diff --git a/driver/opae/vlsim/opae_sim.cpp b/driver/opae/vlsim/opae_sim.cpp
index 0b951357..0a4bae40 100644
--- a/driver/opae/vlsim/opae_sim.cpp
+++ b/driver/opae/vlsim/opae_sim.cpp
@@ -301,19 +301,9 @@ void opae_sim::avs_bus() {
     if (vortex_afu_->avs_read) {
       assert(0 == vortex_afu_->mem_bank_select);
       dram_rd_req_t dram_req;      
-
       dram_req.addr = vortex_afu_->avs_address;
-
       ram_.read(vortex_afu_->avs_address * CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE, CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE, dram_req.block.data());      
-
-      dram_req.cycles_left = DRAM_LATENCY;     
-      for (auto& req : dram_reads_) {
-        if (req.addr == dram_req.addr) {
-          dram_req.cycles_left = req.cycles_left;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
+      dram_req.cycles_left = DRAM_LATENCY;
       dram_reads_.emplace_back(dram_req);
       /*printf("%0ld: [sim] DRAM Rd Req: addr=%x, pending={", timestamp, dram_req.addr * CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE);
       for (auto& req : dram_reads_) {
diff --git a/hw/simulate/simulator.cpp b/hw/simulate/simulator.cpp
index 09a8e4c5..45fc9056 100644
--- a/hw/simulate/simulator.cpp
+++ b/hw/simulate/simulator.cpp
@@ -179,20 +179,10 @@ void Simulator::eval_dram_bus() {
           }
         }
       } else {
-        dram_req_t dram_req;
-        
-        dram_req.tag = vortex_->dram_req_tag;        
-        dram_req.addr = vortex_->dram_req_addr;
-        
+        dram_req_t dram_req;        
+        dram_req.tag = vortex_->dram_req_tag;   
         ram_->read(vortex_->dram_req_addr * GLOBAL_BLOCK_SIZE, GLOBAL_BLOCK_SIZE, dram_req.block.data());
-
         dram_req.cycles_left = DRAM_LATENCY;     
-        for (auto& req : dram_rsp_vec_) {
-          if (req.addr == dram_req.addr) {
-            dram_req.cycles_left = req.cycles_left;
-            break;
-          }
-        }        
         dram_rsp_vec_.emplace_back(dram_req);
       } 
     }    
diff --git a/hw/simulate/simulator.h b/hw/simulate/simulator.h
index 0b683aea..a1613d98 100644
--- a/hw/simulate/simulator.h
+++ b/hw/simulate/simulator.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ private:
     int cycles_left;  
     std::array<uint8_t, GLOBAL_BLOCK_SIZE> block;
     uint32_t tag;
-    uint32_t addr;
   } dram_req_t;
 
   std::unordered_map<int, std::stringstream> print_bufs_;