diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelview.h
index d6e957f6a35..49f9c5e5d2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelview.h
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ protected:
 
     void activateState(const QmlModelState &state);
 
-private:
-    QmlModelState m_state;
 };
 
 } //QmlDesigner