diff --git a/src/plugins/quota/quota-private.h b/src/plugins/quota/quota-private.h
index e21bac1c56..069d32b086 100644
--- a/src/plugins/quota/quota-private.h
+++ b/src/plugins/quota/quota-private.h
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ struct quota_root {
 	   may change these by reading the limits elsewhere (e.g. Maildir++,
 	   FS quota) */
 	int64_t bytes_limit, count_limit;
-	/* 1 = quota root has resources and should be returned when iterating
-	   quota roots, 0 = not, -1 = unknown. */
-	int resource_ret;
 
 	/* Module-specific contexts. See quota_module_id. */
 	ARRAY(void) quota_module_contexts;
diff --git a/src/plugins/quota/quota.c b/src/plugins/quota/quota.c
index 36f00c38b8..9de09d49bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/quota/quota.c
+++ b/src/plugins/quota/quota.c
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ quota_root_init(struct quota_root_settings *root_set, struct quota *quota,
 	struct quota_root *root;
 
 	root = root_set->backend->v.alloc();
-	root->resource_ret = -1;
 	root->pool = pool_alloconly_create("quota root", 512);
 	root->set = root_set;
 	root->quota = quota;
@@ -683,8 +682,6 @@ struct quota_root *quota_root_iter_next(struct quota_root_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct quota_root *const *roots, *root = NULL;
 	unsigned int count;
-	uint64_t value, limit;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (iter->quota == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -697,22 +694,8 @@ struct quota_root *quota_root_iter_next(struct quota_root_iter *iter)
 		if (!quota_root_is_visible(roots[iter->i], iter->box, FALSE))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = roots[iter->i]->resource_ret;
-		if (ret == -1) {
-			ret = quota_get_resource(roots[iter->i], "",
-						 QUOTA_NAME_STORAGE_KILOBYTES,
-						 &value, &limit);
-		}
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			ret = quota_get_resource(roots[iter->i], "",
-						 QUOTA_NAME_MESSAGES,
-						 &value, &limit);
-		}
-		roots[iter->i]->resource_ret = ret;
-		if (ret > 0) {
-			root = roots[iter->i];
-			break;
-		}
+		root = roots[iter->i];
+		break;
 	}
 
 	iter->i++;