diff --git a/block-raw-posix.c b/block-raw-posix.c
index 833907186a..7c42c108e7 100644
--- a/block-raw-posix.c
+++ b/block-raw-posix.c
@@ -846,7 +846,6 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .bdrv_aio_cancel = raw_aio_cancel,
     .aiocb_size = sizeof(RawAIOCB),
 #endif
-    .protocol_name = "file",
     .bdrv_pread = raw_pread,
     .bdrv_pwrite = raw_pwrite,
     .bdrv_truncate = raw_truncate,
diff --git a/block-raw-win32.c b/block-raw-win32.c
index 2c3f88f051..71404acb58 100644
--- a/block-raw-win32.c
+++ b/block-raw-win32.c
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .bdrv_aio_cancel = raw_aio_cancel,
     .aiocb_size = sizeof(RawAIOCB);
 #endif
-    .protocol_name = "file",
     .bdrv_pread = raw_pread,
     .bdrv_pwrite = raw_pwrite,
     .bdrv_truncate = raw_truncate,