diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_advertise.h b/bgpd/bgp_advertise.h
index c461f231b4..a063208b6d 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_advertise.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_advertise.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct bgp_adj_in {
 struct bgp_synchronize {
 	struct bgp_adv_fifo_head update;
 	struct bgp_adv_fifo_head withdraw;
-	struct bgp_adv_fifo_head withdraw_low;
 };
 
 /* BGP adjacency linked list.  */
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.c b/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.c
index 0b1e54916a..ce585b7d99 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void sync_init(struct update_subgroup *subgrp,
 		XCALLOC(MTYPE_BGP_SYNCHRONISE, sizeof(struct bgp_synchronize));
 	bgp_adv_fifo_init(&subgrp->sync->update);
 	bgp_adv_fifo_init(&subgrp->sync->withdraw);
-	bgp_adv_fifo_init(&subgrp->sync->withdraw_low);
+
 	subgrp->hash =
 		hash_create(bgp_advertise_attr_hash_key,
 			    bgp_advertise_attr_hash_cmp, "BGP SubGroup Hash");
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.h b/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.h
index 67c384ba02..275af34c1c 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_updgrp.h
@@ -585,11 +585,9 @@ static inline void bgp_announce_peer(struct peer *peer)
  */
 static inline int advertise_list_is_empty(struct update_subgroup *subgrp)
 {
-	if (bgp_adv_fifo_count(&subgrp->sync->update)
-	    || bgp_adv_fifo_count(&subgrp->sync->withdraw)
-	    || bgp_adv_fifo_count(&subgrp->sync->withdraw_low)) {
+	if (bgp_adv_fifo_count(&subgrp->sync->update) ||
+	    bgp_adv_fifo_count(&subgrp->sync->withdraw))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	return 1;
 }