diff --git a/matrix/fed.cc b/matrix/fed.cc
index c5991e084..0aee5f304 100644
--- a/matrix/fed.cc
+++ b/matrix/fed.cc
@@ -1940,7 +1940,6 @@ try
 		m_server
 	};
 
-	thread_local char rembuf[rfc3986::DOMAIN_BUFSIZE * 2];
 	log::debug
 	{
 		well_known_log, "%s query to %s found delegation to %s",