diff --git a/src/mesa/main/glthread_bufferobj.c b/src/mesa/main/glthread_bufferobj.c
index a92ca40a860..09b0fbebbbc 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/glthread_bufferobj.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/glthread_bufferobj.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include "dispatch.h"
 #include "main/bufferobj.h"
 
-#define PRIVATE_REFCOUNT 1000000
-
 /**
  * Create an upload buffer. This is called from the app thread, so everything
  * has to be thread-safe in the driver.
@@ -81,11 +79,6 @@ _mesa_glthread_release_upload_buffer(struct gl_context *ctx, bool async_release)
                    -glthread->upload_buffer_private_refcount);
       glthread->upload_buffer_private_refcount = 0;
    }
-   if (glthread->upload_buffer) {
-      glthread->upload_buffer->Ctx = NULL;
-      p_atomic_add(&glthread->upload_buffer->RefCount,
-                   -(PRIVATE_REFCOUNT - glthread->upload_buffer->CtxRefCount));
-   }
 
    if (async_release) {
       /* Defer to avoid calling tc_resource_release from this thread. */
@@ -163,8 +156,6 @@ _mesa_glthread_upload(struct gl_context *ctx, const void *data,
        */
       glthread->upload_buffer->RefCount += default_size;
       glthread->upload_buffer_private_refcount = default_size;
-      glthread->upload_buffer->Ctx = ctx;
-      glthread->upload_buffer->CtxRefCount = PRIVATE_REFCOUNT;
    }
 
    /* Upload data. */