diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardTermEnum.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardTermEnum.java
index ed048b8e79e..89608c5e009 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardTermEnum.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardTermEnum.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class WildcardTermEnum extends FilteredTermEnum {
   String text = "";
   String pre = "";
   int preLen = 0;
-  boolean fieldMatch = false;
   boolean endEnum = false;
 
   /**