diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
index 362999ae8..bcad2af89 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ public final class IntrospectionHelper implements BuildListener {
      */
     private List   addTypeMethods;
 
-    /**
-     * Map from attribute names to methods to store configured nested types
-     * (String to NestedStorer).
-     */
-    private Hashtable nestedStorers;
-
     /**
      * The method to invoke to add PCDATA.
      */