diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index add8f53b1b..8acacc1c92 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -2742,8 +2742,6 @@ static void SigInitStandardMpmFactoryContexts(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
     de_ctx->sgh_mpm_context_stream =
         MpmFactoryRegisterMpmCtxProfile(de_ctx, "stream",
                                         MPM_CTX_FACTORY_FLAGS_PREPARE_WITH_SIG_GROUP_BUILD);
-    de_ctx->sgh_mpm_context_app_proto_detect =
-        MpmFactoryRegisterMpmCtxProfile(de_ctx, "app_proto_detect", 0);
 
     DetectMpmInitializeAppMpms(de_ctx);
 
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 4c5068b020..c4f98f3159 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ typedef struct DetectEngineCtx_ {
     int32_t sgh_mpm_context_proto_udp_packet;
     int32_t sgh_mpm_context_proto_other_packet;
     int32_t sgh_mpm_context_stream;
-    int32_t sgh_mpm_context_app_proto_detect;
 
     /* the max local id used amongst all sigs */
     int32_t byte_extract_max_local_id;