diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 7123482d55fa16637bce67a86bcade0f907c2493..2e3e9317bd38f283c4ea82335a1ed935e82cd364 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace Transport {
 Component::Component(Swift::EventLoop *loop, Config *config) {
 	m_reconnectCount = 0;
 	m_config = config;
-	m_storageBackend = NULL;
 
 	m_jid = Swift::JID(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.jid"));
 
@@ -75,10 +74,6 @@ Component::~Component() {
 	delete m_factories;
 }
 
-void Component::setStorageBackend(StorageBackend *backend) {
-	m_storageBackend = backend;
-}
-
 void Component::setTransportFeatures(std::list<std::string> &features) {
 	m_discoInfoResponder->setTransportFeatures(features);
 }