diff --git a/src/detect-lua.c b/src/detect-lua.c
index a1ce743285..ae0be3f952 100644
--- a/src/detect-lua.c
+++ b/src/detect-lua.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@ static int DetectLuaSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *str)
         goto error;
     }
 
-    de_ctx->detect_luajit_instances++;
     return 0;
 
 error:
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index a6ae3d4f89..4277115b5b 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ typedef struct DetectEngineCtx_ {
     DetectEngineThreadKeywordCtxItem *keyword_list;
     int keyword_id;
 
-    int detect_luajit_instances;
-
 #ifdef PROFILING
     struct SCProfileDetectCtx_ *profile_ctx;
     struct SCProfileKeywordDetectCtx_ *profile_keyword_ctx;