diff --git a/src/core/ngx_inet.c b/src/core/ngx_inet.c
index 3debac37e..4c180361d 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_inet.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_inet.c
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ ngx_parse_inet_url(ngx_pool_t *pool, ngx_url_t *u)
 
         (void) ngx_cpystrn(p, host, len);
 
-        u->addr.in_addr = inet_addr((const char *) p);
         sin->sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr((const char *) p);
 
         if (sin->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE) {
@@ -530,7 +529,6 @@ ngx_parse_inet_url(ngx_pool_t *pool, ngx_url_t *u)
                 return NGX_ERROR;
             }
 
-            u->addr.in_addr = *(in_addr_t *) (h->h_addr_list[0]);
             sin->sin_addr.s_addr = *(in_addr_t *) (h->h_addr_list[0]);
         }
 
@@ -541,7 +539,6 @@ ngx_parse_inet_url(ngx_pool_t *pool, ngx_url_t *u)
         ngx_free(p);
 
     } else {
-        u->addr.in_addr = INADDR_ANY;
         sin->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
         u->wildcard = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_inet.h b/src/core/ngx_inet.h
index 855740933..7562c9e80 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_inet.h
+++ b/src/core/ngx_inet.h
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } ngx_cidr_t;
 
 
-typedef union {
-    in_addr_t                 in_addr;
-} ngx_url_addr_t;
-
-
 typedef struct {
     struct sockaddr          *sockaddr;
     socklen_t                 socklen;
@@ -91,8 +86,6 @@ typedef struct {
     unsigned                  no_port:1;
     unsigned                  wildcard:1;
 
-    ngx_url_addr_t            addr;
-
     socklen_t                 socklen;
     u_char                    sockaddr[NGX_SOCKADDRLEN];