diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ssl/MagicTrustManager.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ssl/MagicTrustManager.java
index ade0c848d..9bcb07a52 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ssl/MagicTrustManager.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/ssl/MagicTrustManager.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ public class MagicTrustManager implements X509TrustManager {
     private X509TrustManager systemTrustManager = null;
     private KeyStore trustedKeyStore = null;
 
-    private HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier;
-
     public HostnameVerifier getHostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier defaultHostNameVerifier) {
         return new MagicHostnameVerifier(defaultHostNameVerifier);
     }