diff --git a/mednafen/FileStream.cpp b/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
index 00702bf..06f2c86 100644
--- a/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
+++ b/mednafen/FileStream.cpp
@@ -29,14 +29,10 @@ FileStream::FileStream(const char *path, const int mode)
 {
    OpenedMode    = mode;
    fp            = filestream_open(path, (mode == MODE_WRITE) ? RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_WRITE : RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_HINT_NONE);
-   original_path = strdup(path);
 }
 
 FileStream::~FileStream()
 {
-   if (original_path)
-      free(original_path);
-   original_path = NULL;
 }
 
 uint64_t FileStream::attributes(void)
diff --git a/mednafen/FileStream.h b/mednafen/FileStream.h
index ae29b68..66488b9 100644
--- a/mednafen/FileStream.h
+++ b/mednafen/FileStream.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class FileStream : public Stream
 
    private:
       RFILE *fp;
-      char *original_path;
       int OpenedMode;
 };