 +96,6 @@ static void free_portlistener_state(struct PortListener *pl)
     sfree(pl);
 }
 
-static void pfd_log(Plug *plug, Socket *s, PlugLogType type,
-                    SockAddr *addr, int port,
-                    const char *error_msg, int error_code)
-{
-    /* we have to dump these since we have no interface to logging.c */
-}
-
-static void pfl_log(Plug *plug, Socket *s, PlugLogType type,
-                    SockAddr *addr, int port,
-                    const char *error_msg, int error_code)
-{
-    /* we have to dump these since we have no interface to logging.c */
-}
-
 static void pfd_close(struct PortForwarding *pf);
 
 static void pfd_closing(Plug *plug, PlugCloseType type, const char *error_msg)
@@ -433,7 +419,7 @@ static void pfd_sent(Plug *plug, size_t bufsize)
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable PortForwarding_plugvt = {
-    .log = pfd_log,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
     .closing = pfd_closing,
     .receive = pfd_receive,
     .sent = pfd_sent,
@@ -556,7 +542,7 @@ static int pfl_accepting(Plug *p, accept_fn_t constructor, accept_ctx_t ctx)
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable PortListener_plugvt = {
-    .log = pfl_log,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
     .closing = pfl_closing,
     .accepting = pfl_accepting,
 };
diff --git a/ssh/server.c b/ssh/server.c
index bd8b70db..97fc5841 100644
--- a/ssh/server.c
+++ b/ssh/server.c
@@ -138,14 +138,6 @@ static const SeatVtable server_seat_vt = {
     .get_cursor_position = nullseat_get_cursor_position,
 };
 
-static void server_socket_log(Plug *plug, Socket *s, PlugLogType type,
-                              SockAddr *addr, int port,
-                              const char *error_msg, int error_code)
-{
-    /* server *srv = container_of(plug, server, plug); */
-    /* FIXME */
-}
-
 static void server_closing(Plug *plug, PlugCloseType type,
                            const char *error_msg)
 {
@@ -254,7 +246,7 @@ Conf *make_ssh_server_conf(void)
 void ssh_check_sendok(Ssh *ssh) {}
 
 static const PlugVtable ssh_server_plugvt = {
-    .log = server_socket_log,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
     .closing = server_closing,
     .receive = server_receive,
     .sent = server_sent,
diff --git a/ssh/sesschan.c b/ssh/sesschan.c
index f4b44069..cc50fd5c 100644
--- a/ssh/sesschan.c
+++ b/ssh/sesschan.c
@@ -371,12 +371,6 @@ bool sesschan_run_subsystem(Channel *chan, ptrlen subsys)
     return false;
 }
 
-static void fwd_log(Plug *plug, Socket *s, PlugLogType type, SockAddr *addr,
-                    int port, const char *error_msg, int error_code)
-{ /* don't expect any weirdnesses from a listening socket */ }
-static void fwd_closing(Plug *plug, PlugCloseType type, const char *error_msg)
-{ /* not here, either */ }
-
 static int xfwd_accepting(Plug *p, accept_fn_t constructor, accept_ctx_t ctx)
 {
     sesschan *sess = container_of(p, sesschan, xfwd_plug);
@@ -400,8 +394,8 @@ static int xfwd_accepting(Plug *p, accept_fn_t constructor, accept_ctx_t ctx)
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable xfwd_plugvt = {
-    .log = fwd_log,
-    .closing = fwd_closing,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
+    .closing = nullplug_closing,
     .accepting = xfwd_accepting,
 };
 
@@ -473,8 +467,8 @@ static int agentfwd_accepting(
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable agentfwd_plugvt = {
-    .log = fwd_log,
-    .closing = fwd_closing,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
+    .closing = nullplug_closing,
     .accepting = agentfwd_accepting,
 };
 
diff --git a/ssh/x11fwd.c b/ssh/x11fwd.c
index a9b049ea..88bdaffe 100644
--- a/ssh/x11fwd.c
+++ b/ssh/x11fwd.c
@@ -277,12 +277,6 @@ static char *x11_verify(unsigned long peer_ip, int peer_port,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void x11_log(Plug *p, Socket *s, PlugLogType type, SockAddr *addr,
-                    int port, const char *error_msg, int error_code)
-{
-    /* We have no interface to the logging module here, so we drop these. */
-}
-
 static void x11_send_init_error(struct X11Connection *conn,
                                 const char *err_message);
 
@@ -336,7 +330,7 @@ static void x11_sent(Plug *plug, size_t bufsize)
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable X11Connection_plugvt = {
-    .log = x11_log,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
     .closing = x11_closing,
     .receive = x11_receive,
     .sent = x11_sent,
diff --git a/stubs/CMakeLists.txt b/stubs/CMakeLists.txt
index dc02aca3..0b702853 100644
--- a/stubs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/stubs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ add_sources_from_current_dir(utils
   null-mac.c
   null-opener.c
   null-plug.c
-  null-seat.c)
+  null-seat.c
+  null-socket.c)
diff --git a/stubs/null-socket.c b/stubs/null-socket.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef194824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/null-socket.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * null-socket.c: provide a null implementation of any Socket vtable
+ * method that might otherwise need to be reimplemented in multiple
+ * places as a no-op.
+ */
+
+#include "putty.h"
+
+SocketEndpointInfo *nullsock_endpoint_info(Socket *s, bool peer)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/unix/fd-socket.c b/unix/fd-socket.c
index e6f7c1c1..0f1615ef 100644
--- a/unix/fd-socket.c
+++ b/unix/fd-socket.c
@@ -315,11 +315,6 @@ static void fdsocket_select_result_input_error(int fd, int event)
     }
 }
 
-static SocketEndpointInfo *fdsocket_endpoint_info(Socket *s, bool peer)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 static const SocketVtable FdSocket_sockvt = {
     .plug = fdsocket_plug,
     .close = fdsocket_close,
@@ -328,7 +323,7 @@ static const SocketVtable FdSocket_sockvt = {
     .write_eof = fdsocket_write_eof,
     .set_frozen = fdsocket_set_frozen,
     .socket_error = fdsocket_socket_error,
-    .endpoint_info = fdsocket_endpoint_info,
+    .endpoint_info = nullsock_endpoint_info,
 };
 
 static void fdsocket_connect_success_callback(void *ctx)
diff --git a/unix/pageant.c b/unix/pageant.c
index e53cec23..dadbc229 100644
--- a/unix/pageant.c
+++ b/unix/pageant.c
@@ -237,18 +237,12 @@ void keylist_update(void)
 
 static bool time_to_die = false;
 
-/*
- * These functions are part of the plug for our connection to the X
- * display, so they do get called. They needn't actually do anything,
- * except that x11_closing has to signal back to the main loop that
- * it's time to terminate.
- */
-static void x11_log(Plug *p, Socket *s, PlugLogType type, SockAddr *addr,
-                    int port, const char *error_msg, int error_code) {}
-static void x11_receive(Plug *plug, int urgent, const char *data, size_t len) {}
-static void x11_sent(Plug *plug, size_t bufsize) {}
 static void x11_closing(Plug *plug, PlugCloseType type, const char *error_msg)
 {
+    /*
+     * When the X connection closes, signal back to the main loop that
+     * it's time to terminate.
+     */
     time_to_die = true;
 }
 struct X11Connection {
@@ -994,10 +988,10 @@ void run_client(void)
 }
 
 static const PlugVtable X11Connection_plugvt = {
-    .log = x11_log,
+    .log = nullplug_log,
     .closing = x11_closing,
-    .receive = x11_receive,
-    .sent = x11_sent,
+    .receive = nullplug_receive,
+    .sent = nullplug_sent,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/windows/named-pipe-server.c b/windows/named-pipe-server.c
index b6a900db..24f0c8d9 100644
--- a/windows/named-pipe-server.c
+++ b/windows/named-pipe-server.c
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ static const char *sk_namedpipeserver_socket_error(Socket *s)
     return ps->error;
 }
 
-static SocketEndpointInfo *sk_namedpipeserver_endpoint_info(
-    Socket *s, bool peer)
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 static bool create_named_pipe(NamedPipeServerSocket *ps, bool first_instance)
 {
     SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
@@ -197,7 +191,7 @@ static const SocketVtable NamedPipeServerSocket_sockvt = {
     .plug = sk_namedpipeserver_plug,
     .close = sk_namedpipeserver_close,
     .socket_error = sk_namedpipeserver_socket_error,
-    .endpoint_info = sk_namedpipeserver_endpoint_info,
+    .endpoint_info = nullsock_endpoint_info,
 };
 
 Socket *new_named_pipe_listener(const char *pipename, Plug *plug)