diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
index 7090853498..9fe79cced6 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import akka.util._
  */
 object Props {
   final val defaultCreator: () ⇒ Actor = () ⇒ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No actor creator specified!")
-  final val defaultDeployId: String = ""
   final val defaultDispatcher: MessageDispatcher = Dispatchers.defaultGlobalDispatcher
   final val defaultTimeout: Timeout = Timeout(Duration(Actor.TIMEOUT, "millis"))
   final val defaultFaultHandler: FaultHandlingStrategy = OneForOneStrategy(classOf[Exception] :: Nil, None, None)