diff --git a/src/backends/meta-stage.c b/src/backends/meta-stage.c
index 3f4ddac3b..a09e4179b 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-stage.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-stage.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 struct _MetaStagePrivate {
   CoglPipeline *pipeline;
-  gboolean should_paint_cursor;
 
   MetaCursorReference *cursor;