diff --git a/include/haproxy/peers.h b/include/haproxy/peers.h
index d100c0c24..3dfa8c902 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/peers.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/peers.h
@@ -40,10 +40,5 @@ 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);
 
-static inline enum obj_type *peer_session_target(struct peer *p, struct stream *s)
-{
-	return &p->srv->obj_type;
-}
-
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_PEERS_H */
 
diff --git a/src/peers.c b/src/peers.c
index e116e2fdd..efb2ac0a6 100644
--- a/src/peers.c
+++ b/src/peers.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static int peer_session_init(struct appctx *appctx)
 	s->scb->dst = addr;
 	s->scb->flags |= (SC_FL_RCV_ONCE|SC_FL_NOLINGER);
 	s->flags = SF_ASSIGNED;
-	s->target = peer_session_target(peer, s);
+	s->target = &peer->srv->obj_type;
 
 	s->do_log = NULL;
 	s->uniq_id = 0;