diff --git a/src/control/lib/control/http.go b/src/control/lib/control/http.go
index 2ff1f4157f61..8a89cbaf61a1 100644
--- a/src/control/lib/control/http.go
+++ b/src/control/lib/control/http.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ type httpReq struct {
 	url            *url.URL
 	getFn          httpGetFn
 	allowInsecure  bool
-	cacertpath     *string
 	httpsException bool
 	getBodyFn      func(context.Context, *url.URL, httpGetFn, time.Duration, bool, bool) ([]byte, error)
 }