diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 85d56b28..6d44519f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	* src/color.c (found_in_list): Don't bother keeping the compiled
 	regular expression when it matched -- drop this tiny optimization
 	for when opening multiple files.  Instead stop calling malloc().
+	* src/nano.h: Delete a now-unused struct member.
 
 2016-03-01  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/rcfile.c (parse_syntax), src/color.c (color_update): Don't
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 72389213..35c91ad6 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -1627,9 +1627,6 @@ int strtomenu(const char *input)
 void free_list_item(regexlisttype *dropit)
 {
     free(dropit->full_regex);
-    if (dropit->rgx != NULL)
-	regfree(dropit->rgx);
-    free(dropit->rgx);
     free(dropit);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index a2f6ee6d..990cc238 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ typedef struct colortype {
 typedef struct regexlisttype {
     char *full_regex;
 	/* A regex string to match things that imply a certain syntax. */
-    regex_t *rgx;
-	/* The compiled regex. */
     struct regexlisttype *next;
 	/* The next regex. */
 } regexlisttype;
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index 342fecff..8e1a62d5 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ void parse_syntax(char *ptr)
 	/* Save the extension regex if it's valid. */
 	if (nregcomp(fileregptr, REG_NOSUB)) {
 	    newext->full_regex = mallocstrcpy(NULL, fileregptr);
-	    newext->rgx = NULL;
 
 	    if (endext == NULL)
 		endsyntax->extensions = newext;
@@ -880,7 +879,6 @@ void grab_and_store(char *ptr, const char *kind, regexlisttype **storage)
 	/* Copy the regex into a struct, and hook this in at the end. */
 	newthing = (regexlisttype *)nmalloc(sizeof(regexlisttype));
 	newthing->full_regex = mallocstrcpy(NULL, regexstring);
-	newthing->rgx = NULL;
 	newthing->next = NULL;
 
 	if (lastthing == NULL)