diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
index c5ac7ab813..0625ad0a8a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/collection/AbstractCollectionPersister.java
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister
 	private final Serializable[] spaces;
 
 	private Map collectionPropertyColumnAliases = new HashMap();
-	private Map collectionPropertyColumnNames = new HashMap();
 
 	public AbstractCollectionPersister(
 			Collection collectionBinding,
@@ -1940,7 +1939,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister
 	private void initCollectionPropertyMap(String aliasName, Type type, String[] columnAliases, String[] columnNames) {
 
 		collectionPropertyColumnAliases.put( aliasName, columnAliases );
-		collectionPropertyColumnNames.put( aliasName, columnNames );
 
 		if ( type.isComponentType() ) {
 			CompositeType ct = (CompositeType) type;
@@ -1948,7 +1946,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister
 			for ( int i = 0; i < propertyNames.length; i++ ) {
 				String name = propertyNames[i];
 				collectionPropertyColumnAliases.put( aliasName + "." + name, columnAliases[i] );
-				collectionPropertyColumnNames.put( aliasName + "." + name, columnNames[i] );
 			}
 		}