diff --git a/sys/src/9/port/devsd.c b/sys/src/9/port/devsd.c
index 049338e90..5484e3cc1 100644
--- a/sys/src/9/port/devsd.c
+++ b/sys/src/9/port/devsd.c
@@ -1310,7 +1310,6 @@ sdread(Chan *c, void *a, long n, vlong off)
 		if(unit->state == Rawdata){
 			unit->state = Rawstatus;
 			r = unit->req;
-			r->timeout = 0;
 			i = sdrio(r, a, n);
 		}
 		else if(unit->state == Rawstatus){
diff --git a/sys/src/9/port/sd.h b/sys/src/9/port/sd.h
index 685d1c7c4..d52a7353c 100644
--- a/sys/src/9/port/sd.h
+++ b/sys/src/9/port/sd.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ struct SDreq {
 	int	dlen;
 
 	int	flags;
-	ulong	timeout;		/* in ticks */
 
 	int	status;
 	long	rlen;