diff --git a/ompi/runtime/ompi_rte.c b/ompi/runtime/ompi_rte.c
index e3c387022c..608aac6886 100644
--- a/ompi/runtime/ompi_rte.c
+++ b/ompi/runtime/ompi_rte.c
@@ -755,28 +755,6 @@ int ompi_rte_init(int *pargc, char ***pargv)
         opal_process_info.proc_is_bound = false;
     }
 
-    /* get our numa rank from PMIx */
-    if (opal_process_info.proc_is_bound) {
-        OPAL_MODEX_RECV_VALUE_OPTIONAL(rc, PMIX_NUMA_RANK,
-                                       &opal_process_info.my_name, &u16ptr, PMIX_UINT16);
-        if (PMIX_SUCCESS != rc) {
-            if (ompi_singleton) {
-                /* just assume the numa_rank is invalid, set to UINT16_MAX */
-                u16 = UINT16_MAX;
-            } else {
-                ret = opal_pmix_convert_status(rc);
-                error = "numa rank";
-                goto error;
-            }
-        }
-        opal_process_info.my_numa_rank = u16;
-    } else {
-        /* If processes are not bound, the numa_rank is not available
-         * Assign UINT16_MAX to the numa_rank to indicate an invalid value
-         */
-        opal_process_info.my_numa_rank = UINT16_MAX;
-    }
-
     /* get our local peers */
     if (0 < opal_process_info.num_local_peers) {
         /* if my local rank if too high, then that's an error */
diff --git a/opal/util/proc.c b/opal/util/proc.c
index 82b23ec2c0..d3d8272a46 100644
--- a/opal/util/proc.c
+++ b/opal/util/proc.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ opal_process_info_t opal_process_info = {
     .num_local_peers = 0,  /* there is nobody else but me */
     .my_local_rank = 0,    /* I'm the only process around here */
     .my_node_rank = 0,
-    .my_numa_rank = UINT16_MAX,     /* Assume numa_rank is unavailable, set to UINT16_MAX */
     .cpuset = NULL,
     .pid = 0,
     .num_procs = 0,
diff --git a/opal/util/proc.h b/opal/util/proc.h
index 6484822f7c..c7b5928794 100644
--- a/opal/util/proc.h
+++ b/opal/util/proc.h
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ typedef struct opal_process_info_t {
     uint32_t num_local_peers;           /**< number of procs from my job that share my node with me */
     uint16_t my_local_rank;             /**< local rank on this node within my job */
     uint16_t my_node_rank;
-    uint16_t my_numa_rank;              /**< rank on this processes NUMA node. A value of UINT16_MAX indicates unavailable numa_rank */
     char *cpuset;                       /**< String-representation of bitmap where we are bound */
     pid_t pid;
     uint32_t num_procs;