diff --git a/src/detect-dsize.c b/src/detect-dsize.c
index 8ceb23c5c7..6554093712 100644
--- a/src/detect-dsize.c
+++ b/src/detect-dsize.c
@@ -301,10 +301,6 @@ static int DetectDsizeSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *rawstr
     /* tell the sig it has a dsize to speed up engine init */
     s->flags |= SIG_FLAG_DSIZE;
 
-    if (s->dsize_sm != NULL) {
-        s->dsize_sm = sm;
-    }
-
     return 0;
 
 error:
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index f809ebde3b..848e43baed 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -1526,11 +1526,6 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
             }
         }
 
-        if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_DSIZE && s->dsize_sm != NULL) {
-            if (sigmatch_table[DETECT_DSIZE].Match(th_v, det_ctx, p, s, s->dsize_sm) == 0)
-                goto next;
-        }
-
         /* Check the payload keywords. If we are a MPM sig and we've made
          * to here, we've had at least one of the patterns match */
         if (s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH] != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index f929fe8bf0..2ecd9bb4d8 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ typedef struct Signature_ {
     /** netblocks and hosts specified at the sid, in CIDR format */
     IPOnlyCIDRItem *CidrSrc, *CidrDst;
 
-    struct SigMatch_ *dsize_sm;
-
     /* helper for init phase */
     uint16_t mpm_content_maxlen;
     uint16_t mpm_uricontent_maxlen;