diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
index 7e60c9d96..728b419da 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
@@ -96,15 +96,12 @@ FfmpegCamera::FfmpegCamera(
    * will receive correct colours and subpixel order */
   if ( zm_is_rgb32(pixelFormat) ) {
     subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_RGBA;
-    imagePixFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA;
     pixelFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA;
   } else if ( zm_is_rgb24(pixelFormat) ) {
     subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_RGB;
-    imagePixFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24;
     pixelFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24;
   } else if ( pixelFormat == AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8 ) {
     subpixelorder = ZM_SUBPIX_ORDER_NONE;
-    imagePixFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8;
     pixelFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8;
   } else {
     Panic("Unexpected pixel format %d (%s); legacy colours=%d subpixelorder=%d",
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
index e45f5516e..611cbc386 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ class FfmpegCamera : public Camera {
 
   int frameCount;
 
-  _AVPIXELFORMAT      imagePixFormat;
-
   bool                use_hwaccel; //will default to on if hwaccel specified, will get turned off if there is a failure
 #if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_HWCONTEXT_H
   AVBufferRef *hw_device_ctx = nullptr;