diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_model.c b/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
index e6fea34..4435c6f 100644
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
+++ b/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ init_fdata (
 	h5t_fdata_t* t = f->t;
 
 	memset (t->mesh_name, 0, sizeof (t->mesh_name));
-	memset (t->mesh_label, 0, sizeof (t->mesh_label));
 	t->mesh_type = 0;
 	t->ref_elem = NULL;
 	t->cur_mesh = -1;
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_types_private.h b/src/h5core/h5t_types_private.h
index 3f496dd..04e7167 100644
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_types_private.h
+++ b/src/h5core/h5t_types_private.h
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ typedef struct h5t_methods {
 
 typedef struct h5t_fdata {
 	/*** book-keeping ***/
-	char		mesh_name[16];
-	char		mesh_label[256];
+	char		mesh_name[256];
 	h5_oid_t	mesh_type;	/* object id of element type */
 	const h5t_ref_elem_t*  ref_elem;
 	h5_id_t		cur_mesh;	/* id of current mesh */