diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 6403f44e6104..1f54b397bd57 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -767,7 +767,6 @@ struct se_device *target_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *name)
 	dev->prot_length = sizeof(struct t10_pi_tuple);
 	dev->hba_index = hba->hba_index;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_sep_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_tmr_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->delayed_cmd_list);
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index f835528e424e..a3af69fcf75e 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -816,8 +816,6 @@ struct se_device {
 	unsigned char		udev_path[SE_UDEV_PATH_LEN];
 	/* Pointer to template of function pointers for transport */
 	const struct target_backend_ops *transport;
-	/* Linked list for struct se_hba struct se_device list */
-	struct list_head	dev_list;
 	struct se_lun		xcopy_lun;
 	/* Protection Information */
 	int			prot_length;