diff --git a/src/stored/record.c b/src/stored/record.c
index 83f5ebb6c5a..13d2bf70b4c 100644
--- a/src/stored/record.c
+++ b/src/stored/record.c
@@ -278,9 +278,6 @@ void dump_record(const char *tag, const DEV_RECORD *rec)
    }
    Dmsg3(100, "%-14s %u (%s)\n", "state", rec->state, record_state_to_ascii(rec->state));
    Dmsg2(100, "%-14s %p\n", "bsr", rec->bsr);
-   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (sizeof(rec->ser_buf) / sizeof(rec->ser_buf[0])); i++) {
-      Dmsg3(100, "%-11s[%d] %2.2x\n", "ser_buf", i, (uint8_t)rec->ser_buf[i]);
-   }
    Dmsg2(100, "%-14s %p\n", "data", rec->data);
    Dmsg2(100, "%-14s %d\n", "match_stat", rec->match_stat);
    Dmsg2(100, "%-14s %u\n", "last_VolSessionId", rec->last_VolSessionId);
diff --git a/src/stored/record.h b/src/stored/record.h
index d2fc112f834..bb14fdaf959 100644
--- a/src/stored/record.h
+++ b/src/stored/record.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ struct DEV_RECORD {
    char state_bits[REC_STATE_BYTES];  /* State bits */
    rec_state state;                   /* State of write_record_to_block */
    BSR *bsr;                          /* Pointer to bsr that matched */
-   uint8_t ser_buf[WRITE_RECHDR_LENGTH]; /* Serialized record header goes here */
    POOLMEM *data;                     /* Record data. This MUST be a memory pool item */
    int32_t match_stat;                /* BSR match status */
    uint32_t last_VolSessionId;        /* Used in sequencing FI for Vbackup */