diff --git a/global_structures.h b/global_structures.h
index ff3585a9f..fc1e1a174 100644
--- a/global_structures.h
+++ b/global_structures.h
@@ -135,16 +135,6 @@ struct udpprobeinfo {
   struct in_addr target;
 };
 
-struct connectsockinfo {
-  fd_set fds_read;
-  fd_set fds_write;
-  fd_set fds_except;
-  struct portinfo *socklookup[2048]; /* index socket descriptor -> scan[] 
-					index.  No OS better give us
-					an SD > 2047!@#$ */
-  int maxsd;
-};
-
 /* The runtime statistics used to decide how fast to proced and how
    many ports we can try at once */
 struct scanstats {
diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index ba73904ea..83b8bdd76 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -4915,7 +4915,6 @@ void pos_scan(Target *target, u16 *portarray, int numports, stype scantype) {
   struct portinfo *scan = NULL,  *current, *next;
   struct portinfolist pil;
   struct timeval now;
-  struct connectsockinfo csi;
   struct rpcscaninfo rsi;
   unsigned long j;
   struct serviceDeductions sd;
@@ -4948,11 +4947,6 @@ void pos_scan(Target *target, u16 *portarray, int numports, stype scantype) {
 
   memset(&pil, 0, sizeof(pil));
 
-  FD_ZERO(&csi.fds_read);
-  FD_ZERO(&csi.fds_write);
-  FD_ZERO(&csi.fds_except);
-  csi.maxsd = 0;
-
   if (o.max_parallelism) {
     ss.max_width = o.max_parallelism;
   } else {
@@ -4966,8 +4960,6 @@ void pos_scan(Target *target, u16 *portarray, int numports, stype scantype) {
   ss.initial_packet_width = box(ss.min_width, ss.max_width, ss.initial_packet_width);
   ss.numqueries_ideal = ss.initial_packet_width;
 
-  memset(csi.socklookup, 0, sizeof(csi.socklookup));
-
   get_rpc_procs(&(rsi.rpc_progs), &(rsi.rpc_number));
   scan = (struct portinfo *) safe_malloc(rsi.rpc_number * sizeof(struct portinfo));
   for(j = 0; j < rsi.rpc_number; j++) {