diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/sd-hwdb.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/sd-hwdb.c
index 6017784074..5de716effb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/sd-hwdb.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/sd-hwdb.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 struct sd_hwdb {
         RefCount n_ref;
-        int refcount;
 
         FILE *f;
         struct stat st;