diff --git a/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.cc b/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.cc
index e1ebf3479..703ef82e9 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.cc
+++ b/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.cc
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ int ViEBaseImpl::Release()
 // Constructor
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ViEBaseImpl::ViEBaseImpl() :
-    _viePerformanceMonitor(0)
+ViEBaseImpl::ViEBaseImpl()
 {
     WEBRTC_TRACE(webrtc::kTraceMemory, webrtc::kTraceVideo, _instanceId,
                "ViEBaseImpl::ViEBaseImpl() Ctor");
diff --git a/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.h b/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.h
index 1e840dd86..303360f3e 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.h
+++ b/src/video_engine/main/source/vie_base_impl.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace webrtc
 
 class VoiceEngine;
 class Module;
-class ViEPerformanceMonitor;
 
 class ViEBaseImpl: public virtual ViESharedData,
     public ViEBase,
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ public:
 protected:
     ViEBaseImpl();
     virtual ~ViEBaseImpl();
-    ViEPerformanceMonitor _viePerformanceMonitor;
 private:
 
     // Version functions