diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
index 5a5b9aa355..bbf6eea03b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ struct _virLXCDriver {
     virCapsPtr caps;
     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt;
 
-    virCgroupPtr cgroup;
-
     virSysinfoDefPtr hostsysinfo;
 
     size_t nactive;