diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
index 61c40b95606..742e8b344a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ void PropertyEditorView::changeValue(const QString &name)
         }
     }
 
-    bool forceReset = false;
     if (name == "state" && castedValue.toString() == "base state")
         castedValue = "";