diff --git a/src/log-filestore.c b/src/log-filestore.c
index 5069ec857921..c2507163fbd2 100644
--- a/src/log-filestore.c
+++ b/src/log-filestore.c
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ static void LogFilestoreLogDeInitCtx(OutputCtx *output_ctx)
  * */
 static OutputCtx *LogFilestoreLogInitCtx(ConfNode *conf)
 {
-    LogFileCtx *logfile_ctx = LogFileNewCtx();
-    if (logfile_ctx == NULL) {
-        SCLogDebug("Could not create new LogFilestoreCtx");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     OutputCtx *output_ctx = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(OutputCtx));
     if (unlikely(output_ctx == NULL))
         return NULL;