diff --git a/src/common/read_config.c b/src/common/read_config.c
index a5f71aa8f6f03dbe80fbe16c5477bcda7b49ee28..46777f7ac478b38b6482ff7b5eeff99d922d4be6 100644
--- a/src/common/read_config.c
+++ b/src/common/read_config.c
@@ -1150,12 +1150,6 @@ init_slurm_conf (slurm_ctl_conf_t *ctl_conf_ptr)
 	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->accounting_storage_pass);
 	ctl_conf_ptr->accounting_storage_port             = 0;
 	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->checkpoint_type);
-	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_loc);
-	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_type);
-	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_user);
-	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_host);
-	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_pass);
-	ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_port             = 0;
 	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->cluster_name);
 	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->backup_addr);
 	xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->backup_controller);
diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.c
index f37b93c8c0746629b4b28ff129b03cde88f4b2a1..fafa6c2355c4c2258b2d0d32d58f7f62ed4a0811 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.c
@@ -894,11 +894,6 @@ void slurm_free_ctl_conf(slurm_ctl_conf_info_msg_t * config_ptr)
 		xfree(config_ptr->backup_addr);
 		xfree(config_ptr->backup_controller);
 		xfree(config_ptr->checkpoint_type);
-		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_loc);
-		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_type);
-		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_user);
-		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_host);
-		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_acct_storage_pass);
 		xfree(config_ptr->cluster_name);
 		xfree(config_ptr->control_addr);
 		xfree(config_ptr->control_machine);