diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/mac.h b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/mac.h
index 6148b63363cb8f5d7bd456d6b701b0f64e2cd48c..ed6171dcebfaa35f74e608f7a86c0d6d1ce3c187 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/mac.h
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/mac.h
@@ -1172,9 +1172,6 @@ typedef struct {
     /// Accounting policy (just greedy(1) or fair(0) setting for now)
     int       accounting;
 
-    /// Whether the scheduler callback should be updated
-    int       update_sched;
-
     /// name of available scheduler
     char     *sched_name;
 
@@ -1205,9 +1202,6 @@ typedef struct {
     /// starting RB (RB offset) of UL scheduling
     int       first_rb;
 
-    /// Slice scheduler callback update needed
-    int       update_sched;
-
     /// name of available scheduler
     char     *sched_name;
 
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/main.c b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/main.c
index fcbcf605670465a4ed2dbcbb51e31290823761fc..8d3d88aaaaf6233311ae1d98399150ce4c8d8feb 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/main.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/main.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ void mac_top_init_eNB(void)
         sli->dl[0].pos_high = N_RBG_MAX;
         sli->dl[0].maxmcs = 28;
         sli->dl[0].sorting = 0x012345;
-        sli->dl[0].update_sched = 1;
         sli->dl[0].sched_name = "schedule_ue_spec";
         sli->dl[0].sched_cb = dlsym(NULL, sli->dl[0].sched_name);
         AssertFatal(sli->dl[0].sched_cb, "DLSCH scheduler callback is NULL\n");
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ void mac_top_init_eNB(void)
         sli->ul[0].pct = 1.0;
         sli->ul[0].maxmcs = 20;
         sli->ul[0].sorting = 0x0123;
-        sli->ul[0].update_sched = 1;
         sli->ul[0].sched_name = "schedule_ulsch_rnti";
         sli->ul[0].sched_cb = dlsym(NULL, sli->ul[0].sched_name);
         AssertFatal(sli->ul[0].sched_cb, "ULSCH scheduler callback is NULL\n");