diff --git a/jode/jode/bytecode/BinaryInfo.java b/jode/jode/bytecode/BinaryInfo.java
index 622f023..727a52e 100644
--- a/jode/jode/bytecode/BinaryInfo.java
+++ b/jode/jode/bytecode/BinaryInfo.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ public class BinaryInfo {
     public static final int ALL_ATTRIBUTES  = 0x10;
     public static final int FULLINFO        = 0xff;
 
-    private int status = 0;
-
     protected SimpleDictionary unknownAttributes;
 
     protected void skipAttributes(DataInputStream input) throws IOException {