diff --git a/include/common/hathreads.h b/include/common/hathreads.h
index cfcb48e..fe1ee23 100644
--- a/include/common/hathreads.h
+++ b/include/common/hathreads.h
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@
 
 enum lock_label {
 	THREAD_SYNC_LOCK = 0,
-	FDTAB_LOCK,
 	FDCACHE_LOCK,
 	FD_LOCK,
 	POLL_LOCK,
diff --git a/include/proto/fd.h b/include/proto/fd.h
index 76d4c7e..c9449ff 100644
--- a/include/proto/fd.h
+++ b/include/proto/fd.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 extern THREAD_LOCAL int *fd_updt;  // FD updates list
 extern THREAD_LOCAL int fd_nbupdt; // number of updates in the list
 
-__decl_hathreads(extern HA_SPINLOCK_T __attribute__((aligned(64))) fdtab_lock);      /* global lock to protect fdtab array */
 __decl_hathreads(extern HA_RWLOCK_T   __attribute__((aligned(64))) fdcache_lock);    /* global lock to protect fd_cache array */
 __decl_hathreads(extern HA_SPINLOCK_T __attribute__((aligned(64))) poll_lock);       /* global lock to protect poll info */
 
diff --git a/src/fd.c b/src/fd.c
index 1fa170b..9398364 100644
--- a/src/fd.c
+++ b/src/fd.c
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
 THREAD_LOCAL int *fd_updt  = NULL;  // FD updates list
 THREAD_LOCAL int  fd_nbupdt = 0;   // number of updates in the list
 
-__decl_hathreads(HA_SPINLOCK_T fdtab_lock);       /* global lock to protect fdtab array */
 __decl_hathreads(HA_RWLOCK_T   fdcache_lock);     /* global lock to protect fd_cache array */
 __decl_hathreads(HA_SPINLOCK_T poll_lock);        /* global lock to protect poll info */
 
@@ -332,7 +331,6 @@
 	for (p = 0; p < global.maxsock; p++)
 		HA_SPIN_INIT(&fdtab[p].lock);
 
-	HA_SPIN_INIT(&fdtab_lock);
 	HA_RWLOCK_INIT(&fdcache_lock);
 	HA_SPIN_INIT(&poll_lock);
 	do {
@@ -381,7 +379,6 @@
 	free(fdinfo);   fdinfo   = NULL;
 	free(fdtab);    fdtab    = NULL;
 
-	HA_SPIN_DESTROY(&fdtab_lock);
 	HA_RWLOCK_DESTROY(&fdcache_lock);
 	HA_SPIN_DESTROY(&poll_lock);
 }