diff --git a/lib/plugin.c b/lib/plugin.c
index 168bd9fa3..5e383abcd 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.c
+++ b/lib/plugin.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ plugin_candidate_new(gint plugin_type, const gchar *name, const gchar *module_na
   self->super.type = plugin_type;
   self->super.name = g_strdup(name);
   self->module_name = g_strdup(module_name);
-  self->super.failure_info.aux_data = NULL;
 
   return self;
 }
@@ -119,8 +118,6 @@ plugin_construct_from_config(Plugin *self, CfgLexer *lexer, gpointer arg)
     {
       LogPipe *p = (LogPipe *)instance;
       p->plugin_name = g_strdup(self->name);
-      if (self->failure_info.aux_data != NULL)
-        p->init = self->failure_info.aux_data;
     }
 
   return instance;
@@ -340,7 +337,6 @@ plugin_find(PluginContext *context, gint plugin_type, const gchar *plugin_name)
   p = _find_plugin_in_list(context->plugins, plugin_type, plugin_name);
   if (p)
     {
-      p->failure_info.aux_data = candidate->super.failure_info.aux_data;
       return p;
     }
   else
diff --git a/lib/plugin.h b/lib/plugin.h
index 3953b7fff..0ea4e76bf 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.h
+++ b/lib/plugin.h
@@ -27,18 +27,12 @@
 
 #include "cfg-parser.h"
 
-typedef struct _PluginFailureInfo
-{
-  gconstpointer aux_data;
-} PluginFailureInfo;
-
 typedef struct _PluginBase
 {
   /* NOTE: the start of this structure must match the Plugin struct,
      thus it has to be changed together with Plugin */
   gint type;
   gchar *name;
-  PluginFailureInfo failure_info;
 } PluginBase;
 
 typedef struct _PluginCandidate
@@ -65,7 +59,6 @@ struct _Plugin
 
   gint type;
   const gchar *name;
-  PluginFailureInfo failure_info;
   CfgParser *parser;
   gpointer (*construct)(Plugin *self);
   void (*free_fn)(Plugin *s);