diff --git a/pdns/auth-querycache.cc b/pdns/auth-querycache.cc
index dea4583e9f3f..b397c1e83045 100644
--- a/pdns/auth-querycache.cc
+++ b/pdns/auth-querycache.cc
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ void AuthQueryCache::insert(const DNSName &qname, const QType& qtype, vector<DNS
 
   if(!ttl)
     return;
-  
+
   time_t now = time(nullptr);
   CacheEntry val;
-  val.created = now;
   val.ttd = now + ttl;
   val.qname = qname;
   val.qtype = qtype.getCode();
diff --git a/pdns/auth-querycache.hh b/pdns/auth-querycache.hh
index 20c8ffb4d4bc..54a46b879bb6 100644
--- a/pdns/auth-querycache.hh
+++ b/pdns/auth-querycache.hh
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ private:
   {
     DNSName qname;
     mutable vector<DNSZoneRecord> drs;
-    mutable time_t created{0};
     mutable time_t ttd{0};
     uint16_t qtype{0};
     int zoneID{-1};