diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
index 3f140c7a0..9ff0f8772 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/compress-offload-api.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct compress_offload_api_context {
 	int fd;
 	struct snd_compr_caps caps;
 	struct spa_log *log;
-	bool was_configured;
 	uint32_t fragment_size;
 	uint32_t num_fragments;
 };
@@ -110,8 +109,6 @@ int compress_offload_api_set_params(struct compress_offload_api_context *context
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
-	context->was_configured = true;
-
 	return 0;
 }