diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
index 388ddb55c..90a7a9cec 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 #include <setjmp.h>
 
 #include "sudoers.h"
-#include "lbuf.h"
 #include "interfaces.h"
 #include "sudoers_version.h"
 #include "auth/sudo_auth.h"
@@ -1156,7 +1155,6 @@ sudoers_policy_version(int verbose)
 static int
 deserialize_info(char * const settings[], char * const user_info[])
 {
-    struct group *grp;
     char * const *cur;
     const char *p, *groups = NULL;
     int flags = 0;
@@ -1297,10 +1295,6 @@ deserialize_info(char * const settings[], char * const user_info[])
 	if (MATCHES(*cur, "gid=")) {
 	    p = *cur + sizeof("gid=") - 1;
 	    user_gid = (gid_t) atoi(p);
-	    if ((grp = sudo_getgrgid(user_gid)) != NULL) {
-		user_group = estrdup(grp->gr_name);
-		gr_delref(grp);
-	    }
 	    continue;
 	}
 	if (MATCHES(*cur, "groups=")) {
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
index 2e4745ee9..6b26746e4 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ struct sudo_user {
     char *cmnd_safe;
     char *class_name;
     char *krb5_ccname;
-    char *group;
     struct group_list *group_list;
     char * const * env_vars;
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ struct sudo_user {
 #define user_passwd		(sudo_user.pw->pw_passwd)
 #define user_uuid		(sudo_user.uuid)
 #define user_dir		(sudo_user.pw->pw_dir)
-#define user_group		(sudo_user.group)
 #define user_group_list		(sudo_user.group_list)
 #define user_tty		(sudo_user.tty)
 #define user_ttypath		(sudo_user.ttypath)