diff --git a/src/event.cpp b/src/event.cpp
index 543df06d..2b5faa05 100644
--- a/src/event.cpp
+++ b/src/event.cpp
@@ -636,8 +636,7 @@ static void event_movie_start(struct ctx_cam *cam, motion_event evnt
 
     /* This will cascade to extpipe_start*/
     cam->movie_start_time = cam->frame_curr_ts.tv_sec;
-    
-    cam->movie_last_shot = -1;
+
     if (cam->lastrate < 2) {
         cam->movie_fps = 2;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/motion_loop.cpp b/src/motion_loop.cpp
index fb44e39b..73d3a91b 100644
--- a/src/motion_loop.cpp
+++ b/src/motion_loop.cpp
@@ -165,10 +165,6 @@ static void mlp_ring_process(struct ctx_cam *cam)
             event(cam, EVENT_IMAGE_DETECTED,
               &cam->imgs.image_ring[cam->imgs.ring_out], NULL, NULL,
               &cam->imgs.image_ring[cam->imgs.ring_out].imgts);
-
-            if (cam->movie_last_shot >= 0) {
-                cam->movie_last_shot = cam->imgs.image_ring[cam->imgs.ring_out].shot;
-            }
         }
 
         cam->imgs.image_ring[cam->imgs.ring_out].flags |= IMAGE_SAVED;
diff --git a/src/motionplus.hpp b/src/motionplus.hpp
index 3a1932a6..b58ad34b 100644
--- a/src/motionplus.hpp
+++ b/src/motionplus.hpp
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ struct ctx_cam {
     char                    newfilename[PATH_MAX];
     char                    extpipefilename[PATH_MAX];
     char                    extpipecmdline[PATH_MAX];
-    int                     movie_last_shot;
     bool                    movie_passthrough;
     char                    timelapsefilename[PATH_MAX];
     char                    motionfilename[PATH_MAX];