Pakistan Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has been sacked after pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS).
The militants said he had been replaced but did not name his successor. A statement reiterated support for Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
It emerged last week that Shahidullah Shahid and five other Pakistan Taliban (TTP) commanders had defected to IS which controls parts of Iraq and Syria.
Analysis say IS poses a challenge to Taliban, al-Qaeda and other militants.
The Pakistan Taliban statement said Shahidullah Shahid was a nom de guerre and its former spokesman's real name was Sheikh Maqbool.
"Sheikh Maqbool is not Shahidullah Shahid," it said, Dawn newspaper reports.
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