diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 21084b8c72..a51f98d614 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 4.1.5
 Merged from 4.0:
+ * Remove redundant code in StorageProxy#sendToHintedReplicas (CASSANDRA-19412)
  * Remove bashisms for mx4j tool in cassandra-env.sh (CASSANDRA-19416)
 Merged from 3.11:
 Merged from 3.0:
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
index b96120cbb2..0b45db5f2d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
@@ -1472,8 +1472,6 @@ public class StorageProxy implements StorageProxyMBean
         Replica localReplica = null;
         Collection<Replica> endpointsToHint = null;
 
-        List<InetAddressAndPort> backPressureHosts = null;
-
         for (Replica destination : plan.contacts())
         {
             checkHintOverload(destination);
@@ -1513,11 +1511,6 @@ public class StorageProxy implements StorageProxyMBean
 
                         messages.add(destination);
                     }
-
-                    if (backPressureHosts == null)
-                        backPressureHosts = new ArrayList<>(plan.contacts().size());
-
-                    backPressureHosts.add(destination.endpoint());
                 }
             }
             else