diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c59d117..32f4763c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-05-06  James Henstridge  <james@jamesh.id.au>
 
+	* psycopg/lobject.h (lobjectObject): remove "mode" struct member,
+	since it was unused.
+
 	* psycopg/lobject_*.c: replace uses of the closed struct member,
 	and change the Python level attribute to a getset.
 
diff --git a/psycopg/lobject.h b/psycopg/lobject.h
index b9546967..52d32761 100644
--- a/psycopg/lobject.h
+++ b/psycopg/lobject.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ typedef struct {
     long int mark;           /* copied from conn->mark */
 
     const char *smode;       /* string mode if lobject was opened */
-    int mode;                /* numeric mode, tells if lobject was opened */
-
 
     int fd;                  /* the file descriptor for file-like ops */
     Oid oid;                 /* the oid for this lobject */
diff --git a/psycopg/lobject_int.c b/psycopg/lobject_int.c
index cd110ee1..cdca5d2d 100644
--- a/psycopg/lobject_int.c
+++ b/psycopg/lobject_int.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ lobject_open(lobjectObject *self, connectionObject *conn,
         }
     }
     /* set the mode for future reference */
-    self->mode = mode;
     switch (mode) {
     case -1:
         self->smode = "n"; break;