diff --git a/include/MySQL_Session.h b/include/MySQL_Session.h
index a1e365873..934f1aa72 100644
--- a/include/MySQL_Session.h
+++ b/include/MySQL_Session.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ class MySQL_Session
 	int pending_connect;
 	Query_Info CurrentQuery;
 	//void *query_parser_args;
-	unsigned long long pause;
 	unsigned long long pause_until;
 	//MySQL_Session_userinfo userinfo_client;
 	//MySQL_Session_userinfo userinfo_server;
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
index b63ee5860..842ee51b3 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ void MySQL_Session::operator delete(void *ptr) {
 
 MySQL_Session::MySQL_Session() {
 	thread_session_id=0;
-	pause=0;
 	pause_until=0;
 	qpo=NULL;
 	command_counters=new StatCounters(15,10,false);
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
index 7cfa88a8d..d4e5ddfd5 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
@@ -1698,8 +1698,7 @@ void MySQL_Thread::process_all_sessions() {
 			n--;
 			delete sess;
 		} else {
-			if (sess->to_process==1 || sess->pause<=curtime ) {
-				if (sess->pause <= curtime ) sess->pause=0;
+			if (sess->to_process==1) {
 				if (sess->pause_until <= curtime) {
 					rc=sess->handler();
 					if (rc==-1 || sess->killed==true) {