diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
index 5ca6a7d43c2d40da55f90d4b3e701861afab6610..684b9ed34a4fbd24d1df0b2e461d66c74668953b 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
@@ -244,15 +244,9 @@ PHP_METHOD(Call, __construct) {
   wrapped_grpc_timeval *deadline =
       (wrapped_grpc_timeval *)zend_object_store_get_object(
           deadline_obj TSRMLS_CC);
-  if (host_override != NULL) {
-    call->wrapped = grpc_channel_create_call(
-        channel->wrapped, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, completion_queue, method,
-        host_override, deadline->wrapped, NULL);
-  } else {
-    call->wrapped = grpc_channel_create_call(
-        channel->wrapped, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, completion_queue, method,
-        NULL, deadline->wrapped, NULL);
-  }
+  call->wrapped = grpc_channel_create_call(
+      channel->wrapped, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, completion_queue, method,
+      host_override, deadline->wrapped, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
index 138af0de221b546a22592589ba34d34071d3028f..7a981675de5a0a158fc466dd89f0f4cf4b98a01a 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ void free_wrapped_grpc_channel(void *object TSRMLS_DC) {
   if (channel->wrapped != NULL) {
     grpc_channel_destroy(channel->wrapped);
   }
-  efree(channel->target);
   efree(channel);
 }
 
@@ -174,8 +173,6 @@ PHP_METHOD(Channel, __construct) {
     }
     efree(args.args);
   }
-  channel->target = ecalloc(target_length + 1, sizeof(char));
-  memcpy(channel->target, target, target_length);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.h b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.h
index c13fa4c6d7dfe8d51e84f6c712b19afdf520c04c..78a16ed0c9d5bab404de0cef56058c16a7ce8260 100755
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.h
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ typedef struct wrapped_grpc_channel {
   zend_object std;
 
   grpc_channel *wrapped;
-  char *target;
 } wrapped_grpc_channel;
 
 /* Initializes the Channel class */