diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.hpp
index 12b8d0ab2..23d7e2c4d 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace Opm {
         WellSegments() = default;
 
         std::string wellName() const;
-        int numberBranch() const;
         int size() const;
         double depthTopSegment() const;
         double lengthTopSegment() const;
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ namespace Opm {
 
         // name of the well
         std::string m_well_name;
-        // number of the branches
-        int m_number_branch;
         // depth of the nodal point of the top segment
         // it is taken as the BHP reference depth of the well
         // BHP reference depth data from elsewhere will be ignored for multi-segmented wells
diff --git a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.cpp b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.cpp
index 7a24f299c..c14cb5c76 100644
--- a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/MSW/WellSegments.cpp
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ namespace Opm {
         return m_well_name;
     }
 
-    int WellSegments::numberBranch() const {
-        return m_number_branch;
-    }
 
   int WellSegments::size() const {
         return m_segments.size();
@@ -397,7 +394,6 @@ namespace Opm {
 
     bool WellSegments::operator==( const WellSegments& rhs ) const {
         return this->m_well_name == rhs.m_well_name
-            && this->m_number_branch == rhs.m_number_branch
             && this->m_depth_top == rhs.m_depth_top
             && this->m_length_top == rhs.m_length_top
             && this->m_volume_top == rhs.m_volume_top