diff --git a/include/channel.h b/include/channel.h
index 60ead40..950398f 100644
--- a/include/channel.h
+++ b/include/channel.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ typedef struct channel {
 
 	pthread_cond_t condition;	/* pthread syncronization to notify logging thread and local webserver */
 	pthread_t thread;		/* pthread for asynchronus logging */
-	pthread_status_t status;	/* status of thread */
 
 	char *middleware;		/* url to middleware */
 	char *uuid;			/* unique identifier for middleware */
diff --git a/include/vzlogger.h b/include/vzlogger.h
index 9514a5c..1191c42 100644
--- a/include/vzlogger.h
+++ b/include/vzlogger.h
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "list.h"
 
-/* enumerations */
-typedef enum {
-	status_unknown,
-	status_running,
-	status_terminated,
-	status__cancelled
-} pthread_status_t;
-
 /**
  * Type for mapping channels to meters
  */
@@ -51,7 +43,6 @@ typedef struct map {
 	list_t channels;
 
 	pthread_t thread;
-	pthread_status_t status;
 } map_t;
 
 /* prototypes */
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 5ed8fef..4f76239 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void channel_init(channel_t *ch, const char *uuid, const char *middleware, readi
 	snprintf(ch->id, 5, "ch%i", instances++);
 
 	ch->identifier = identifier;
-	ch->status = status_unknown;
 
 	ch->uuid = strdup(uuid);
 	ch->middleware = strdup(middleware);