diff --git a/src/detect-pcre.h b/src/detect-pcre.h
index 3ac5833697..2d78dd0047 100644
--- a/src/detect-pcre.h
+++ b/src/detect-pcre.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ typedef struct DetectPcreData_ {
     DetectParseRegex parse_regex;
     int thread_ctx_id;
 
-    int opts;
     uint16_t flags;
     uint8_t idx;
     uint8_t captypes[DETECT_PCRE_CAPTURE_MAX];