diff --git a/lib/config/config.c b/lib/config/config.c
index 8acb87d05..ad02f5fb3 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.c
+++ b/lib/config/config.c
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ struct dm_config_tree *config_file_open(const char *filename, int keep_open)
 	cf = dm_pool_zalloc(cft->mem, sizeof(struct config_file));
 	if (!cf) goto fail;
 
-	cf->timestamp = 0;
-	cf->exists = 0;
 	cf->keep_open = keep_open;
 	dm_config_set_custom(cft, cf);
 
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-config.c b/libdm/libdm-config.c
index 368f9e338..dfd917480 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-config.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-config.c
@@ -105,10 +105,8 @@ struct dm_config_tree *dm_config_create(void)
 		dm_pool_destroy(mem);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	cft->root = NULL;
-	cft->cascade = NULL;
-	cft->custom = NULL;
 	cft->mem = mem;
+
 	return cft;
 }