diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
index 65b7c8e80e3..2c95b13b4bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ TarPackageCreationStep::TarPackageCreationStep(BuildStepList *bsl)
     : AbstractPackagingStep(bsl, stepId())
 {
     setDefaultDisplayName(displayName());
-    m_ignoreMissingFiles = false;
 }
 
 bool TarPackageCreationStep::init(QList<const BuildStep *> &earlierSteps)
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
index b464a1e5222..70f21b714dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ private:
 
     DeploymentTimeInfo m_deployTimes;
 
-    bool m_incrementalDeployment;
-    bool m_ignoreMissingFiles;
-    bool m_packagingNeeded;
+    bool m_incrementalDeployment = false;
+    bool m_ignoreMissingFiles = false;
+    bool m_packagingNeeded = false;
     QList<ProjectExplorer::DeployableFile> m_files;
 };