diff --git a/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.cpp b/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.cpp
index 902dd57d7b13225b58386d81800aac44af30e615..e01f2d70252e7d04d29ea8050cbf48e17c248728 100644
--- a/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ QAlsaAudioInput::QAlsaAudioInput(const QByteArray &device)
 {
     bytesAvailable = 0;
     handle = 0;
-    ahandler = 0;
     access = SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED;
     pcmformat = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16;
     buffer_size = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.h b/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.h
index 6af566c8bf042fca956a248fe137026fba277722..7047583234b14e832049bc7b1a4abe1f1b6e56c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.h
+++ b/src/plugins/alsa/qalsaaudioinput.h
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ private:
     unsigned int period_time;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_frames;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t period_frames;
-    snd_async_handler_t* ahandler;
     snd_pcm_access_t access;
     snd_pcm_format_t pcmformat;
     snd_timestamp_t* timestamp;