diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index 0c599605d7c5..6aa32e4a391e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ struct adapter {
 	u32			link_speed;
 	bool			link_up;
 	u32 			linkvec;
-	int			advertise;
 
 	/* Mbuf cluster size */
 	u32			rx_mbuf_sz;