diff --git a/include/haproxy/peers-t.h b/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
index 124fac33a..0bf1c9f46 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct peer {
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr; /* peer address */
 	struct protocol *proto;       /* peer address protocol */
 	struct xprt_ops *xprt;        /* peer socket operations at transport layer */
-	void *sock_init_arg;          /* socket operations's opaque init argument if needed */
 	unsigned int flags;           /* peer session flags */
 	unsigned int statuscode;      /* current/last session status code */
 	unsigned int reconnect;       /* next connect timer */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index b27eb2aa3..b15b1ece7 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ static struct peer *cfg_peers_add_peer(struct peers *peers,
 	p->conf.line = linenum;
 	p->last_change = ns_to_sec(now_ns);
 	p->xprt  = xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
-	p->sock_init_arg = NULL;
 	HA_SPIN_INIT(&p->lock);
 	if (id)
 		p->id = strdup(id);
@@ -911,7 +910,6 @@ int cfg_parse_peers(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		}
 
 		newpeer->xprt  = xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
-		newpeer->sock_init_arg = NULL;
 		HA_SPIN_INIT(&newpeer->lock);
 
 		newpeer->srv = curpeers->peers_fe->srv;