diff --git a/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c b/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
index 9340446633..b5abbf5115 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-dealloc-visitor.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct QapiDeallocVisitor
 {
     Visitor visitor;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, StackEntry) stack;
-    bool is_list_head;
 };
 
 static QapiDeallocVisitor *to_qov(Visitor *v)