diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/MysqlSchemaStore.java b/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/MysqlSchemaStore.java
index db2511eff..d97858641 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/MysqlSchemaStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/MysqlSchemaStore.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class MysqlSchemaStore extends AbstractSchemaStore implements SchemaStore
 	private final ConnectionPool maxwellConnectionPool;
 	private final Position initialPosition;
 	private final boolean readOnly;
-	private final Filter filter;
 	private Long serverID;
 
 	private MysqlSavedSchema savedSchema;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ public MysqlSchemaStore(ConnectionPool maxwellConnectionPool,
 							boolean readOnly) {
 		super(replicationConnectionPool, schemaConnectionPool, caseSensitivity, filter);
 		this.serverID = serverID;
-		this.filter = filter;
 		this.maxwellConnectionPool = maxwellConnectionPool;
 		this.initialPosition = initialPosition;
 		this.readOnly = readOnly;