diff --git a/db/table_cache.cc b/db/table_cache.cc
index 9311bffa9e47cde3c0a7c395b6dbbd35ccf4d32e..f83578e5b6d2af3c129e257f5bd8aa9f03c08a9f 100644
--- a/db/table_cache.cc
+++ b/db/table_cache.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 namespace leveldb {
 
 struct TableAndFile {
-  unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile> file;
   unique_ptr<Table> table;
 };
 
@@ -72,8 +71,8 @@ Status TableCache::FindTable(uint64_t file_number, uint64_t file_size,
       // or somebody repairs the file, we recover automatically.
     } else {
       TableAndFile* tf = new TableAndFile;
-      tf->file = std::move(file);
       tf->table = std::move(table);
+      assert(file.get() == nullptr);
       *handle = cache_->Insert(key, tf, 1, &DeleteEntry);
     }
   }