diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/derivedFvPatchFields/wideBandDiffusiveRadiation/wideBandDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.H b/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/derivedFvPatchFields/wideBandDiffusiveRadiation/wideBandDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.H
index 3ff3990786..9690b0cf5d 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/derivedFvPatchFields/wideBandDiffusiveRadiation/wideBandDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.H
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/radiation/derivedFvPatchFields/wideBandDiffusiveRadiation/wideBandDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField.H
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class wideBandDiffusiveRadiationMixedFvPatchScalarField
         //- Wavelength index
         label lambdaId_;
 
-        //- Radiative heat flux on walls.
-        scalarField qr_;
-
 
 public: