diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h b/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
index 91685e2dac3..cd8017b9478 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ struct NSContainer {
 
     nsWeakReference *weak_reference;
 
-    NSContainer *parent;
     HTMLDocumentObj *doc;
 
     nsIURIContentListener *content_listener;
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
index a72a5872527..4db61dc2074 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
@@ -1336,8 +1336,6 @@ static nsrefcnt NSAPI nsWebBrowserChrome_Release(nsIWebBrowserChrome *iface)
     TRACE("(%p) ref=%d\n", This, ref);
 
     if(!ref) {
-        if(This->parent)
-            nsIWebBrowserChrome_Release(&This->parent->nsIWebBrowserChrome_iface);
         if(This->weak_reference) {
             This->weak_reference->nscontainer = NULL;
             nsIWeakReference_Release(&This->weak_reference->nsIWeakReference_iface);