diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate.H b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate.H
index 2b8da9aa59..4c9721468f 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate.H
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate.H
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2018 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2019 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ class LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate
 {
     // Private data
 
-        //- List of species present in reaction system
-        const speciesTable& species_;
-
         //- Reactant names
         FixedList<word, 2> reactantNames_;
 
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRateI.H b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRateI.H
index d26d8f5bb3..a6b2b20c26 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRateI.H
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/reaction/reactionRate/LangmuirHinshelwood/LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRateI.H
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ inline Foam::LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate::LangmuirHinshelwoodReactionRate
     const dictionary& dict
 )
 :
-    species_(st),
     reactantNames_(dict.lookup("reactants")),
     a_(dict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("a", 1)),
     A_(dict.lookup("A")),