diff --git a/src/stream-tcp-util.c b/src/stream-tcp-util.c
index 6565e295a0..4d8bf8a893 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp-util.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp-util.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void StreamTcpUTSetupSession(TcpSession *ssn)
 {
     memset(ssn, 0x00, sizeof(TcpSession));
 
-    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(&stream_config.sbcnf);
+    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     ssn->client.sb = x;
     ssn->server.sb = x;
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void StreamTcpUTSetupStream(TcpStream *s, uint32_t isn)
     STREAMTCP_SET_RA_BASE_SEQ(s, isn);
     s->base_seq = isn+1;
 
-    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(&stream_config.sbcnf);
+    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     s->sb = x;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index c4356a3bf2..0e5d3f4758 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static TcpSession *StreamTcpNewSession(ThreadVars *tv, StreamTcpThread *stt, Pac
         ssn->server.flags = stream_config.stream_init_flags;
         ssn->client.flags = stream_config.stream_init_flags;
 
-        StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(&stream_config.sbcnf);
+        StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
         ssn->client.sb = x;
         ssn->server.sb = x;
 
diff --git a/src/util-streaming-buffer.h b/src/util-streaming-buffer.h
index 263a45de15..a4d1ed9e1f 100644
--- a/src/util-streaming-buffer.h
+++ b/src/util-streaming-buffer.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ RB_PROTOTYPE(SBB, StreamingBufferBlock, rb, SBBCompare);
 StreamingBufferBlock *SBB_RB_FIND_INCLUSIVE(struct SBB *head, StreamingBufferBlock *elm);
 
 typedef struct StreamingBuffer_ {
-    const StreamingBufferConfig *cfg;
     StreamingBufferRegion region;
     struct SBB sbb_tree;    /**< red black tree of Stream Buffer Blocks */
     StreamingBufferBlock *head; /**< head, should always be the same as RB_MIN */
@@ -136,9 +135,8 @@ static inline uint64_t StreamingBufferGetOffset(const StreamingBuffer *sb)
 }
 
 #ifndef DEBUG
-#define STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(cfg)                                                          \
+#define STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER                                                               \
     {                                                                                              \
-        (cfg),                                                                                     \
         STREAMING_BUFFER_REGION_INIT,                                                              \
         { NULL },                                                                                  \
         NULL,                                                                                      \
@@ -147,8 +145,7 @@ static inline uint64_t StreamingBufferGetOffset(const StreamingBuffer *sb)
         1,                                                                                         \
     };
 #else
-#define STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(cfg)                                                          \
-    { (cfg), STREAMING_BUFFER_REGION_INIT, { NULL }, NULL, 0, 1, 1, 0 };
+#define STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER { STREAMING_BUFFER_REGION_INIT, { NULL }, NULL, 0, 1, 1, 0 };
 #endif
 
 typedef struct StreamingBufferSegment_ {
diff --git a/src/util-unittest-helper.c b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
index f19372bc86..3d183a6ec9 100644
--- a/src/util-unittest-helper.c
+++ b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ int UTHAddSessionToFlow(Flow *f,
     TcpSession *ssn = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(*ssn));
     FAIL_IF_NULL(ssn);
 
-    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER(&stream_config.sbcnf);
+    StreamingBuffer x = STREAMING_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     ssn->client.sb = x;
     ssn->server.sb = x;