diff --git a/configurations/host/host_frus.json b/configurations/host/host_frus.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 66cfccd..0000000
--- a/configurations/host/host_frus.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "entities": [
-        {
-            "entity_type": 66,
-            "parent": {
-                "entity_type": 64,
-                "entity_instance": 1
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            "entity_type": 67,
-            "parent": {
-                "entity_type": 64,
-                "entity_instance": 1
-            }
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.cpp b/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.cpp
index ea55262..ce41d20 100644
--- a/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.cpp
+++ b/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.cpp
@@ -98,40 +98,6 @@
     oemPlatformHandler(oemPlatformHandler)
 {
     mergedHostParents = false;
-    fs::path hostFruJson(fs::path(HOST_JSONS_DIR) / fruJson);
-    if (fs::exists(hostFruJson))
-    {
-        // Note parent entities for entities sent down by the host firmware.
-        // This will enable a merge of entity associations.
-        try
-        {
-            std::ifstream jsonFile(hostFruJson);
-            auto data = Json::parse(jsonFile, nullptr, false);
-            if (data.is_discarded())
-            {
-                error("Parsing Host FRU json file failed");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                auto entities = data.value("entities", emptyJsonList);
-                for (auto& entity : entities)
-                {
-                    EntityType entityType = entity.value("entity_type", 0);
-                    auto parent = entity.value("parent", emptyJson);
-                    pldm_entity p{};
-                    p.entity_type = parent.value("entity_type", 0);
-                    p.entity_instance_num = parent.value("entity_instance", 0);
-                    parents.emplace(entityType, std::move(p));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (const std::exception& e)
-        {
-            error("Parsing Host FRU json file failed, exception = {ERR_EXCEP}",
-                  "ERR_EXCEP", e.what());
-        }
-    }
-
     hostOffMatch = std::make_unique<sdbusplus::bus::match_t>(
         pldm::utils::DBusHandler::getBus(),
         propertiesChanged("/xyz/openbmc_project/state/host0",
diff --git a/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.hpp b/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.hpp
index f16dc39..3b05f59 100644
--- a/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.hpp
+++ b/host-bmc/host_pdr_handler.hpp
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@
     /** @brief list of PDR record handles modified pointing to host PDRs */
     PDRRecordHandles modifiedPDRRecordHandles;
 
-    std::map<EntityType, pldm_entity> parents;
     /** @brief D-Bus property changed signal match */
     std::unique_ptr<sdbusplus::bus::match_t> hostOffMatch;