diff --git a/include/haproxy/peers-t.h b/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
index 0bf1c9f46..ed95b0760 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/peers-t.h
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ struct peer {
 	} conf;                       /* config information */
 	time_t last_change;
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr; /* peer address */
-	struct protocol *proto;       /* peer address protocol */
-	struct xprt_ops *xprt;        /* peer socket operations at transport layer */
 	unsigned int flags;           /* peer session flags */
 	unsigned int statuscode;      /* current/last session status code */
 	unsigned int reconnect;       /* next connect timer */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/peers.h b/include/haproxy/peers.h
index c12c54154..d100c0c24 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/peers.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/peers.h
@@ -40,22 +40,10 @@ int peers_register_table(struct peers *, struct stktable *table);
 void peers_setup_frontend(struct proxy *fe);
 void peers_register_keywords(struct peers_kw_list *pkwl);
 
-#if defined(USE_OPENSSL)
-static inline struct xprt_ops *peer_xprt(struct peer *p)
-{
-	return p->srv->use_ssl ? xprt_get(XPRT_SSL) : xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
-}
-#else
 static inline enum obj_type *peer_session_target(struct peer *p, struct stream *s)
 {
 	return &p->srv->obj_type;
 }
 
-static inline struct xprt_ops *peer_xprt(struct peer *p)
-{
-	return xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_PEERS_H */
 
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index b15b1ece7..01a959514 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -633,7 +633,6 @@ static struct peer *cfg_peers_add_peer(struct peers *peers,
 	p->conf.file = strdup(file);
 	p->conf.line = linenum;
 	p->last_change = ns_to_sec(now_ns);
-	p->xprt  = xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
 	HA_SPIN_INIT(&p->lock);
 	if (id)
 		p->id = strdup(id);
@@ -747,7 +746,6 @@ int cfg_parse_peers(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 				}
 			}
 			newpeer->addr = l->rx.addr;
-			newpeer->proto = l->rx.proto;
 			cur_arg++;
 		}
 
@@ -902,14 +900,11 @@ int cfg_parse_peers(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		}
 
 		/* If the peer address has just been parsed, let's copy it to <newpeer>
-		 * and initializes ->proto.
 		 */
 		if (peer || !local_peer) {
 			newpeer->addr = curpeers->peers_fe->srv->addr;
-			newpeer->proto = protocol_lookup(newpeer->addr.ss_family, PROTO_TYPE_STREAM, 0);
 		}
 
-		newpeer->xprt  = xprt_get(XPRT_RAW);
 		HA_SPIN_INIT(&newpeer->lock);
 
 		newpeer->srv = curpeers->peers_fe->srv;