diff --git a/include/libtorrent/file.hpp b/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
index 224ff01e5..c9c625d50 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 	private:
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
 		HANDLE m_handle;
-		int m_inode;
 		WIN32_FIND_DATAW m_fd;
 #else
 		DIR* m_handle;
diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index b232e160d..6d8c6d6f3 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 			if (err != ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES)
 				ec.assign(err, system_category());
 		}
-		++m_inode;
 #else
 		struct dirent* de;
 		errno = 0;