diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/fd.h b/headers/private/kernel/fd.h
index 31b4f507f5..650b85ba86 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/fd.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/fd.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct file_descriptor {
 	struct fd_ops *ops;
 	struct vnode *vnode;
 	void	*cookie;
-	int32	dummy;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/core/fd.c b/src/kernel/core/fd.c
index 46751c5400..4c8b8ff082 100644
--- a/src/kernel/core/fd.c
+++ b/src/kernel/core/fd.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ alloc_fd(void)
 		f->vnode = NULL;
 		f->cookie = NULL;
 		f->ref_count = 1;
-		f->dummy = 0xdeadbeef;
 	}
 	return f;
 }