diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.cpp
index 8644546c1e..e63b578652 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2009, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Copyright 2009-2011, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 
-PackageNodeAttribute::PackageNodeAttribute(PackageNode* parent, uint32 type,
+PackageNodeAttribute::PackageNodeAttribute(uint32 type,
 	const BPackageData& data)
 	:
 	fData(data),
-	fParent(parent),
 	fName(NULL),
 	fType(type)
 {
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.h
index 62dd9c5213..f899a04a0c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/PackageNodeAttribute.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2009, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Copyright 2009-2011, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 #ifndef PACKAGE_NODE_ATTRIBUTE_H
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ class PackageNode;
 class PackageNodeAttribute
 	: public DoublyLinkedListLinkImpl<PackageNodeAttribute> {
 public:
-								PackageNodeAttribute(PackageNode* parent,
-									uint32 type, const BPackageData& data);
+								PackageNodeAttribute(uint32 type,
+									const BPackageData& data);
 								~PackageNodeAttribute();
 
-			PackageNode*		Parent() const	{ return fParent; }
 			const char*			Name() const	{ return fName; }
 			uint32				Type() const	{ return fType; }
 			const BPackageData&	Data() const	{ return fData; }
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 			BPackageData		fData;
-			PackageNode*		fParent;
 			char*				fName;
 			uint32				fType;
 };
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
index 04d993404d..3976723d48 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ struct Volume::PackageLoaderContentHandler : BPackageContentHandler {
 		PackageNode* node = (PackageNode*)entry->UserToken();
 
 		PackageNodeAttribute* nodeAttribute = new(std::nothrow)
-			PackageNodeAttribute(node, attribute->Type(), attribute->Data());
+			PackageNodeAttribute(attribute->Type(), attribute->Data());
 		if (nodeAttribute == NULL)
 			RETURN_ERROR(B_NO_MEMORY)