diff --git a/servers/slapd/backend.c b/servers/slapd/backend.c
index dfdfc4c50f8706767bc512ba287280204a814493..2599fce7a79131edce6b104047958367d0a4433c 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/backend.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/backend.c
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ backend_db_init(
 	be->be_context_csn.bv_val = NULL;
 	be->be_pcl_mutexp = &be->be_pcl_mutex;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init( be->be_pcl_mutexp );
-	ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init( &be->be_context_csn_mutex );
 
 	LDAP_STAILQ_INIT( &be->be_syncinfo );
 
diff --git a/servers/slapd/slap.h b/servers/slapd/slap.h
index 690dab061a8ddbea919a49aadf8b0362a4ac5b04..7918818f9cc7b088fb7ba7a6a62cedc30a2f2e8e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/slap.h
@@ -1583,7 +1583,6 @@ struct slap_backend_db {
 	ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_t					be_pcl_mutex;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_t					*be_pcl_mutexp;
 	struct berval							be_context_csn;
-	ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_t					be_context_csn_mutex;
 	LDAP_STAILQ_HEAD( be_si, syncinfo_s )	be_syncinfo; /* For syncrepl */
 
 	char	*be_realm;