diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
index 1899a0ee1..6531ccaf8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleHTTPRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, httpRequest *http.Requ
 		}
 		resChan := make(chan abstractResult) // response.abstract or response.abstractBatch
 		subChan := make(chan intEvent, notificationBufSize)
-		subscr := &subscriber{writer: subChan, ws: ws}
+		subscr := &subscriber{writer: subChan}
 		s.subsLock.Lock()
 		s.subscribers[subscr] = true
 		s.subsLock.Unlock()
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/subscription.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/subscription.go
index 306c27f26..511aed2ef 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/subscription.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/subscription.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ type (
 	// subscriber is an event subscriber.
 	subscriber struct {
 		writer    chan<- intEvent
-		ws        *websocket.Conn
 		overflown atomic.Bool
 		// These work like slots as there is not a lot of them (it's
 		// cheaper doing it this way rather than creating a map),