diff --git a/lib/mergeset/block_stream_writer.go b/lib/mergeset/block_stream_writer.go
index d760e61feb..4287722c09 100644
--- a/lib/mergeset/block_stream_writer.go
+++ b/lib/mergeset/block_stream_writer.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 type blockStreamWriter struct {
 	compressLevel int
-	path          string
 
 	metaindexWriter filestream.WriteCloser
 	indexWriter     filestream.WriteCloser
diff --git a/lib/storage/block_stream_writer.go b/lib/storage/block_stream_writer.go
index e558119487..f17397da07 100644
--- a/lib/storage/block_stream_writer.go
+++ b/lib/storage/block_stream_writer.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 // blockStreamWriter represents block stream writer.
 type blockStreamWriter struct {
 	compressLevel int
-	path          string
 
 	// Use io.Writer type for timestampsWriter and valuesWriter
 	// in order to remove I2I conversion in WriteExternalBlock