diff --git a/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp b/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
index 43be7805a5..f8a82a6ddb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -1611,7 +1611,6 @@ QSharedPointer<GLTexture> OpenGLWindow::windowTexture()
 OpenGLWindowPixmap::OpenGLWindowPixmap(Scene::Window *window, SceneOpenGL* scene)
     : WindowPixmap(window)
     , m_texture(scene->createTexture())
-    , m_scene(scene)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.h b/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.h
index 1a777d0606..0d10c0d004 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.h
+++ b/src/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.h
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ public:
     bool isValid() const override;
 private:
     QScopedPointer<SceneOpenGLTexture> m_texture;
-    SceneOpenGL *m_scene;
 };
 
 class SceneOpenGL::EffectFrame