diff --git a/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go b/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
index 13190cf3..7c239f80 100644
--- a/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
+++ b/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type ringBuffer struct {
 	last             int
 	currentlyWriting bool
 	currentlyReading bool
-	sizeChannel      chan int
 	mutex            sync.Mutex
 }