diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.cpp
index a056e6cd1..dcc96671e 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ namespace Tomahawk
 
 APETag::APETag( TagLib::Tag *tag, TagLib::APE::Tag *apeTag )
     : Tag( tag )
-    , m_apeTag( apeTag )
 {
-    TagLib::APE::ItemListMap map = m_apeTag->itemListMap();
+    TagLib::APE::ItemListMap map = apeTag->itemListMap();
     for( TagLib::APE::ItemListMap::ConstIterator it = map.begin();
          it != map.end(); ++it )
     {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.h b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.h
index 61be60f37..3a5d0f8de 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/taghandlers/apetag.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ class DLLEXPORT APETag : public Tag
 {
 public:
     APETag( TagLib::Tag *, TagLib::APE::Tag * );
-
-private:
-    TagLib::APE::Tag *m_apeTag;
 };
 
 }