diff --git a/discord/member.py b/discord/member.py
index 753780d9d..62bdbfcc2 100644
--- a/discord/member.py
+++ b/discord/member.py
@@ -262,17 +262,6 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
             member_data['user'] = data
             return cls(data=member_data, guild=guild, state=state)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _from_presence_update(cls, *, data, guild, state):
-        clone = cls(data=data, guild=guild, state=state)
-        to_return = cls(data=data, guild=guild, state=state)
-        to_return._client_status = {
-            sys.intern(key): sys.intern(value)
-            for key, value in data.get('client_status', {}).items()
-        }
-        to_return._client_status[None] = sys.intern(data['status'])
-        return to_return, clone
-
     @classmethod
     def _copy(cls, member):
         self = cls.__new__(cls) # to bypass __init__
diff --git a/discord/state.py b/discord/state.py
index d35ff7df5..fc6974d17 100644
--- a/discord/state.py
+++ b/discord/state.py
@@ -602,17 +602,13 @@ class ConnectionState:
         member_id = int(user['id'])
         member = guild.get_member(member_id)
         if member is None:
-            if 'username' not in user:
-                # sometimes we receive 'incomplete' member data post-removal.
-                # skip these useless cases.
-                return
+            log.debug('PRESENCE_UPDATE referencing an unknown member ID: %s. Discarding', member_id)
+            return
 
-            member, old_member = Member._from_presence_update(guild=guild, data=data, state=self)
-        else:
-            old_member = Member._copy(member)
-            user_update = member._presence_update(data=data, user=user)
-            if user_update:
-                self.dispatch('user_update', user_update[0], user_update[1])
+        old_member = Member._copy(member)
+        user_update = member._presence_update(data=data, user=user)
+        if user_update:
+            self.dispatch('user_update', user_update[0], user_update[1])
 
         self.dispatch('member_update', old_member, member)