diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/datasources/providers/LocusShardDataProvider.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/datasources/providers/LocusShardDataProvider.java
index 55304da34..4888b9f41 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/datasources/providers/LocusShardDataProvider.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/datasources/providers/LocusShardDataProvider.java
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ public class LocusShardDataProvider extends ShardDataProvider {
      */
     private final ReadProperties sourceInfo;
 
-    /**
-     * The parser, used to create and build new GenomeLocs.
-     */
-    private final GenomeLocParser genomeLocParser;
-
     /**
      * The particular locus for which data is provided.  Should be contained within shard.getGenomeLocs().
      */
@@ -45,7 +40,6 @@ public class LocusShardDataProvider extends ShardDataProvider {
     public LocusShardDataProvider(Shard shard, ReadProperties sourceInfo, GenomeLocParser genomeLocParser, GenomeLoc locus, LocusIterator locusIterator, IndexedFastaSequenceFile reference, Collection<ReferenceOrderedDataSource> rods) {
         super(shard,genomeLocParser,reference,rods);
         this.sourceInfo = sourceInfo;
-        this.genomeLocParser = genomeLocParser;
         this.locus = locus;
         this.locusIterator = locusIterator;
     }