diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
index c7325c6daf5e77e2bd7ccb73c9798bbb3e295494..31d8151ef5d848b899c84b2f7193323a2180bc37 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ struct _qemuBlockJobData {
 
     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk; /* may be NULL, if blockjob does not correspond to any disk */
 
-    bool started;
     int type; /* qemuBlockJobType */
     int state; /* qemuBlockjobState */
     char *errmsg;