diff --git a/components/esm/esmcommon.hpp b/components/esm/esmcommon.hpp
index cbdd05a49..42fdc1211 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmcommon.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmcommon.hpp
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct ESM_Context
   uint32_t leftRec, leftSub;
   size_t leftFile;
   NAME recName, subName;
-  Header::Data header;
   // When working with multiple esX files, we will generate lists of all files that
   //  actually contribute to a specific cell. Therefore, we need to store the index
   //  of the file belonging to this contest. See CellStore::(list/load)refs for details.
diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
index 70ab0caa3..ea2bf7694 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ void ESMReader::open(Ogre::DataStreamPtr _esm, const std::string &name)
 
     // Get the header
     getHNT (mHeader.mData, "HEDR", 300);
-    mCtx.header = mHeader.mData;
 
     // Some mods abuse the header.version field for the version of the mod instead of the version of the file format, so we can only ignore it.