diff --git a/lib/config/configitem.cpp b/lib/config/configitem.cpp
index 8b73b66b9..c1b02a5e7 100644
--- a/lib/config/configitem.cpp
+++ b/lib/config/configitem.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ bool ConfigItem::CommitItems(void)
 	}
 
 	ApplyRule::CheckMatches();
-	ConfigType::DiscardTypes();
 
 	/* log stats for external parsers */
 	BOOST_FOREACH(const DynamicType::Ptr& type, DynamicType::GetTypes()) {
diff --git a/lib/config/configtype.cpp b/lib/config/configtype.cpp
index 164f2d5fa..af19b866d 100644
--- a/lib/config/configtype.cpp
+++ b/lib/config/configtype.cpp
@@ -269,11 +269,6 @@ ConfigTypeRegistry::ItemMap ConfigType::GetTypes(void)
 	return ConfigTypeRegistry::GetInstance()->GetItems();
 }
 
-void ConfigType::DiscardTypes(void)
-{
-	ConfigTypeRegistry::GetInstance()->Clear();
-}
-
 ConfigTypeRegistry *ConfigTypeRegistry::GetInstance(void)
 {
 	return Singleton<ConfigTypeRegistry>::GetInstance();
diff --git a/lib/config/configtype.hpp b/lib/config/configtype.hpp
index 3ffd939e4..d4a63564b 100644
--- a/lib/config/configtype.hpp
+++ b/lib/config/configtype.hpp
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public:
 	void Register(void);
 	static ConfigType::Ptr GetByName(const String& name);
 	static Registry<ConfigType, ConfigType::Ptr>::ItemMap GetTypes(void);
-	static void DiscardTypes(void);
 
 private:
 	String m_Name; /**< The type name. */