diff --git a/core/net/rpl/rpl-dag.c b/core/net/rpl/rpl-dag.c
index d2593f97c..8f228e37b 100644
--- a/core/net/rpl/rpl-dag.c
+++ b/core/net/rpl/rpl-dag.c
@@ -796,9 +796,7 @@ rpl_move_parent(rpl_dag_t *dag_src, rpl_dag_t *dag_dst, rpl_parent_t *parent)
   PRINT6ADDR(rpl_get_parent_ipaddr(parent));
   PRINTF("\n");
 
-  list_remove(dag_src->parents, parent);
   parent->dag = dag_dst;
-  list_add(dag_dst->parents, parent);
 }
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 rpl_dag_t *
@@ -1212,7 +1210,7 @@ rpl_process_dio(uip_ipaddr_t *from, rpl_dio_t *dio)
   } else if(dio->rank == INFINITE_RANK && dag->joined) {
     rpl_reset_dio_timer(instance);
   }
-  
+
   /* Prefix Information Option treated to add new prefix */
   if(dio->prefix_info.length != 0) {
     if(dio->prefix_info.flags & UIP_ND6_RA_FLAG_AUTONOMOUS) {
diff --git a/core/net/rpl/rpl.h b/core/net/rpl/rpl.h
index 5dc1f6e1c..8488a0f1f 100644
--- a/core/net/rpl/rpl.h
+++ b/core/net/rpl/rpl.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
 #include "net/uip-ds6.h"
 #include "sys/ctimer.h"
 
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* The amount of parents that this node has in a particular DAG. */
-#define RPL_PARENT_COUNT(dag)   list_length((dag)->parents)
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 typedef uint16_t rpl_rank_t;
 typedef uint16_t rpl_ocp_t;
@@ -142,7 +139,6 @@ struct rpl_dag {
   rpl_parent_t *preferred_parent;
   rpl_rank_t rank;
   struct rpl_instance *instance;
-  LIST_STRUCT(parents);
   rpl_prefix_t prefix_info;
 };
 typedef struct rpl_dag rpl_dag_t;