diff --git a/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.cc b/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.cc
index 6e552d659ad6a6..70a0ad4b311610 100644
--- a/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void InternalTraceBuffer::ExtractHandle(
 
 NodeTraceBuffer::NodeTraceBuffer(size_t max_chunks,
     Agent* agent, uv_loop_t* tracing_loop)
-    : tracing_loop_(tracing_loop), agent_(agent),
+    : tracing_loop_(tracing_loop),
       buffer1_(max_chunks, 0, agent),
       buffer2_(max_chunks, 1, agent) {
   current_buf_.store(&buffer1_);
diff --git a/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.h b/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.h
index f08e6a69da2104..b59ae4f0a0e4ef 100644
--- a/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.h
+++ b/src/tracing/node_trace_buffer.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class NodeTraceBuffer : public TraceBuffer {
   Mutex exit_mutex_;
   // Used to wait until async handles have been closed.
   ConditionVariable exit_cond_;
-  Agent* agent_;
   std::atomic<InternalTraceBuffer*> current_buf_;
   InternalTraceBuffer buffer1_;
   InternalTraceBuffer buffer2_;