diff --git a/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h b/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
index 796a780c..689e1e18 100644
--- a/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
+++ b/src/mosquitto_broker_internal.h
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ struct mosquitto_db{
 	unsigned long msg_store_bytes;
 	char *config_file;
 	struct mosquitto__config *config;
-	int plugin_count;
 	bool verbose;
 #ifdef WITH_SYS_TREE
 	int subscription_count;