diff --git a/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11.cpp b/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11.cpp
index 0aa1d3a96..69205bd7d 100644
--- a/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11.cpp
+++ b/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ D3D11_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window * window, Uint32 flags)
         return NULL;
     }
     data->featureLevel = (D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL) 0;
-    data->loadingComplete = false;
     data->windowSizeInDIPs = XMFLOAT2(0, 0);
     data->renderTargetSize = XMFLOAT2(0, 0);
 
@@ -555,7 +554,6 @@ D3D11_CreateDeviceResources(SDL_Renderer * renderer)
     //
     // All done!
     //
-    data->loadingComplete = true;       // This variable can probably be factored-out
     return S_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11_cpp.h b/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11_cpp.h
index be322832e..3e4c88f6d 100644
--- a/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11_cpp.h
+++ b/src/render/direct3d11/SDL_render_d3d11_cpp.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef struct
     Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11SamplerState> mainSampler;
     Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D11RasterizerState> mainRasterizer;
     D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevel;
-    bool loadingComplete;
 
     // Vertex buffer constants:
     SDL_VertexShaderConstants vertexShaderConstantsData;