diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.cc
index 7f37b8c8ca..1e2de1e7b4 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.cc
@@ -552,9 +552,7 @@ LV2PluginUI::resizable()
 int
 LV2PluginUI::package(Gtk::Window& win)
 {
-	if (_external_ui_ptr) {
-		_win_ptr = &win;
-	} else {
+	if (!_external_ui_ptr) {
 		/* forward configure events to plugin window */
 		win.signal_configure_event().connect(
 			sigc::mem_fun(*this, &LV2PluginUI::configure_handler));
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.h b/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.h
index 4259398a43..811fcdd14c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/lv2_plugin_ui.h
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ private:
 	LV2_Feature                          _lv2ui_request_feature;
 	struct lv2_external_ui*              _external_ui_ptr;
 	LV2_Feature                          _parent_feature;
-	Gtk::Window*                         _win_ptr;
 	void*                                _inst;
 	typedef std::set<uint32_t> Updates;
 	Updates                              _updates;