diff --git a/src/CORESHELL/compute_temp_cs.h b/src/CORESHELL/compute_temp_cs.h
index c09edf3c54..eb93e0dc2f 100644
--- a/src/CORESHELL/compute_temp_cs.h
+++ b/src/CORESHELL/compute_temp_cs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class ComputeTempCS : public Compute {
   int maxatom;
   int cgroup,sgroup;
 
-  int fix_dof;
   double tfactor;
   double **vint;
 
diff --git a/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_deform_eff.h b/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_deform_eff.h
index 6f2f1f7d51..ef531d024b 100644
--- a/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_deform_eff.h
+++ b/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_deform_eff.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class ComputeTempDeformEff : public Compute {
   double memory_usage();
 
  protected:
-  int fix_dof;
   double tfactor;
   double vbias[3];    // stored velocity bias for one atom
   double **vbiasall;  // stored velocity bias for all atoms
diff --git a/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_eff.h b/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_eff.h
index 54c418d5f0..cb5af36ec1 100644
--- a/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_eff.h
+++ b/src/USER-EFF/compute_temp_eff.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class ComputeTempEff : public Compute {
   void compute_vector();
 
  private:
-  int fix_dof;
   double tfactor;
 
   void dof_compute();