diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.c b/eek/eek-keyboard.c
index e4f98f76..3743c922 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.c
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.c
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ eek_keyboard_class_init (EekKeyboardClass *klass)
 static void
 eek_keyboard_init (EekKeyboard *self)
 {
-    self->scale = 1.0;
     self->rows = g_ptr_array_new();
 }
 
diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.h b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
index f5e7c159..16a1c9e6 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.h
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ struct _EekKeyboard
     EekElement parent;
 
     EekKeyboardPrivate *priv;
-    double scale;
     GPtrArray *rows; // struct squeek_row*
 };