diff --git a/include/wx/filedlg.h b/include/wx/filedlg.h
index bbe1ebaca5..e1a6d767ad 100644
--- a/include/wx/filedlg.h
+++ b/include/wx/filedlg.h
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ public:
 protected:
     wxString      m_message;
     long          m_dialogStyle;
-    wxWindow     *m_parent;
     wxString      m_dir;
     wxString      m_path;       // Full path
     wxString      m_fileName;
diff --git a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
index 9ae377f29e..89de49cea4 100644
--- a/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fldlgcmn.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFileDialogBase, wxDialog)
 
 void wxFileDialogBase::Init()
 {
-    m_filterIndex = m_dialogStyle = 0;
-    m_parent = NULL;
+    m_filterIndex =
+    m_dialogStyle = 0;
 }
 
 bool wxFileDialogBase::Create(wxWindow *parent,