diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index be1cb48df92..e58e50e8184 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ class ModelBase(type):
                 raise TypeError("Proxy model '%s' has no non-abstract model base class." % name)
             new_class._meta.setup_proxy(base)
             new_class._meta.concrete_model = base._meta.concrete_model
-            base._meta.concrete_model._meta.proxied_children.append(new_class._meta)
         else:
             new_class._meta.concrete_model = new_class
 
diff --git a/django/db/models/options.py b/django/db/models/options.py
index 3d0a42e515a..9c69387c964 100644
--- a/django/db/models/options.py
+++ b/django/db/models/options.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class Options(object):
 
     def __init__(self, meta, app_label=None):
         self._get_fields_cache = {}
-        self.proxied_children = []
         self.local_fields = []
         self.local_many_to_many = []
         self.virtual_fields = []