diff --git a/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.cpp b/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.cpp
index 7fc4395dfef..1bfa5678839 100644
--- a/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ ClangCodeModelConnectionClient::ClangCodeModelConnectionClient(
     : ConnectionClient(Utils::TemporaryDirectory::masterDirectoryPath()
                        + QStringLiteral("/ClangBackEnd-")
                        + currentProcessId()),
-      m_serverProxy(client, nullptr),
-      m_client(client)
+      m_serverProxy(client, nullptr)
 {
     m_processCreator.setTemporaryDirectoryPattern("clangbackend-XXXXXX");
     m_processCreator.setArguments({connectionName()});
diff --git a/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.h b/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.h
index c5a4d37f38b..ac7afa678a7 100644
--- a/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.h
+++ b/src/libs/clangsupport/clangcodemodelconnectionclient.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     ClangCodeModelServerProxy m_serverProxy;
-    ClangCodeModelClientInterface *m_client;
 };
 
 } // namespace ClangBackEnd