diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
index 6fcc3291317..6d55cb4306f 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ class ThreadedDataReader: public QThread
     // used to make the constructor only return after the tcp server started listening
     QSemaphore ready;
     QTcpSocket *client;
-    int timeout;
     int port;
 public:
     qint64 transferRate;