diff --git a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
index d0c977f7da94ccff5ccf681637fb7450452cfc88..526aa211df46ba696c9b2d23dbc9fb41a2f308d1 100644
--- a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
+++ b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
@@ -475,8 +475,6 @@ void QGCUASFileManager::_sendRequest(Request* request)
     _lastOutgoingSeqNumber++;
 
     request->hdr.seqNumber = _lastOutgoingSeqNumber;
-    request->hdr.padding[0] = 0;
-    request->hdr.padding[1] = 0;
     
     if (_systemIdQGC == 0) {
         _systemIdQGC = MainWindow::instance()->getMAVLink()->getSystemId();