diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.cpp
index 8ff73176ff9..d48cd228822 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 QgsOgrFeatureIterator::QgsOgrFeatureIterator( QgsOgrFeatureSource *source, bool ownSource, const QgsFeatureRequest &request )
   : QgsAbstractFeatureIteratorFromSource<QgsOgrFeatureSource>( source, ownSource, request )
-  , mFeatureFetched( false )
   , mConn( nullptr )
   , ogrLayer( nullptr )
   , mSubsetStringSet( false )
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.h b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.h
index 5906cb58f87..cc7da999788 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.h
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrfeatureiterator.h
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ class QgsOgrFeatureIterator : public QgsAbstractFeatureIteratorFromSource<QgsOgr
     //! Get an attribute associated with a feature
     void getFeatureAttribute( OGRFeatureH ogrFet, QgsFeature &f, int attindex ) const;
 
-    bool mFeatureFetched;
-
     QgsOgrConn *mConn = nullptr;
     OGRLayerH ogrLayer;