diff --git a/storage/storage.cpp b/storage/storage.cpp
index 0a265e321b..0ac0bb2b7c 100644
--- a/storage/storage.cpp
+++ b/storage/storage.cpp
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ void Storage::DownloadNode(CountryId const & countryId, bool isUpdate /* = false
     {
       auto const countryId = descendantNode.Value().Name();
       auto const fileType =
-          isUpdate && (m_areDiffsPending || m_diffsDataSource->HasDiffFor(countryId))
+          isUpdate && m_diffsDataSource->HasDiffFor(countryId)
               ? MapFileType::Diff
               : MapFileType::Map;
 
@@ -1440,7 +1440,6 @@ void Storage::OnFinishDownloading()
 
 void Storage::OnDiffStatusReceived(diffs::NameDiffInfoMap && diffs)
 {
-  m_areDiffsPending = false;
   m_diffsDataSource->SetDiffInfo(move(diffs));
 
   SetMapSchemeForCountriesWithAbsentDiffs([this] (auto const & id)
diff --git a/storage/storage.hpp b/storage/storage.hpp
index d04cb3a8b4..fc6d7624e4 100644
--- a/storage/storage.hpp
+++ b/storage/storage.hpp
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ private:
   std::vector<platform::LocalCountryFile> m_notAppliedDiffs;
 
   diffs::DiffsSourcePtr m_diffsDataSource = std::make_shared<diffs::DiffsDataSource>();
-  bool m_areDiffsPending = true;
 
   DownloadingPolicy m_defaultDownloadingPolicy;
   DownloadingPolicy * m_downloadingPolicy = &m_defaultDownloadingPolicy;