diff --git a/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts b/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
index 926ba08e674..7c415f8b8ef 100644
--- a/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
+++ b/src/execution/IncrementalPublisher.ts
@@ -821,12 +821,11 @@ export class StreamItemsRecord {
     streamRecord: StreamRecord;
     path: Path | undefined;
     priority: number;
-    deferPriority: number;
   }) {
     this.streamRecord = opts.streamRecord;
     this.path = pathToArray(opts.path);
     this.priority = opts.priority;
-    this.deferPriority = opts.deferPriority;
+    this.deferPriority = 0;
     this.children = new Set();
     this.errors = [];
     this.isCompleted = false;
diff --git a/src/execution/execute.ts b/src/execution/execute.ts
index dc6becc9135..1683aaffaef 100644
--- a/src/execution/execute.ts
+++ b/src/execution/execute.ts
@@ -1992,7 +1992,6 @@ function executeStreamField(
     streamRecord,
     path: itemPath,
     priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority + 1,
-    deferPriority: 0,
   });
   incrementalPublisher.reportNewStreamItemsRecord(
     streamItemsRecord,
@@ -2186,7 +2185,6 @@ async function executeStreamAsyncIterator(
       streamRecord,
       path: itemPath,
       priority: incrementalDataRecord.priority + 1,
-      deferPriority: 0,
     });
     incrementalPublisher.reportNewStreamItemsRecord(
       streamItemsRecord,