diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqiperson.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqiperson.cc
index c3a39d5dd..c7541ec48 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqiperson.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqiperson.cc
@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@ bool pqiperson::getCryptoParams(RsPeerCryptoParams & params)
 	{
 		params.connexion_state = 0;
 		params.cipher_name.clear();
-		params.cipher_bits_1 = 0;
-		params.cipher_bits_2 = 0;
 
 		return false ;
 	}
@@ -624,8 +622,6 @@ bool pqiconnect::getCryptoParams(RsPeerCryptoParams & params)
 	{
 		params.connexion_state = 0 ;
 		params.cipher_name.clear() ;
-		params.cipher_bits_1 = 0 ;
-		params.cipher_bits_2 = 0 ;
 		return false ;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
index a52caf9f4..6e2e03a12 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
@@ -305,12 +305,6 @@ void pqissl::getCryptoParams(RsPeerCryptoParams& params)
 	{
 		params.connexion_state = 1 ;
 
-		int alg ;
-		int al2 = SSL_get_cipher_bits(ssl_connection,&alg);
-
-		params.cipher_bits_1 = alg ;
-		params.cipher_bits_2 = al2 ;
-
 		char *desc = SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_get_current_cipher(ssl_connection), NULL, 0);
 		params.cipher_name = std::string(desc);
 		OPENSSL_free(desc);
@@ -319,8 +313,6 @@ void pqissl::getCryptoParams(RsPeerCryptoParams& params)
 	{
 		params.connexion_state = 0 ;
 		params.cipher_name.clear() ;
-		params.cipher_bits_1 = 0 ;
-		params.cipher_bits_2 = 0 ;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
index e490d5d20..04634166a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
@@ -333,8 +333,6 @@ struct RsPeerCryptoParams
 {
 	int connexion_state;
 	std::string cipher_name;
-	int cipher_bits_1;
-	int cipher_bits_2;
 };
 
 struct RsGroupInfo : RsSerializable